ATTITUDE AND USE OF SMART TECHNOLOGY IN KNOWLEDGE SHARING AMONG LIBRARY PERSONNEL IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the attitude and use of smart technology in knowledge sharing among library personnel in academic libraries in Oyo state, Nigeria. Academic libraries are established to meet the varying curricular and information needs of users of the institution. Access to physical facilities in libraries is threatened by the outpour of information revolution and ICT. This paper advocates the use of smart technologies by academic libraries to meet the information needs of their users irrespective of their geographic location. Smart technologies can be used in library services such as in collection development, cataloguing and classification, circulation, reference services and other library activities. Smart technology is also used to access social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, WhatsApp, E-mail, YouTube, and other platforms to share knowledge and other information online. However, despite the enormous potentials of smart technology in academic library services, there are some problems associated with its use and these include high cost, poor internet connectivity, erratic power supply and so on. The study recommended that government should allocate huge fund to academic libraries, ensure massive internet access and connectivity, provide steady power supply in the academic libraries amongst others.