Utilisation and impact of The Essential Electronic Agricultural Database (TEEAL) on library services in a Nigerian university of agriculture
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 1 April 2006
Abstract
Purpose
This study examined the utilisation of the Essential Electronic Agricultural Library database (TEEAL) at the University of Agriculture Library, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Design/methodology/approach
Data collection was by questionnaire following a purposive sampling technique. A total of 104 out 150 (69.3 per cent) responses were received and analysed.
Findings
Postgraduate and final year undergraduates are the major users of the TEEAL database. The study also revealed that though most of the users are computer literate, they still seek the assistance of library staff for database searching. The major constraints to the use of the TEEAL database include the high cost of printing of selected papers and the limited number of workstations.
Practical implications
The study recommends that the number of workstations be increased, the cost of printouts should be subsidised by the university and more library staff should be trained in ICT.
Originality/value
Offers recommendations to improve the accessibility of quality information for research in Nigerian universities.
Keywords
Citation
Oduwole, A.A. and Sowole, A.O. (2006), "Utilisation and impact of The Essential Electronic Agricultural Database (TEEAL) on library services in a Nigerian university of agriculture", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 40 No. 2, pp. 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1108/00330330610669271
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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