ATTITUDES OF LIBRARIANS TOWARDS ASSISTING USERS TO ACCESS ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES IN NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY KANO, LIBRARY

This study was conducted to investigate the Attitude of librarians towards assisting users to access electronic information resources in North West University Kano Library. The objectives of this study were to find out the types of electronic information resources in North West University Kano library; to identify the extent to which users make use of electronic information resources in the library understudy; to ascertain the attitudes of the librarians towards assisting users to access electronic information resources; and to find out the problems librarians encountered in assisting users to access electronic information resources in North West University Kano Library. The study adopted survey research design to obtain answers to research question. The population of the study comprised the electronic librarians. Interview was also designed as the instrument for data collection. A total number of 2 interviews were conducted. Nature of analysis performed, the analyses were majorly based on the variable measures from the interviews and the analyses of the data were presented in thematic analysis for easy interpretation, analysis and conclusion. The findings of the study revealed that the respondents view that the main types of electronic information resources available in North West University library were online database, offline database, internet resources, computer and OPAC; the findings also revealed that the respondents found that the extent of electronic information resources is always frequently on use; the findings also revealed that librarians attitudes is always highly often and positive; lastly also the findings of the study revealed that the problems librarians face towards assisting their users to access electronic information resources is inadequate computers, network issues, and limited numbers of spaces for the users.