Abstract Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) incursion has brought a lot of changes to libraries activities. ICTs are used to manage libraries more efficiently and in meeting customers’ demands more appropriately at the right time. Despite the contribution of ICTs to library and information work, many libraries are yet to adopt these technologies especially in the acquisitions of library materials. This study was carried out in three selected university libraries in North West Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to: determine the influence of performance expectancy on academic librarians’ intention to use ICT for acquisition; establish the influence of effort expectancy on academic librarians’ intention to use ICT for acquisition; find out the extent of social influence and facilitating conditions on academic librarians’ intention to use ICT for acquisition and lastly to proffer recommendations. This study adopted a positivistic approach and used a questionnaire administered to 224 librarians to collect data in the three selected libraries. The study is guided by the Unified Theory Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) developed by Venkatesh. Findings from the study reveals that academic librarians are supportive on the use of ICT in their work; ICTs are significantly important, trainings were organized mainly for librarians on general use of ICT not only on acquisition, but also on the general issues related to library activities; librarians also have the knowledge necessary to use ICT for acquisition in their libraries. The study recommends among others that the parent universities should increase the funding of their libraries with adequate supervision, so that such funds are well utilized for ICTs application; university libraries should continually sponsor their academic staff on modern computerized ways of using ICTs to source for materials and the acquisition of information resources in academic libraries should be given all the seriousness it deserves by enacting legislation to allocate a reasonable percentage of the university’s budget to it.

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探索信息和通信技术在尼日利亚西北部三个学术图书馆信息资源获取中的应用：初步结果

摘要 信息通信技术（ICT）的入侵给图书馆活动带来了很多变化。信息通信技术用于更有效地管理图书馆，并在适当的时间更恰当地满足客户的需求。尽管信息通信技术对图书馆和信息工作做出了贡献，但许多图书馆尚未采用这些技术，尤其是在图书馆资料的获取方面。这项研究是在尼日利亚西北部的三个选定的大学图书馆中进行的。该研究的目标是： 确定绩效预期对学术图书馆员使用 ICT 进行获取的意图的影响；确定努力期望对学术图书馆员使用 ICT 进行获取的意图的影响；找出学术图书馆员使用 ICT 进行获取的意图的社会影响程度和便利条件，最后提出建议。本研究采用实证方法，并使用对 224 名图书馆员进行问卷调查来收集三个选定图书馆的数据。该研究由 Venkatesh 开发的统一理论接受和技术使用 (UTAUT) 指导。研究结果表明，学术图书馆员支持在工作中使用 ICT；信息通信技术非常重要，主要为图书馆员组织了关于信息通信技术的一般使用的培训，不仅在获取方面，而且在与图书馆活动有关的一般问题上；图书馆员还拥有在其图书馆中使用 ICT 进行获取所需的知识。该研究特别建议母校应在充分监督下增加对图书馆的资助，以便将这些资金很好地用于信息通信技术应用；大学图书馆应继续资助其学术人员采用现代计算机化方式使用 ICT 来获取资料，并且应通过立法将大学预算的合理比例分配给学术图书馆中的信息资源，以给予应有的重视.