INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS AND RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH-EAST ZONE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the information literacy skills and research productivity of academic staff in the federal universities in North-Eastern, Nigeria. Quantitative research methodology was adopted using survey design; three thousand two hundred and twenty-three (3,223) academic staff from the six federal Universities in the zone served as population of the study, three hundred and ninety-seven respondents (356) sampled, using proportionate stratified random sampling techniques, Questionnaire were the instrument used for data collection. Five research questions were answered and one hypothesis tested at 0.01 level of significance. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS 21.0). The findings of study revealed that the Information Literacy Skills of Academic staff in the federal universities North-East, Nigeria, is low, so also their research productivity. The study recommended among others that, the academic staff in the Universities should avail themselves of the available information technology training and workshops so as to enhance their information literacy skills. Finally, the study recommends the need for collaboration between the managements of federal universities in the North East, to organize and sponsor workshops, seminars, conferences, etc, so that the academic staff can improve their research productivity