Library professionals attitude toward IT

Achievements in any transformation in libraries mostly depend on the positive attitude and involvement of the library professionals. It is significant to understand the human factors involved in the process for successful and meaningful commencing of IT in libraries. This study measured the attitude of university library professionals of Bangladesh toward IT. It identified how the socio-economic variance influenced the attitude of library professionals to use of IT applications, and also examined how the experience with IT has influenced on these attitudes. It illustrated that some socio-economic variables influenced library professionals' attitude. There were disparity among library professionals who have experience to competency, work performance, anxiety and acceptance. To accelerate the positive attitude, highest priority should be given on the continuing education of library professionals. Top management s positive attitude and comfort levels toward technology will help the mid and entry level professionals to be skillful at creative applications of IT. The analyses should help the policy maker to improve the IT competencies of the library professionals.

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He has vast experience in libraries. He obtained BA (Hons), MA, and MPhil in Information Science and Library Management. He is a VLIR-UOS scholar 2008. He also pursued International Master in Digital Library Learning with Erasmus Mundus scholarship 2010-12. He wrote several articles that published in peer-reviewed international journals.