Information Technology Utilization in Library Services: An Assessment of the University Libraries in Lahore

Syed Zia Hussain Shah

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Information Technology Utilization in Library Services: An Assessment of the University Libraries in Lahore

Syed Zia Hussain Shah

Published in Advances in Sciences and Humanities (Volume 6, Issue 4)

Received: 28 August 2020 Accepted: 28 October 2020 Published: 27 November 2020

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Presently information technology is attractive center step the whole world into a global village with a global economy, which increasingly dependent on the innovative management and sharing of information technology. The objective of this study was to find out the stage of information technology utilization in the library services of the university libraries in Lahore. It is significant that to point out focus of this study was the central libraries of the universities in Lahore. To appreciate this objective, the researcher went through a multiple phase research process. In which the first phase, different sources of literature were reviewed to understand the different aspects of access and use of information technology in the university libraries and the instrument of questionnaire was used in the light of the reviewed literature. In the second phase, data were collected through the questionnaire. The population of this study was the university central libraries in Lahore that had been utilize information technology in library services. In the third phase, the data collected were analyzed by SPSS version 17.0.

Published in	Advances in Sciences and Humanities (Volume 6, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ash.20200604.12
Page(s)	101-106
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Information Technology (IT), Utilize Technology, Library Services Use IT

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