Impact of Information and Communication Technology on curbing library crimes in Academic Libraries in Nigeria

Abstract

The study adopted survey research design to investigate Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Curbing Library Crimes in Academic Libraries in Nigeria. The study covered state and federal higher institutions with academic libraries with a population of 542. A random sampling method was adopted with a sample size of 220. The instrument used was a self-design with four point rating scale. 220 copies of questionnaire items were face-to-face administered to the respondents and successfully retrieved. From the findings of the study, it was concluded that there are high level of type of crimes committed in academic libraries and high level of curbing library crimes with ICT in academic libraries in Nigeria. Among other things, the study recommended that government and concerned authorities should adopt and make available information and communication technologies as means of curbing library crimes in academic libraries in Nigeria since the traditional methods seems not meeting the security expectations.

Keywords: Information and Communication Technology, Library Crimes, Delinquent users