Enhancing proper use of Computer and Internet access by Academics in
Abstract
The paper reports the extent of use of the computer and access to the internet by
academic staff in selected Nigerian Universities in South- South zone. Most academic staff
in Nigerian Universities are aware of the resources of the Internet, but use them relatively
infrequently. 50.8% and 53.0% use the computer and access internet “occasionally”. The
main reasons for this are lack of access to them and lack of proper training. Even though
World Wide Web (www) is the most popular resource for teaching and research, its use is
still very low due to lack of proper searching skills to retrieve current information. There is
therefore the need to use the proper search engines for internet search. Findings showed
that 337(81.2%) use search engines without the knowledge of proper metadata search
keywords, 42(10.0%) use search engines with proper methadata search keywords, while
other academic staff uses Web Directories 36 (8.8%). Recommendations were made to
include intensive in –house computer trainings and internet access in various faculties in
the institution with emphasis proper skills on internet use to access published research
works and current information materials as well as enhance their capabilities in electronic
resource usage.
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