Spread sheet application skills need of Library and Information Science students for job performance in Abia State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study sought to determine the Spread sheet application skills need of Library and Information Science (LIS) students for Job Performance in Abia State, Nigeria. A research question and a null hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 370 LIS students and Lecturers and due to the manageable size of the population, the entire population was sampled and used for the study, using 370 respondents selected from higher institutions of learning in Abia State, Nigeria. A structured and validated instrument titled A structured 4 points scaled questionnaire titled "Spread sheet Application Skills Need Questionnaire (SASNEQ)’’was used to elicit data for the study. Cronbach Alpha procedure was used to establish the reliability of the instrument with a coefficient of 0.78 which showed that the instrument was reliable. Mean and Improvement Need Index (INI) were used to analyze the responses from the research question, while the null hypothesis was tested using the independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that spread sheet application skills of LIS Lecturers are highly needed with positive improvement index. The following recommendations were given among others: Library and Information science Lecturers should be given awareness by their employers on the need to acquire Spreadsheet application skills.