Talent Mawere|Kundai Oliver Shadwell Sai
An investigation on e-resource utilisation among university students in a developing country: A case of Great Zimbabwe University
Great Zimbabwe University|Great Zimbabwe University
background electronic libraries recent development everchanging technological world today students nowadays ability carry library wherever internetenabled devices requirement universities worldwide subscribed various online databases eresources way availing resources students credit institutions higher learning developing countries left stampede objectives study aimed investigating adoption utilisation eresources students university developing country method technology acceptance model tam model used conceptualise study survey questionnaire designed distributed social media platforms facebook whatsapp quantitative data analysed using statistical package social sciences spss chisquared test used test casual relationships within developed model thematic approach used analyse qualitative data results despite fact many zimbabwean academic institutions made facility elibraries top agenda strategic plans adoption rate among students still limited attributed myriad facts inter alia poor marketing strategies lack resources among students exorbitant data charges internet service providers isps conclusion study provided basic insights utilisation eresources universities developing countries despite younger generation described digital natives quite evident uptake technological innovations especially education quite poor research assist researchers management institutions higher learning provide design amicable solutions problem poor utilisation eresources highlights major causes poor utilisation developing country context