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Usage of computers on the ground floor in UOW library

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Usage of computers on the ground floor in UOW library Abstract The main purpose of this study was to assess the usage of computers on the ground floor library in the UOW, which then resulted to the research study question “what is the computer usage in the ground floor library in UOW?” This was done by collecting data from the library through observation where the researcher visited the library and literally counted the number of computers in the library that were in use by the students and record their numbers. The

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Abstract The main purpose of this study was to assess the usage of computers on the ground floor libraryin the UOW, which then resulted to the research study question “what is the computer usage inthe ground floor library in UOW?” This was done by collecting data from the library throughobservation where the researcher visited the library and literally counted the number ofcomputers in the library that were in use by the students and record their numbers. The librarywas visited 20 times resulting to a sample size of 20. From the resulting quantitative data,quantitative analysis was then conducted where RStudio was the statistical software used in thedata analysis process. The hypothesis that the number computers in use were at least greater thanhalf the number of computers in the ground floor library was tested using the one sample t-test.From the test, the results confirmed that the number of computers that were in use in the groundfloor library were less than half the total number of total computers available in the library. As aresult, it was concluded and recommended that it was not necessary to add some more computersin the ground floor library.ii
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ContentsAbstract......................................................................................................................................................iiIntroduction...............................................................................................................................................1Background................................................................................................................................................1Research problem......................................................................................................................................3Research objective.....................................................................................................................................3Specific objective...................................................................................................................................3Research question..................................................................................................................................3Specific research question.....................................................................................................................4Hypothesis..............................................................................................................................................4Significance of the problem.......................................................................................................................4Literature review.......................................................................................................................................5Methodologies............................................................................................................................................7Results, discussion and conclusion...........................................................................................................7Quantitative analysis.............................................................................................................................7Data collection........................................................................................................................................7Statistical analysis..................................................................................................................................9Hypothesis..........................................................................................................................................9Summary statistics...............................................................................................................................10R Script................................................................................................................................................10Discussion.............................................................................................................................................11Conclusion................................................................................................................................................11Recommendation.....................................................................................................................................11References................................................................................................................................................12List of figuresTable 1: Sample data...................................................................................................8Table 2: Cross-tabulation output for time and computers.....................................................9iii
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Introduction BackgroundLibraries are the most fundamental facilities in all learning institutions of all levels. All the reference materials that enhance the learning process are stored in the libraries (Bomhold, 2015). In the earlier days, books used to be arranged on the shelves in the libraries according to the departments and subjects (Siguenza-Guzman, Saquicela, Avila-Ordóñez, Vandewalle and Cattrysse, 2015). Development of information technologies have transformed the whole process of how materials in the libraries are stored (Moran and Morner, 2017). Through the help of computers, materials in the library found new ways of storage and also making the information long lasting and safe (Char, Geddes, Gonnet, Leong, Monagan and Watt, 2013). Libraries have transformed from ordinary to ultramodern libraries which are well equipped with the computers for use in search of the reading materials. Books in the libraries are then stored electronically in the soft copies which can be accessible to the students and researchers when researching for any given topic thus offering references (Goodfellow et al., 2013; Kuzlu, Pipattanasomporn, and Rahman, 2014). Simple computer skills are required for efficient operation and easy access to thematerials. Broadband access networks of different types are installed in the libraries to make the retrieval of the materials stored in the institutions’ website easy (Han, Gopalakrishnan, Ji, and Lee, 2015). Libraries depending in their environmental set up, there are computer use polices that govern the use of computers in the libraries (Aabø, and Audunson, 2012). The policies are aimed at ensuring for the proper use of computers while in the libraries and that internet is not used for other purposes but specifically for research and learning purposes. Dire consequences are put in place to deal with the cases of misuse of the library internet as outlined in the regulatory rules (Morel, Palier and Palme, 2012). Such policies had been employed in Dormant 1
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