Adoption of Library Management System: Motivation and Challenges in Developing Countries

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to discuss adoption of library management system, motivation and challenges in developing countries. It started with the introduction of the concept, it further discussed the trend in the adoption of library management system in the developing countries. The paper also highlighted the factors influencing the adoption of library management system in developing countries, it also discussed the motivating factors in adopting library management system to library services. The paper further pointed out the challenges in adopting LMS in developing countries, such as prolonged adverse economic conditions, limitations in budgetary provision, infrastructural and political challenges facing these countries as well as inadequate technical-know required for the deployment and usage of modern working tools and technologies involved within LMS. Based on these, the paper concluded and recommended that there should be adequate planning, preparation and consultations before embarking on the adoption of a software for LMS, regular training and retraining should be conducted for library personnel on the use of the software, institutional support and the reputation of the company that developed the software should also be considered among others.

Harnessing digital power for relevance: status of digital transformation in selected university libraries in Uganda

“…Barriers hindering digital transformation in university libraries in Uganda Most participating librarians indicated that inadequate funding hindered digital transformation in their libraries, which suggested that the surveyed university libraries in Uganda were not adequately funded. The issue of limited funding in university libraries has also been reported in several previous studies, which indicated that lack of funding hindered the implementation of IRs (Buwule and Mutula, 2019;Dlamini and Snyman, 2017;Kodua-Ntim and Fombad, 2020;Owusu-Ansah, 2020), ILMS (Aregbesola et al, 2019;Buwule and Ponelis, 2017;Komolafe-Opadeji and Ojo, 2019), IoT (W ojcik, 2016) and 4IR technologies (Acheampong and Dei, 2020). The ongoing financial difficulties faced by libraries have hampered their ability to acquire technological and information resources (Jain and Akakandelwa, 2016).…”

“…Librarians lacked the knowledge of which technology to implement in their libraries; otherwise, how can they implement something they did not know exists? Furthermore, other studies reported a lack of awareness hindered the implementation of digital transformation technologies such as RDM (Cox, 2019; Tang and Hu, 2019), LMS (Aregbesola et al , 2019; Buwule and Ponelis, 2017; Olatunji et al , 2020) and cloud computing (Meher and Maharana, 2015).…”

“…University libraries in the 21st century engage in digital transformation by adopting technological trends, such as implementing innovations in scholarly communication, creating spaces for collaborative and creative learning, increasing attention to research data management (RDM), preservation and curation, promotion and use of mobile technologies and social media, acquisition of electronic resources and integration of ICTs (Anuradha, 2018; Cox, 2019; Ellis et al , 2014; Jain and Akakandelwa, 2016; Hamad et al , 2018). In addition, university libraries have implemented cloud computing technologies making them “greener” (Enefu et al , 2015) and smarter (Wada, 2018), integrated library management systems (ILMS) to enhance operational efficiency by integrating library functions such as acquisition, cataloguing, management, circulation and the online public access catalogue (OPAC) (Komolafe-Opadeji and Ojo, 2019; Ponelis and Adoma, 2018; Aregbesola et al , 2019) and discovery tools (Jantzi et al , 2016; Stukalova and Guskov, 2016).…”

Digital Competence as Predictor for the Motivation to Use Artificial Intelligence Technologies among Librarians in Edo and Delta States, Nigeria

“…From individual perspective, scholars have tried to study the factors that motivates the use of technological innovation. Specifically, factors such perceived benefits, ease of use, and the level of support and training provided have been highlighted as factors that motivates users (Aregbesola, Idiegbeyan-ose., Botu and Emmanuel, 2019). However, for this study, the researchers from theoretical point of view have decided to use perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness as a motivating factor for the use of AI technologies among librarians.…”