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    Deployment of Technology for Library Service Delivery in Post-Covid-19 Period by Female Librarians in Nigeria.
    (Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka., 2024) Oyovwe-Tinuoye, Gloria .O.; Sambo, Atanda S.
    The study examined information service delivery in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era among female librarians in Nigeria. The study was an online survey designed by the researchers with three (3) research objectives of the study. An online self-constructed questionnaire was designed by the researchers. The population of the study comprises all female librarians in Nigeria with WhatsApp accounts. Data was collected through a Google web form which was distributed to various individuals with WhatsApp accounts. A total of three hundred and twenty (320) female librarians responded from different libraries and institutions in Nigeria. The findings revealed that COVID-19 increased the use of social media tools such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram, Zoom and among others; increased the use of ICT for academic collaboration, disrupted library services, affected social interactions between female librarians and users. The study further revealed that technology deployed for service delivery were smartphones, laptops, Zoom, WhatsApp, Telegram, TeamViewer, Instagram, personal computers and tablets. The study revealed that the use of information technology enables female librarians to organise library materials, disseminate information materials and master basic skills in information technology. Finally, the majority of the female librarians emphasised that barriers such as inadequate funding from federal and the State overnments, insufficient ICT facilities, subsidy data, inadequate skills, erratic supply of power and lack of incentives were issues affecting the provision of information service delivery in post-COVID-19 era.