Abstract

The study investigates lecturers’ skills to evaluate information and use information effectively as correlates of digital library resources utilization in Nigeria. Research questions were, what is the correlation between lecturers’ skills to evaluate information and digital library resources utilization in Southern Nigeria? and what is the correlation between lecturers’ skills to use information effectively and digital library resources utilization in Southern Nigeria? The two hypotheses are: Ho 1: Lecturers' skill to evaluate information does not have a significant relationship with the utilization of digital library resources. Ho 2: Lecturers' skill to use information effectively does not have a significant relationship with the utilization of digital library resources. The study applied a correlational research design. Six thousand six hundred fifty-three lecturers comprise the study population, and a proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to sample 665 lecturers. Questionnaire and cognitive tests were used to elicit information from respondents. The internal reliability was 0.81, 0.75 and 0.64, respectively, established through Cronbach Alpha for the questionnaire (digital resources utilization) and Kuder- Richardson for the cognitive test (skills to evaluate and use information effectively). Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to analyze the data and P-value to ascertain the significance level at 0.05 Alpha. Results revealed a very low positive correlation between skills to evaluate and use information effectively in digital library resources utilization. The study rejected the hypotheses, indicating a significant relationship between skills to evaluate, use information effectively, and utilize digital library resources.