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The use of mobile technologies for Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students in Ghanaian Universities : the case of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana.
Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/45507 The use of mobile technologies for Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students in Ghanaian Universities : the case of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana. Holmner, Marlene Amanda Penzhorn, Cecilia Akeriwe, Miriam Linda Information Science UCTD Librarianship Information Technology Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2014. This study attempted to find out how mobile technologies could be used to implement Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students based in the Graduate School of the University for Development Studies (UDS) Library. A 23 item questionnaire was administered to a sample of 155 participants who were selected by means of simple random sampling. A total of 119 questionnaires were retrieved and found to be adequate for analysis and interpretation. The collected data was analyzed and interpreted using the SPSS package and Microsoft Excel and was presented in the form of text and graphs. Findings indicated that graduate students overall had very good abilities with regards to the usage of the Web 2.0 applications; that they will like to access their library’s resources through the Web 2.0 applications using their mobile devices and the services they will like to access include reference services, circulation services, searching the OPAC, accessing library news, e-resources and subject guides in that order. There are varied kinds of mobile library services, examples of which are MOPACs, mobile reference, mobile instruction, mobile collection and mobile tours. However, the UDS Library does not provide any Web 2.0 mobile based services. The main challenges in implementing these Web 2.0 mobile based services include cost of Internet access, slow Internet connectivity and insufficient funds to acquire needed equipment. Based on these findings, some recommendations were given. Information Science MIT Unrestricted 2015-06-15T13:41:06Z 2015-06-15T13:41:06Z 2013-09-04 2014 Mini Dissertation Akeriwe, ML 2014, The use of mobile technologies for Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students in Ghanaian Universities : the case of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana., MIT Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45507> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45507 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Information Science UCTD Librarianship Information Technology The use of mobile technologies for Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students in Ghanaian Universities : the case of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana. |
| title | The use of mobile technologies for Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students in Ghanaian Universities : the case of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana. |
| title_full | The use of mobile technologies for Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students in Ghanaian Universities : the case of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana. |
| title_fullStr | The use of mobile technologies for Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students in Ghanaian Universities : the case of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of mobile technologies for Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students in Ghanaian Universities : the case of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana. |
| title_short | The use of mobile technologies for Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students in Ghanaian Universities : the case of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana. |
| title_sort | use of mobile technologies for web 2 0 based service delivery to graduate students in ghanaian universities the case of the university for development studies uds ghana |
| topic | Information Science UCTD Librarianship Information Technology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45507 |