Students’ Perception toward the Implementation of Librarika Based Digital Library to Ease Student Access to Learning Resources during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

E-learning and digital library applications have become increasingly important in addressing the needs of both students and teachers eager to gain fast, accurate, specific, and wide range of knowledge in formal education courses just by the click of a button. It becomes more important since the spread of Covid -19 that forces us apply e-learning to avoid direct contact. Digital Libraries are key to providing opportunities for students to have access to quality assured documentation for studies via the Internet.  The aim of this paper is to explore the students’ perception toward the implementation of Librarika based Digital Library if it is to play an increasingly active role in providing learning resource for students. Data collected from 100 digital library users are used for data analysis. The overall results suggest that students had positive perceptions toward the use of the digital library and are satisfied with library services. The findings of the study further revealed that students find the library to be user-friendly and they use the library to borrow materials. Students who had more prior experience with the Internet had significantly higher positive perceptions toward using the digital library. Implications for practice are discussed and recommendations are made for future research.