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Dowdy, Ashley Elizabeth Ann.

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Public Librarians' Adoption of Technology in Two Southeastern States.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Public Librarians' Adoption of Technology in Two Southeastern States./
Author:	Dowdy, Ashley Elizabeth Ann.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	213 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-07, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-07A.
Subject:	Educational technology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27736095
ISBN:	9781392710999

Public Librarians' Adoption of Technology in Two Southeastern States.
Dowdy, Ashley Elizabeth Ann.

Public Librarians' Adoption of Technology in Two Southeastern States. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 213 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-07, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Walden University, 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Public libraries have become community hubs of technology, changing the responsibilities of public librarians. The problem is a gap between public library technology needs, the skills librarians have with technologies, and the strategies they use to acquire skills. The purpose of this predictive, sequential, explanatory mixed method study was to examine public librarians' attitudes about learning new technology and their behavioral intention to adopt it. Two frameworks guided this study: the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model and the diffusion of innovations theory. Quantitative data (N = 202) were collected by survey and analyzed through multiple linear regression analysis, which determined predictive relationships between determinants of technology use and moderating variables. Findings revealed that the performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions significantly affected the behavioral intention to use technology. The moderating variables of age, gender, experience, and voluntariness did not have significant impact. Twelve qualitative interviews inductively analyzed produced 4 themes of learning needs, learning strategies, barriers, and motivation. Findings have implications for social change because library stakeholders can have access to more knowledgeable and skilled staff, which will allow them to better serve the public, many of whom rely on library services for accessing social services, acquiring new skills, and locating information.

ISBN: 9781392710999Subjects--Topical Terms:

517670
Educational technology.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Diffusion of innovation

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