Adoption of Technology Acceptance Model in Technical Universities Libraries: Implication to Higher Education in Ghana

Abstract

Adwoa Kwegyiriba, Paapa Kwamina Fynn, Ronald Osei Mensah, Ebenezer Aidoo, Yaw Tekyi Enchill

The research is on the adoption of Technology acceptance model in technical universities libraries: Implication to higher institutions education in Ghana. It revealed the concept of the Technology acceptance model theory that related to the study. Descriptive research was used for the research with a sample of 20 librarians within the technical universities landscape. Findings showed that 90percent of the respondents revealed that their students do not have access to online digital resources like open public access catalogues (OPAC), e-books, e- journals and other electronic databases. Network problems; Server slowness and frequent breakdown of digital resources. The implications to technical higher education are that students that utilize less of Technology in knowledge acquisitions will lag in their research, learning and assignment process in this digital age. The research recommends that GTEC should enforce the implementation of the ten to fifteen percent of each Technical University's expenditure on Library’s Technology infrastructure.

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