Anthonia C Eneh and Vincent C Opara*
Students at John Harris library, university of Benin, were asked to complete a research on the implementation and use of library resources by faculty members. Benin city has a large number of lecturers from the university of Benin. The study used a descriptive survey research approach. All lecturers at the university of Benin were included in the study's population. However, 200 students at the institution were chosen using a stratified random selection procedure. Research participants filled out a pre-designed questionnaire titled ICT projects implemented by Professors Using Library Resources to gather data (IIPULRL). 176 of the 200 questionnaires that were distributed were deemed to be suitable for analysis. Frequency and a simple percentage were used to examine the data. The study revealed that there were no available ICT projects such as; digitalization of non-digital information resources, e-book management software Calibri in the library. The study showed that retrospective conversion has no influence on the utilization of library by lecturers. The study showed that there is no influence of digitization of records on the utilization of library resources by lecturers. The result also revealed that digitization of library resources has low impact on the utilization of information resources by lecturers. The study therefore recommended that library management should develop and implement ICT projects to increase library patronage and to preserve information resources for future need, That library should create awareness on the availability of retrospective conversion of information resources and that university library management should develop strategies to ensure that library staff are trained on how to communicate the importance of digital library resources university community members.
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