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Determinants of Attitudes and Intentions to Use a Digital Library System: The Role of Meta-cognitive Strategies Amongst End-Users at a Historically Disadvantaged University in South Africa

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Digital-for-Development: Enabling Transformation, Inclusion and Sustainability Through ICTs (IDIA 2022)

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Universities globally are adopting Information Communication Technology to aid education delivery. Digital libraries emerge as a popular tool in achieving this. A challenge often experienced with using digital library systems consist of end-user technology adoption and usage issues. The study was aimed at exploring the role of meta-cognitive strategies and user attitudes on the intention to use a digital library system. A quantitative research approach using a survey method was used amongst 316 students as end-users at a rural historically disadvantaged university campus in South Africa. The findings show that meta-cognitive strategies: a) awareness, b) self-checking and debugging, c) planning, and d) cognitive strategy influence end-user attitudes. Further, user attitudes were found to inform intention to use a digital library system. Based on the findings, we proffer implications that affect end-users and stakeholders within the university system on how to improve aspects related to digital library system usage.

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The researchers acknowledge support of The Govan Mbeki Research and Development Centre (GMRDC) at the University of Fort Hare under the Postdoctoral Support Service. The researchers also acknowledge The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for the funding on e-Research and cyberinfrastructure in Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs) under the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure Initiative (NICIS).

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    Niki Kunjuzwa, Willie Chinyamurindi & Liezel Cilliers

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Kunjuzwa, N., Chinyamurindi, W., Cilliers, L. (2023). Determinants of Attitudes and Intentions to Use a Digital Library System: The Role of Meta-cognitive Strategies Amongst End-Users at a Historically Disadvantaged University in South Africa. In: Ndayizigamiye, P., Twinomurinzi, H., Kalema, B., Bwalya, K., Bembe, M. (eds) Digital-for-Development: Enabling Transformation, Inclusion and Sustainability Through ICTs. IDIA 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1774. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28472-4_3

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