MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCE IN ACADEMIC LIBRARY ( A CASE STUDY OF ZAMFARA STATE UNIVERSITY TALATA MAFARA )

This research is all about management of electronic information resource in Zamfara state university library. Objectives and hypotheses were formulated and tested with the respect to the user’s satisfaction on many of electronic information resource in Zamfara state university library. Qualitative method was adaptive for the study. Library staffs that include professional and para-professional Librarians consists of the population. An interview was the main instrument for data collection which the researcher used for the identification of available electronic information resource in the institution library under study. major findings shows that Zamfara state university library has poor network provision, erratic power supply, inadequate qualified staffs, technical support by the staff are the major problems in management of electronic information resource. the study therefore recommend that the university library should provide network connectivity as well as an alternative power supply, recruiting qualified staffs, proper staff training and development to improve the management of electronic information resource so as to satisfy the needs of library patrons.