INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION ON E- LIBRARY UTILIZATION AMONG STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN JIGAWA STATE

This study investigated the influence of social media addiction on E- library utilization among students of tertiary institutions in Jigawa State. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Specifically, five objectives guided the study which were to identify the types of Social media platforms utilized by students in tertiary institutions in Jigawa state, find out types of e library resources utilized by students in tertiary institutions in Jigawa state, ascertain the frequency of use of social media and e library by students in tertiary institutions in Jigawa state, determine time spent on social media and e library by students in tertiary institutions in Jigawa state and find out the influence of social media on the utilization of e library among students in tertiary institutions in Jigawa state. The population of the study is two thousand (2000) registered library users in the 12 tertiary institutions in Jigawa state. One (1) institution from the five (5) emirate councils of Jigawa state was purposely sampled. Accidental sampling was adopted to select eighty (80) students from each of the five (5) institutions for the study to have four hundred (400) respondents. Questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection. A total of three hundred and twenty (320) questionnaires were retrieved representing 80%. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistical technique made up of tables and percentages. The study found out that social platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok were highly used by students while in the e library. The result showed that use of  electronic information resources such as e-journals and online databases is still very low in the institutions studied. This is due to lack of adequate knowledge about available electronic information resources.