Abstract:
Educational institutions have undergone tremendous changes through the usage of
technology-based applications. Academic libraries however have not been left out of this
transition since the libraries are instituted in the university and the heart of the institution. The
study aimed to examine social media use to disseminate information amid the Covid-19
pandemic in Technical University libraries. A qualitative research approach was used with
semi-structured interviews used to collect data from ten participants. The findings revealed
that most of the participants made use of social media like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram,
and WhatsApp to disseminate information during the pandemic in both libraries studied.
Also, social media helped make the libraries studied visible to the world at large. Inadequate
funding, slow internet connectivity, and inadequate ICT infrastructure hindered the effective
use of social media platforms as well as users accessing information during the Covid-19
pandemic. It was recommended that the Management of the parent universities provide the
necessary infrastructure as far as ICT is concerned for libraries to function efficiently and
effectively in their line of duty to support scholarship, teaching, leaching, and research work
as they cannot function effectively without adequate provision of IT tools.
