Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Abstract
Information security compliance implies that library personnel follow the rules, guidelines, and principles governing information security and implement the security measures provided in the library to curb insecurity. Information security compliance ensures that information resources held in the library are protected from unauthorized access and preserved from risk of lost, damage and unwanted modification. However, evidence from the literature showed that there is low compliance with information security by library personnel in university libraries in Nigeria. This has impacted negatively information resources held by the library, especially the printed materials. A situation not unconnected with a lack of awareness of information security. This study therefore, examined the influence of information security awareness on information security compliance in university libraries in South-West, Nigeria. The study adopting a descriptive survey research design involving Multi-Stage random sampling technique to select 223who are library personnel (professional and Para-professional librarians) in university libraries in South-West, Nigeria. Data were collected with the use of a questionnaire. Findings of the study revealed that information security awareness (R2=0.3305,β = 0.363, t = 8.836, p<0.05) had positive and significant influence on information security compliance. Also information security compliance among library personnel in university libraries is of low level. Similarly, there is low Information security awareness among library personnel in university libraries. The study concluded that information security awareness is inevitable for information security compliance in university libraries in South-West, Nigeria. The study recommended that management of the libraries should promote awareness programs among library personnel so as to boost awareness thereby curbing information security breaches and increasing compliance with information security. The study also recommended that, in order to avoid unauthorized access to library resources, library management and information professionals must devise strategies which will enable them provide adequate security that can protect the information resources available in the library.