Education for Information 32 (2016) 225–247 225 DOI 10.3233/EFI-160975 IOS Press Usage analysis of Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 tools by librarians in Kwara State academic libraries Adeyinka Tella ∗ and Taofeeqat Soluoku Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria This study analysed the usage of Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 tools by librarians in Kwara State academic libraries. A sample of 40 librarians was surveyed through total enumeration sampling technique from four different tertiary education institutions libraries in Kwara State, Nigeria. Questionnaire was used for the collection of data. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results demonstrate that Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 are widely used by the librarians with 80% of them currently using the tools. Various uses of Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 revealed by the study include information sharing, documents delivery, connection and networking. Major challenges to the use of Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 by the librarians are accessibility, technical-know-how and unstable power supply. Based on these findings, the study makes a number of recommendations for a more effective use of the new technology. Keywords: Web 2.0, Library 2.0, academic libraries, librarians, Nigeria 1. Introduction Academic libraries play an important role in post-secondary institutions. They ex- ists to cater for the needs and requirements of students and lecturers alike and to support the teaching, learning and research programmes of the institution. They can hardly go without a library because it is imperative for the institutions’ accredita- tion particularly in Nigeria [45]. But in our rapidly evolving knowledge-based econ- omy, librarian and information professionals are struggling to keep up with the latest technologies and skills. As posited by Aharony [3,4] academic libraries are service organizations that operate within the context of the institutional mission, meet the information needs of the populations they serve and develop the information literacy abilities of students whom, it is hoped, among other things, become life-long learn- ers who are able to locate, retrieve, evaluate, and apply information as they convert it into knowledge. However in today’s digital age, librarians can no longer be simply information providers or the keepers of knowledge [32]. The changes in technology using elec- tronically stored and retrieved information has changed the way patrons and stu- dents access, retrieve and use information. According to Andersen and Gesin [2], * Corresponding author: Adeyinka Tella, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin, PMB 1515, Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria. Tel.: +234 7038641278; E-mail: tawpheeqatarjourke@yahoo.com. 0167-8329/16/$35.00 c  2016 – IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved