Information Systems and Use on Records Management Practices of Registry Personnel in Universities

This study examined the effects of information systems on records management practices of registry personnel in Lead City and Babcock Universities in South-West, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research approach was used, and all 152 registry staff members—68 and 84, respectively— from the two study-targeted institutions were sampled using a complete enumerative sampling procedure. The tool utilised to gather the data was a validated questionnaire. The following key findings were reached by using descriptive and inferential statistics, such as mean and multiple regression to analyse data from 143 respondents, or 94.1% of the sample, in order to answer and test the study's research questions and develop a hypothesis using SPSS version 23. The level of records management practices adopted in Lead City and Babcock universities is significantly high at 3.10 since the cut-off point (criteria mean) was placed at 2.50 and that high level of records creation, use, preservation and disposal exist among registry personnel in both universities. Findings also show that registry personnel from both universities adequately utilise information systems (IS) in records management, and that IS use has significant positive effects on personnel records management practices at F-ratio_{(3, 134)} of 30.835 (significant at 0.05 level). However, several factors were found to affect registry personnel's effective use of IS in records management practices upon which recommendations were made.