Green Technology: Awareness among Academic Library Employees
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
This study is being conducted to study the green technology awareness among IIUM Library staff. The place of this research is taken in IIUM Library Gombak with a total of 81 staff involved as a respondent. The systematic sampling method is used to select the respondent. The data is being collected either through email as well as by hand. The data is being analyzed by using SPSS software. The result shows that most of the respondents have a high level of understanding and basic knowledge of green technology but regarding practicing it, it is in moderate level. The study also shows that the most of the respondents that practice green technology in their daily routine are among assistant librarian female staff with a working experience below than five years. The main source of getting information in relating green technology is from the internet as it is a trend nowadays that all information is ready at the end of fingertips with the existence of the internet. Most of the respondents agreed that the green technology is costlier compared to the ordinary product. Despite that, the respondents are still willing to change towards environmentally friendly products. Also, the respondents feel that it is a responsible for each and everybody to protect the environment with the help of government as well in implementing green technology worldwide. In addition to the above, the practices on complying with practices need to be further boosted.
Authors and Affiliations
Norhayati Hussin, Amirah Hafit
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- DOI 10.6007/IJARPED/v7-i3/4356
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