Technology Readiness as Influenced by Library Culture, Organizational Learning Capability, and Futures Consciousness of Librarians: A Structural Equation Model

The study aimed to assess the level of library culture, organizational learning capability, futures consciousness, and technology readiness among librarians in Region XI. Additionally, the research aimed to determine the best-fit model for technology readiness in the context of librarians. A survey was conducted to a total of 330 librarians, selected using stratified random sampling technique. The data underwent analysis with descriptive and statistical techniques such as means, Pearson’s Product-moment Correlation Analysis, Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, and Structural Equation Model. The study’s findings indicate that librarians exhibited a very high degree of library culture, organizational learning capability, futures consciousness, and technology readiness. The endogenous variable, technology readiness, was found to be correlated with three exogenous variables: library culture, organizational learning capability, and futures consciousness. When regressed, the two exogenous variables, organizational learning capability and futures consciousness, were found to influence the technology readiness both independently and aggregately. While the other exogenous variable, library culture, does not influence the technology readiness of librarians at all. Model 3 revealed to be the best fit for technology readiness with library culture, organizational learning capability, and futures consciousness as latent and observable variables.