The role of digital literacy on the technology acceptance in the librarians of Payame Noor University

This article aimed to investigat the role of digital literacy on the technology acceptance among the librarians of Payam Noor University. The research method is a description of the type of correlation. The statistical population included 318 employees of Payam Noor University libraries that 175 people were selected using Karjesi and Morgan’s taxle (1970) by simple random sampling method. The data collection tool was Rodriguez et al.’s (2016) standard digital literacy and Davis’s (2000) technology acceptance questionnaires. Descriptive findings showed that the amount of digital literacy and technology acceptance and their components are at a higher than average level. The results of the Pearson correlation coefficient test also showed that at a significance level of 0.05, there is a significant and direct relationship between digital literacy and its components and the technology acceptance among the librarians and based on the results of the regression model, the technology acceptance among the librarians can be predicted based on digital literacy by 39.2%. Also according to the results of the multiple regression model, the technology acceptance among the librarians can be predicted by 53.2% based on the components of digital literacy. Therefore, in explaining the desired performance of librarians, the necessity of accepting technology and promoting digital literacy among employees is suggested.