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Information is an indispensable for human development. Losce (1990) describes information as the knowledge communicated or received concerning particular circumstances. In the opinion of Okwilagwe (2000) information is an input, which... more
Information is an indispensable for human development. Losce (1990) describes information as the knowledge communicated or received concerning particular circumstances. In the opinion of Okwilagwe (2000) information is an input, which reduces the level of uncertainty in any decision process. It is a crucial factor for a healthy life. Access to quality health information is critical to many facets of
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Bibliographic references have always been an integral aspect of research. The importance of references in every research work cannot be over-emphasized. Ajala (2003) posited that as long as completed research needed to be reported in a... more
Bibliographic references have always been an integral aspect of research. The importance of references in every research work cannot be over-emphasized. Ajala (2003) posited that as long as completed research needed to be reported in a lucid and concise manner subject to verification and amenable to replication, bibliographic reference would be effective in establishing the place of an authors'
This paper conceptualizes entrepreneurial librarianship. It presents the librarian as an enterpreneur, that is able to initiate or provide information services and products to meet user’s need in new and creative ways; if given the right... more
This paper conceptualizes entrepreneurial librarianship. It presents the librarian as an enterpreneur, that is able to initiate or provide information services and products to meet user’s need in new and creative ways; if given the right kind of training/education that is capable of stimulating enterpreneurial spirit with a view to creating innovation or original thinking in terms of information resource use and development taking into consideration the competitive environment of infomation delivery visa viz the competition pose by Google, Amazon, Wikipedia and Myspace. It highlight necessary ingredients required for every librarian who intends to be innovative and fit into the global information service equilibrium, such as risk taking, collaboration, change initiators, reading outside the profession and constant assessment with international best practices. Key business prospects in enterpreneurial librarianship were presented. Keywords: Innovation, Enterpreneurial, Liabrarianship...
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Introduction A common focus of the information behaviour literature is on how the target populations seek and use information to meet their need. Information seeking behaviour deals with the psychological behaviour of the seeker, which... more
Introduction A common focus of the information behaviour literature is on how the target populations seek and use information to meet their need. Information seeking behaviour deals with the psychological behaviour of the seeker, which involves the searching, locating, retrieving and using of information (Karunarathna, 2008). Everyone needs information to survive and strive in this 21st century, just as doctors need information to treat patients, lawyers to handle cases, teachers need information to prepare lesson notes, teach their students and prepare them for a career ahead of them, the elderly also requires much information to stay healthy, make informed choices and to remain current with news and happenings around them. The information needs of the elderly population, particularly in rural areas, have scarcely been investigated by researchers and are very poorly covered in the literatures of information science (Zou & Zhou, 2014). According to WHO (2015) most developed countrie...
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The main concern of cloud computing is sending, receiving, storing and dissemination of data via distributed network on a larger environment. Cloud computing activities and operations are in distant data centres and servers outside the... more
The main concern of cloud computing is sending, receiving, storing and dissemination of data via distributed network on a larger environment. Cloud computing activities and operations are in distant data centres and servers outside the control of the user. These servers can only be reached through the Internet. Allowing a thirdparty service to take control of data raises serious security concern. Thus, formulating cloud computing security policy becomes imperative. This is the crux of the paper. This paper discusses what cloud security is all about; it highlights the huge opportunities presented by cloud computing for libraries to redesign their services to harness the benefits therein. It touches on the need to develop adequate security policy. It proposes a security framework to mitigate data breaches and malicious attacks associated with cloud computing.
This study focuses on the use of e-mail in providing library and information services in higher institution libraries in Delta State – Nigeria. A survey design was employed. The nine academic libraries in Delta State constituted the... more
This study focuses on the use of e-mail in providing library and information services in higher institution libraries in Delta State – Nigeria. A survey design was employed. The nine academic libraries in Delta State constituted the population for the study. A total of 106 respondents duly completed the questionnaire. Simple percentages and frequency counts were used to analyze data. This study revealed that e-mail is occasionally used in providing library and information services in higher institutions. The study further revealed the unavailability of Internet facilities in six out of the nine institutions surveyed, with a corresponding lack of Internet literacy amongst respondents. In view of the enormous benefits in using e-mail in providing library and information services in higher institutions, it therefore concluded that Internet facilities should be installed in all higher institution libraries in Delta State. The Information Technologist Vol. 5 (1) 2008: pp. 42-51
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This paper describes Library 2.0. It presents the key features of library 2.0, such as user centered, multi-media experience, socially rich and communally innovative. Library 2.0 technologies and applications include blogs and wikis,... more
This paper describes Library 2.0. It presents the key features of library 2.0, such as user centered, multi-media experience, socially rich and communally innovative. Library 2.0 technologies and applications include blogs and wikis, instant messaging (IM), podcasts, social networking, streaming media, tagging, bookmarking and rich site summary (RSS) feeds. This paper discusses important principles and powerful potentials, inherent in Library 2.0. It presents critical challenges associated with the implementation of Library 2.0 in Nigerian University libraries. Recommendations were therefore proffered to include; the partnership of NLA and NUC towards inculcating library 2.0 principles in Library and Information Science School curricula, amongst others. Key Words: Model, Library, University, Nigerian
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Literacy is an all-inclusive activity that engages community, schools and children for sustainable development. When a rural community has an information centre and a school library, the entire dwellers enjoy the dividend of equitable... more
Literacy is an all-inclusive activity that engages community, schools and children for sustainable development. When a rural community has an information centre and a school library, the entire dwellers enjoy the dividend of equitable quality education and information. This paper shared experience of a collaborative literacy promotion and engagement of a school in a rural farm settlement in South East Nigeria. It outlined the literacy engagement, successes, collaboration, lessons learnt and challenges. It was a qualitative study and evidence based collaborative literacy activity in Community Development Primary School Nkwelle Farm in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. The methods used for data generation were visits to the community school, observation and interviews. The school has a population of 172 pupils with 12 staff. The study involved librarians, teachers and non-government organizations (NGOs). The community literacy engagement started in November, 2017. T...
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It has become unimaginable for libraries and librarians to alienate themselves from other organizations and “do their own thing” without joint efforts for effective information service delivery in the communities. The importance of... more
It has become unimaginable for libraries and librarians to alienate themselves from other organizations and “do their own thing” without joint efforts for effective information service delivery in the communities. The importance of collaboration and partnership has removed the notion of “stiff necked professionals” to create spaces for reshaping and reinvigorating roles of the libraries beyond their physical space and immediate users. It is to enable libraries become more interactive, augmenting realities with new layers of information and content in emerging information societies. Thus, aligning with the community based organizations not only gives visibility to library and information centers but opens avenues on knowledge management, civic engagements, governance and budget documents, holistic empowerment and sustainable development activities. The rich cultural and human resources in the communities add value for total quality services which libraries aim to achieve. The questio...
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School library is desirable because it provides a wide range of reading and multimedia resources. The essence is to support teaching and learning, fostering reading culture and lifelong learning. The rural schools and the children are... more
School library is desirable because it provides a wide range of reading and multimedia resources. The essence is to support teaching and learning, fostering reading culture and lifelong learning. The rural schools and the children are part of this proposition. It also behooves on the rural dwellers to participate and contribute in community development to ensure learning and literacy sustainability. This study examines the rural school libraries with regards to participatory rural appraisal for community driven development. It is a qualitative study that involved physical assessment of rural schools with community based monitors. Techniques for data collection were focus group discussion, key informant interview and discussions in community groups. It was discovered that out of twelve government primary and secondary schools that only two has small spaces created for library. The participatory approach devised means of community contribution which created result in book donations. T...
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Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the level of awareness and use of Web 2.0 tools by librarians in university libraries in Africa. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was used to collect data from 140 librarians from 16... more
Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the level of awareness and use of Web 2.0 tools by librarians in university libraries in Africa. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was used to collect data from 140 librarians from 16 leading university libraries in Africa. Findings – The study revealed that librarians in Africa are mostly familiar with Web 2.0 tools such as social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), blogs, instant messaging and wikis. It was also found that the most frequently used Web 2.0 tools by the librarians in university libraries in Africa are Facebook, instant messaging, blogs, Twitter and wikis. The study revealed that the librarians use the Web 2.0 tools for the purpose of announcing library news/events, online reference services, training resources, blogging and image and video sharing with users. Finally, lack of skills, power failure, lack of facilities such as computers with Internet access, lack of time and lack of interest were mentioned b...
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This study is a survey of access to health information by people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Nigeria. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 120 respondents. The data obtained were analysed using simple percentages. The study... more
This study is a survey of access to health information by people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Nigeria. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 120 respondents. The data obtained were analysed using simple percentages. The study reveals that libraries are not used as sources of health information by PLWHA. The study recommends that libraries should repackage information for PLWHA, educate users, and organise awareness/outreach services in collaboration with NGOs on the subject of HIV/AIDS.
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This study investigates the challenges associated with postgraduate students’ awareness and use of online journals in Nigerian universities. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 10, 775... more
This study investigates the challenges associated with postgraduate students’ awareness and use of online journals in Nigerian universities. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 10, 775 registered postgraduate students in federal and state universities in south-south zone of Nigeria. Based on the Krejcie and Morgan sample size determination table, a sample size of 370 postgraduate students were chosen for the study. The questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Copies of the questionnaire were distributed by hand by the researchers with the help of research assistants. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the data from the questionnaire. The major findings challenges associated with postgraduate students’ awareness and use of online journals were identified to include absence of enlightenment on online journals by lecturers (𝑋̅2.94,SD=.87), lack of knowledge of publishers of online journals (𝑋̅2.67,SD=.98...
The demands of modern information handling coupled with the advent of information and communication technology (ICT), which brings various competitors in information service delivery, demands an innovative approach from university... more
The demands of modern information handling coupled with the advent of information and communication technology (ICT), which brings various competitors in information service delivery, demands an innovative approach from university libraries in reaching out to users, of which marketing is beneficial. This paper examines the strategies used by university libraries in Africa to market their resources and services to users and the problems experienced. The survey research design was adopted for this study. A questionnaire was designed and used for data collection. The purposive sampling technique was employed to select twenty (20) universities in Africa for the study. Findings revealed that university libraries in Africa, like their counterparts in other continents, creatively engage in marketing library and information services through various strategies. It was also found that the most frequently used strategies for marketing library and information services in African libraries are library publications (memos, bulletins, and newsletters), orientation exercises, website and flyers. The study equally revealed low level use of social media such as Facebook, blogs, Twitter, e-mail alerts for marketing. Absence of marketing plan, not knowing what to market, lack of facilities and lack of fund were mentioned by the respondents as some of the barriers in marketing library and information services. It was therefore recommended amongst others, that university libraries should design a workable marketing plan with total emphasis on the users; this will help in determining users' needs for effective and efficient library and information services delivery.
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School library is desirable because it provides a wide range of reading and multimedia resources. The essence is to support teaching and learning, fostering reading culture and lifelong learning. The rural chools and the children are part... more
School library is desirable because it provides a wide range of reading and multimedia resources. The essence is to support teaching and learning, fostering reading culture and lifelong learning. The rural chools and the children are part of this proposition. It also behooves on the rural
dwellers to participate and contribute in community development to ensure learning and literacy sustainability. This study examines the rural school libraries with regards to participatory rural appraisal for community driven development. It is a qualitative study that involved physical assessment of rural schools with community based monitors. Techniques for data collection were focus group discussion, key informant interview and discussions in community groups. It was
discovered that out of twelve government primary and secondary schools that only two has small spaces created for library. The participatory approach devised means of community contribution
which created result in book donations. These were distributed to all the rural schools in the community. It was recommended that duty bearers and school board should provide library facilities in the rural schools just as in urban schools. Communities should also drive their own
development to promote literacy for their children and sustainability
dwellers to participate and contribute in community development to ensure learning and literacy sustainability. This study examines the rural school libraries with regards to participatory rural appraisal for community driven development. It is a qualitative study that involved physical assessment of rural schools with community based monitors. Techniques for data collection were focus group discussion, key informant interview and discussions in community groups. It was
discovered that out of twelve government primary and secondary schools that only two has small spaces created for library. The participatory approach devised means of community contribution
which created result in book donations. These were distributed to all the rural schools in the community. It was recommended that duty bearers and school board should provide library facilities in the rural schools just as in urban schools. Communities should also drive their own
development to promote literacy for their children and sustainability