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ABSTRACT This study was carried out to examine alternative funding of public libraries using Rivers State Library, Port Harcourt as case study. Specifically, the studywas aimed at investigating the need for an alternative funding sources of public libraries, investigate the different alternative funding sources of public libraries, investigate the challenges of alternative funding of public libraries, and proffer possible solutions to the identified challenges of alternative funding of public libraries. ...

ABSTRACT Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has brought unprecedented changes and transformation to academic libraries and information services. Taking into cognizance the recent trends in ICT and the Nigerian situation, this work elicits the impact of  ICT in Nigerian public academic Libraries. The primary objectives were to ascertain the level of automation; to determine the usefulness of ICT resources; the effectiveness of ICT resources; the required skills in using ICT ...

Abstract The topic is on staff development programmes in academic libraries which deal with the management of staff in academic libraries on how they can be motivated, taking care of and being treated well in the programme conducted for them in order to render good services to the users of academic libraries. The objectives of the study include: to identify staff development programmes that are carried out in Imo state ...

ABSTRACT This study was based on the Problems of Books Acquisition in Academic Library. A case study of Imo State University Owerri (IMSU). The study was also made to find out what roles money play in the acquisition of book in the academic libraries. It also determined the level to which students and lecturers are consulted during selection of books to be acquired in their library through the findings it ...

ABSTRACT This study was designed to look at the effect of poor funding of public libraries in Nigeria on literacy level. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study, and 25 professional librarians were sampled. There was no need for sampling since the entire populations which are the 25 professional librarians were used. The results obtained from the findings, revealed that, it is obvious that government subvention, endowment, ...

ABSTRACT The study investigated the influence of ICT literacy on its application for library services by academic librarians. The study was guided by six research questions. Descriptive survey design was adopted in carrying out the study . The population of the study was made up of 93 librarians in 4 federal Universities in South East Geo-political zones of Nigeria. Out of the 93,56.9% were from University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN),9.8%were ...

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to assess the various strategies applied by special libraries in Plateau State in increasing their collections through acquisition. Some known strategies for application in acquisition in special libraries include purchase, donation, endowments, bequests, resource sharing, exchange, and consortium. Mixed research method was adopted for the research. Closed ended questionnaire with multiple choice answers and open ended interview were the instruments that were used in gathering ...

ABSTRACT Human capital is a key success factor in any organisation. Dissatisfied and unhappy staff may not perform maximally, and this could affect an organisation’s products and services. This is why the general opinion that job satisfaction of library staff in private university libraries in Nigeria was low and that their turnover intention was high has been a cause for concern. This study examined the extent to which leadership style, ...

ABSTRACT It is generally accepted that the innovative activities of an organization depends strongly on her ability to create and transfer knowledge. It is a common knowledge that Agro allied food companies in a developing country like Nigeria have not been coming up with innovative products in the last several years This study investigated how knowledge creation and its subsequent transfer influence product innovation in agro allied food companies in ...

ABSTRACT   Digital revolution has brought about employee mobility resulting in increased turnover intentions which is now regarded as a global challenge; and universities are not excluded.  Employees seemed dissatisfied with their job; and many stayed due to non availability of alternatives.  Dissatisfaction leads to turnover intentions which have become a topical issue and provides an estimation of employees’ self-assessments on whether they might quit in the near future. Understanding ...

ABSTRACT With the growing recognition of the potentials of Web 2.0 tools, a lot of academic libraries are adopting the technologies and investing heavily in training programs for their staffs in order to improve their operations. It is however not certain whether Web 2.0 tools are actually being used for service provision and the extent to which they have positively influenced service provision in academic libraries hence, this study examines ...

ABSTRACT Library patronage is an essential factor for justifying the value and existence of libraries to the university community. However, observation and reports have showed significant decline in library patronage in many academic libraries in Nigeria. One wonder if this could be as a result of poor reading culture among students or lack of satisfaction with the information resources and facilities provided by libraries. This study therefore examined the influence ...

ABSTRACT The proliferation of information and communication technology has had a significant influence on knowledge sharing practices and service delivery in organizations. This has raised the consciousness of libraries to adopt the use of social media for the exchange of knowledge and to improve library services. Studies have indicated that knowledge sharing practices are not fully integrated in most libraries while there seems to be lowprovision of a technology enhanced ...

ABSTRACT The success and failure of every institution largely depends on employees’ commitment. Institutional support and job satisfaction are considered essential factors for employee commitment to an organization. In the absence of commitment, organizations may suffer low productivity and high rate of staff turnover that can negatively impact on their existence. However, studies have shown that public servants in Nigeria including librarians have poor attitude to work and exhibit low ...

  ABSTRACT Library infrastructure contributes to the development of the University libraries and librarians. Organizational culture and mentoring engender career development and commitment. Most academic libraries in Nigeria are faced with the problem of library infrastructure, organizational culture and mentoring affecting library processes and human capital development. Such problems have degenerated into turnover intentions and job quitting of librarians. The incessant loss of skilful workforce from the information science field ...

ABSTRACT Librarians’ performance is meeting information needs of users by providing quality services and resources. Library automation afford great chance for library personnel to get and use required information to enhance their effectiveness and efficiency. The use of electronic information resources assists librarians to meet the current level of users’ requirement for information and services which promotes the performance of librarians.  Librarians’ performance seems to be below the expectations of ...

ABSTRACT The accessibility of electronic information resources enhances librarians research output by providing various information needed for research. The availability of electronic information resources increases access and use of information materials which will be of immense benefit to librarians in their research work.Librarians are regarded as academics and are expected to publish like other academic staff, but it seems that librarians record low research output when compared with lecturers or ...

ABSTRACT   Mental health is a desirable state globally and a requirement for optimum performance in any area of human endeavour. Studies have shown that a lot of people have one mental challenge or the other and that most people are unwilling to use mental healthcare services.  There are indications that librarians in private universities may not be immune to factors that predispose to mental health challenges. Moreover, previous studies ...

ABSTRACT Service delivery is the primary function of any university library. The cumbersome nature and the inadequacies of traditional library services have prompted university libraries to adopt social media in library service delivery. Observations have shown that globally, many university libraries have embraced the use of social media in their library services. However, the pace of integrating the use of social media in library by librarians in Nigerian University libraries ...

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to ascertain awareness, use and users’ satisfaction of library electronic resources by undergraduates of National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos Study Centre. The objectives of the study include to find out the extent of users’ awareness of library electronic resources, determine the skills needed to use library electronic resources, determine the level of use of library electronic resources, find out the level of users ...