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    Utilisation of Open Educational Resources (OER) by Lecturers in Public Universities in Ogun State
    (Nigerian Journal of Library and Information Science (NJLIS), 2023-12-29) Esther Afolabi Oluwaseyi; Olatunji Sunday Olabisi; James Ogielagbega Enamudu
    The study was conducted to examine the utilisation of open educational resources (OER) by lecturers in public universities in Ogun State. The study adopted descriptive survey research design, population of the study was one thousand three hundred and eighty-nine (1,389), one hundred and forty (140) lecturers in public universities in Ogun state were selected using simple random proportionate sampling technique. Questionnaires was used in gathering data. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation on the SPSS software. The findings of the study revealed that the lecturers in public Universities in Ogun State use their lecture notes, and online journals/databases. Most of the lecturers in public Universities in Ogun State frequently use Lecture notes, Open textbooks and Open access journals/databases for teaching. The lecturers in public Universities in Ogun State use OER for personalised learning. The challenges to the use of OER are poor electricity supply and lack of library sensitisation on what?. The study recommends that the university management should provide funding and policies that will facilitate access to OER for the lecturers. Trainings, seminars, workshops should be organised on how to make use of OER which are online based such as Coursera.
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    Impact of Public Library Services on Educational Transformation in Nigeria; Case Study of Oyo State Library Board
    (Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2021-09-01) James Ogielagbega Enamudu; Solomon Amaechi Akannam; Charity Olubusola Odunsi; Olatunji Sunday Olabisi
    The purpose of this paper is to report the result of a study on examining the impact of public library services on educational transformation in Oyo state. Respondents include the student users and librarians of the library. The respondents are engaged through purposive and simple random sampling techniques respectively, the instruments for data collection are self-administered questionnaire and interview. Descriptive survey research design was employed and data was analyzed using statistical package for social science, while the interview was interpreted by listening to the record properly. The result revealed that majority of the respondents patronizes the library occasionally. It was also revealed that the services mainly rendered by the library were lending, reference and user education services, the purpose of using the library were for examination preparations, research, enquiries and educational purposes. Majority of the respondents were satisfied with the services rendered and has impacted their academic activities positively. The major challenges faced are poor funding, epileptic power supply and no internet facilities. The paper therefore offer useful research information that can help public libraries understand what they can do to intensify more in their goal of transforming education positively and what government can do to aid this goal.