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    Challenges Of Accessing And Utilising Health Information For Information Needs Satisfaction Of Female Undergraduate Students In Colleges Of Medicine
    (Samaru Journal of Information Studies, 2024-02-02) Olayinka Mary Adekoya; Singya Zhimwang Zwalman; Jimoh Maimunat Omokide; Olatunji Sunday Olabisi; Enamudu James Ogielagbega
    The study examined the challenges of accessing and utilizing health information for the information needs satisfaction of female undergraduate students in colleges of medicine. The study was guided by three research questions and one null hypothesis. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 1,339 registered female undergraduate students of colleges of medicine. The sample size of the study was 549 female undergraduates’ students representing 41% of the population. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. Data gathered were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study found out that, female undergraduate students understand that accessing and utilizing health information for meeting their information needs satisfaction has lots of benefits. However, challenges experienced in accessing and utilizing health information are: health information not packaged in an appealing/attracting format, lack of health counselors for students, negative attitudes of library staff members are a major problem and cultural or religious constraints, physical accessibility to the library building is a concern, lack of organize seminars/workshops on reproductive health, and epileptic power supply to access electronic health information, lack of ICT facilities to access health information, lack of current and up-to-date health information in the library. Some of the solutions to the problems include: the managements of the colleges of medicine should allocate more fund to the colleges of medicine library to acquire more health information resources for the female undergraduate students so that they can access and utilize them to meet their health information needs.
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    Pregnant Women’s Health Information Needs And Information Seeking Behavior In Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja
    (International Journal of Information Resource Management (IJIRM), 2025-02-02) Adekoya Olayinka Mary; Jimoh Maimunat Omokide; Zwalman Singya Zhimwang; Olatunji Sunday Olabisi
    The study investigated pregnant women’s health information needs and information seeking behavior in Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja. The study is been guided by five research questions. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population consist of 62 registered women which were all sampled. Data were collected from respondents through a closed-ended structured questionnaire and the responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics which comprises of mean and standard deviation. The study identifies pre-natal vitamins, their importance, information on healthy dietary choices and meal planning during pregnancy as the major health information needs. It was found that reliable sources include healthcare professionals, pregnancy-related books, antenatal programs, and social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. However, caution is advised regarding online medical websites and articles, as they may not always provide trustworthy information due to the potential of unverified sources. Customized health information materials (leaflets, apps, and websites) should be developed to meet the diverse needs of pregnant women.
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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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    Challenges to the Implementation of Open Source Integrated Library Management Software in Academic Libraries: A Case ofLibrary Management Software in Academic Libraries
    (Library Philosophy and Practice, 2020-02-02) Olatunji Sunday Olabisi; Binta L. Farouq; Mustapha Idris
    The paper examines the challenges in the implementation of Open source library management software in academic libraries in Nigeria using the experience of Kano University of Science and Technology, Library. The case study provides an account of the level of implementation of the NewGenLib library management software, which the library has adopted in the operations of the library, the challenges to the effective implementation of the software in the library as well as the strategies for the effective implementation of the software in the library. Qualitative data was gathered from structured interviews with the University Librarian as well as the heads of departments of the library. Findings reveal that the need for effective and adequate dissemination of information to the library users; the desire to ease the work of the library staff and the desire to allow users gain easy access to information material, pushed the library to adopt newer technologies in order to accommodate growing patron demands. Presently the software has only been implemented in the cataloguing and classification operations of the library. The challenges affecting the implementation of the software in the library include lack of funds, technical expertise, power failure and poor ICT infrastructure. Proper planning, prior feasibility studies, training of staff are recommended for any library planning to adopt and implement any ILMS successfully.
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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.
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    Bibliotherapy and aging phobia among Covenant University staff
    (Ife PsychologIA, 2011-11-26) Nkiko Christopher; Yusuf, Felicia O.
    Reading is one of life's greatest pleasures and opens the door to culture, knowledge and independence. It can be very therapeutic. This study examines the effect of bibliotherapy on aging phobia among Covenant University academic and senior staff. The result shows that reading of books has influenced positively their perception and attitude towards aging. And that books especially the bible, internet and friends are major sources of information to ameliorate any fear of aging.
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    Examination of the Nexus Between Academic Libraries and Accreditation: Lessons from Nigeria
    (Routledge, 2015-04-08) Nkiko Christopher; Ilo, Promise; Idiegbeyan-ose, Jerome; Segun-Adeniran, Chidi
    The article investigated the nexus between academic libraries and accreditation in the higher institutions with special focus on the Nigerian experience. It showed that all accreditation agencies place a high premium on library provisions as a major component of requisite benchmarks in determining the status of the program or institutions being assessed. Academic libraries help to enrich formal classroom curricular and act as a broadening influence on lecturers and students as well as nurture in them the virtue of independent inquiry. State-of-the-art academic libraries confer prestige on the institutions and have tremendous impact on student retention, rankings, and high profiling of parent institution during accreditation. The article noted that there exists strong intrinsic and sometimes imperceptible relationship between academic libraries and higher education. It recommended institutionalization of global and regional ranking of academic libraries, among others.
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    Achieving the 4IR University Library in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges
    (Folia Toruniensia, 2021-12-09) Nkiko Christopher; Omorodion Okuonghae
    The paper examined the university library in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the preconditions for achieving and sustaining the same in Nigeria. 4IR is characterized by a level of automation, deployment of emerging technologies and artificial intelligence, internet connectivity and accessibility to the global information network, subscription to reputable online databases, quality and comprehensive collection in diverse formats, preponderance of digital natives among patrons, increased demand for seamless access to online resources and virtual operations, new library spaces (learning commons, research commons and makerspace), open scholarly communication, research data management, social mediation applications, digital curation and preservation. The challenges militating against effective crystallization of 4IR university libraries include: financial constraints, inadequate infrastructure, resistance to change, inadequate skills and competencies, security and intrusion issues, lack of exposure to international standards. Conclusions: The paper recommended the following as requisite panacea: leadership, demonstrating and justifying returns on investment, benchmarking practices, anti-intrusion and back-up systems, adequate power supply and bandwidth, endowment and corporate social responsibility, indigenous library management software, and capacity building initiatives.
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    COMMUNITY-FOCUSED SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION SERVICES FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH INFORMATION PROVISION AND UTILIZATION: CENTER FOR LEARNING RESOUCES AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
    (IFLA WLIC, 2015-02-02) Nkiko Christopher; Iroaganachi Mercy
    With the rapidity of transformation of the modern society to a knowledge economy, as well as the ever increasing deployment of ICT for retrieval and management of knowledge by libraries, global solutions are now available for hitherto localized and seemingly intractable problems. As laudable as this scenario of a flat world which provides information for virtually any issue of human concern, in unimaginable dimension, may seem, there still exists the need to bridge the yawning gap in women’s information access and utilization in Nigeria. It is against this background that the study surveyed and show-cased practical outreach undertaken by the Centre for Learning Resources (Covenant University Library) in addressing particular information needs of women within its environs. The paper highlighted community impact initiatives, workshops, and research targeted at ameliorating specific deficiencies associated with women through the instrumentality of information access and library services. The study extrapolated from the unique experiences of the Centre for Learning Resources, Covenant University to construct a model for modern libraries in developing countries for evolving as agent of reconstruction of their immediate geo-polity. It identified constraints of libraries in community services. The paper concluded that libraries should traverse traditional roles to embrace challenges presented by their peculiar setting in order to maintain continuous relevance.
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    Managing a Sustainable Institutional Repository: The Covenant University Experience
    (Samaru Journal of Information Studies, 2010) Nkiko Christopher; Christian Bolu; Michael-Onuoha Happiness
    The paper examined the ubiquitous nature of digital institutional repositories and their concomitant capabilities. It specifically show-cased the robust process and technical details involved in the development and sustenance of Covenant University Institutional Repository which has consistently ranked number one repository in Nigeria based on webometric rankings. Relying on Strajda Process Management model, Covenant University adopted two open source software- Dspace and E-print based on adjudged robustness of the metadata, relative easy to setup as well as amenable to customization. The paper recommended among others, the sensitization of researchers on the dangers of ceding copyright to Journal publishers as the practice divests them of inherent rights and may preclude deposition of their works on the Institutional repository thereby undermining growth of content and visibility of research outputs. It further recommended backup systems that forestall intrusion and mitigate effect of potential disasters on sustainability of Institutional Repository.