Browsing by Author "Adetimirin, A. E."

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Administrative and infrastructural factors affecting library and information science educators’ actual use of educational support systems for teaching in Nigerian universities
(Sage Publications, 2019) Akinde, T. A.; Adetimirin, A. E.
This research assumes that administrative and infrastructural factors may explain the low use of educational support systems (ESS) for teaching by library and information science (LIS) educators in Nigerian universities. The literature has focused on the adoption of different types of educational technologies and their use by teachers and students with little consideration for the LIS educators’ actual use of ESS for teaching and the effect of institutional support on the use of these systems. Thus, the study seeks to determine the user percentage of ESS for teaching, how the educators actually use ESS for teaching, the nature of administrative and infrastructural support they receive while teaching with ESS and whether the two factors correlate with and predict the actual use of ESS for teaching. A descriptive survey design was adopted and data were collected through a questionnaire. The results indicate that many of the LIS educators did not use ESS for teaching and that their actual use of ESS for the instructional activities highlighted in the study was low and below average. Moreover, the educators were found to have received minimal administrative and infrastructural support. The two factors were also found to have significant positive correlations and a significant and positive joint influence on the actual use of ESS for teaching with a joint contribution of 14.7%. Analysis of their relative contributions to the prediction of actual use revealed that, although the two support factors contributed positively, only infrastructural support contributed significantly at 0.05 level of significance. It was therefore recommended that for administrative support to be meaningful, adequate infrastructural facilities should be provided for an appreciable and sustainable use of ESS for teaching.
Assessing determinants of perceived ease of use of institutional repositories by lecturers in Nigerian universities
(Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2020) Bamigbola, A. A.; Adetimirin, A. E.
Institutional repositories (IRs) present platform to disseminate research findings to complement the traditional scholarly communication model. The use of IRs is beneficial to authors, host institutions, libraries and society at large. Despite the numerous benefits of IRs, there is low deposit of scholarly works by lecturers and the investment on IRs seems to be a waste. This study examined determinants of perceived ease of use (PEOU) of IRs by lecturers in Nigerian universities. A survey of lecturers received 857 respondents. Awareness, anchor and adjustment factors were found to be determinants of PEOU of Institutional repositories by lecturers in Nigerian Universities
Availability, accessibility and use of information and communication technologies by undergraduates in Nigerian universities: what role for university libraries?
(HEBN Publishers Plc, 2007) Adetimirin, A. E.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) facilitate access to electronic information which has become invaluable in complementing traditional library resources. The objective of this study was to determine location, accessibility and use of ICTs by undergraduates. Three universities were purposively selected and undergraduates from four faculties were randomly selected. Questionnaire, interview and observation were the data collection methods used. A total of 700 respondents were used for the study while cross tabulation and percentages were the data analysis methods. ICTs were used in university libraries, computer laboratories and cybercafes on the campuses and it was found that not all the ICTs available were accessible to undergraduates in the. university’ libraries. The academic tasks for which ICTs were used were assignments, class work, projects, seminar and term papers. University libraries still need to provide more ICTs for students’ use. This could be achieved through encouraging the intervention of private initiatives as this could in turn promote more use of ICTs.
Effect of lecturers' attitude on use of educational support systems for teaching in university-based library schools in Nigeria
(Taylor and Francis, 2017-02) Akinde, T. A.; Adetimirin, A. E.
Evaluating use of institutional repositories by lecturers in Nigerian universities
(2017) Bamigbola, A. A.; Adetimirin, A. E.
The study investigated use of Institutional Repositories (IRs) among lecturers in Nigerian Universities. It examined the level of awareness, frequency of use, preferred archiving method, purpose of use of IRs and challenges of use of IRs among lecturers. Five universities in Nigeria that had functional institutional repositories for at least three years as at 2015 were purposively selected. Five faculties were purposively selected from which 1151 lecturers were randomly selected. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data and descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Findings revealed that majority of the lecturers were aware of IRs, they accessed materials from IRs on daily and weekly basis while they deposited their works into IR on annual and bi-annual basis. It was also revealed that lecturers preferred mediated archiving and they used materials from IRs to prepare lecture notes and research works. Fear of copyrights infringement, plagiarism and lack of awareness were major challenges of use of IRs. The study recommended that the university libraries should check the copyrights status of scholarly works to ensure non-infringement, organise more awareness programs on IRs and mediated archiving method should be used to encourage lecturers to submit their scholarly works
ICT literacy among undergraduates in Nigerian universities
(Springer, 2011) Adetimirin, A. E.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the availability, use of Information and Communication Technology and the ICT literacy skills of undergraduates in seven Nigerian universities. The descriptive survey research design was adopted and seven universities were selected based on distribution of ownership of university. Four faculties were purposively selected with a study population of 8,497. Random sampling procedure was employed using a sampling percentage of 20% to give a sample size of 1,702. Results revealed that computer, telephone and the Internet were the three ICT mostly used by the undergraduates, although more on an occasional basis. The undergraduates in the state universities (BSU and IMSU) were found to have poor ICT literacy skills in the use of the three ICT with over 25%, while those with average ICT literacy skills were in the federal universities (ABU and UNIMAID). Three major factors affecting the ICT literacy of the undergraduates were identified as irregular power supply, inadequate ICT and limited duration of the use of the ICT. For increased ICT literacy of undergraduates, the university administrators must introduce courses on ICT competency to all students especially first year students and encourage all lecturers to use ICT for teaching and learning. The article contains original work carried out on the ICT literacy competencies of undergraduates in selected Nigerian universities and the result would be useful to library staff and university administrators.
Library services for rural women empowerment in Oyo state: a case study of african heritage research library and cultural centre, Oyo state, Nigeria
(2014) Bamigbola, A. A.; Adetimirin, A. E.
Rural women remain the most underprivileged group of the developing societies because of lack of empowerment. In the recent years, there are diverse government and non-governmental organisations and initiatives aimed at empowering rural women in order to alleviate their sufferings yet a lot of rural women are not empowered. Information is recognized as power, a critical resource and sine-qua non for true empowerment and library is an important store house of information. This paper discusses roles of libraries to rural dwellers and the importance of information in empowerment. The study adopted a qualitative approach with case study research method. Data was collected from twelve rural women (users) and four members of the management of African Heritage Research Library and Cultural Centre (AHRLC) through interview, focus group and inspection of AHRLC facilities. AHRLC is a private library situated at Adeyipo, a village in Lagelu local government area of Oyo State Nigeria. The findings of the study revealed that library services such as education support services (literacy programme, reading programme, seminars and talks), economic support services (workshops and demonstration farms), culture and recreation support services were available at AHRLC and utilized by rural women at Adeyipo and its environs. Subsequently, AHRLC was perceived by rural women as solution, civilization and all purpose centre. However, lack of funds, electricity, trained manpower and motorable road were major challenges facing AHRLC. Finally, some recommendations were made as way out of the challenges
Perception of social media use by distance learners in Nigeria
(IGI Global Publishing, 2020-06) Adetimirin, A. E.; Ayoola, J.
Perceived ease of use (PEOU) and perceived usefulness (PU) of social media by distance learners may affect its acceptance for learning. These constructs were investigated among 341 distance learners in two universities, the University of Ibadan- UI and the National Open University- NOUN in Nigeria using a questionnaire and was analyzed using frequency and percentages. The main purpose and use of social media in UI and NOUN was to share information (100% and 100%) and for group discussion (96.3% and 100%) respectively. WhatsApp was used daily in NOUN (100%) and UI (91.3%). The PEOU by the respondents in NOUN and UI were both high: requiring a lot of mental effort (100%) and promoting distance interactions between learners and lecturers outside the lecture room (96.9%), while PU in NOUN and UI was also high: it decreased travel expenses (100%) and improved academic performance (100%). Therefore, the high perception of social media use (PEOU and PU) by distance learners should be sustained by facilitators through the adoption of social media for all their courses.
Performance expectancy as a determinant of use of open access resources by lecturers in university of Ibadan, Nigeria
(Academic Research Journals, 2017-03) Akanni, O. T.; Adetimirin, A. E.
The research work examined the open access resources as a major source of information resources available to lecturers. Open access provides information resources to lecturers at no cost. Notable among the open access resources are Institutional Repository, Open access databases, open access journals, Author’s personal archives and open text books. Objective of this study was to examine performance expectancy, as a factor affecting the use of open access resources by lecturers in University of Ibadan. The design adopted for the study was the descriptive research and population comprised lecturers from University of Ibadan. Random sampling was used to select 174 as sample size. Questionnaire for Lecturers was used as the research instrument. The analysis was done using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages, while inferential statistics such as the Pearson product moment correlation and regression analysis was used to test hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Majority of the lecturers (77.1%) used open access resources to publish articles in the open access medium and also refer their students for assignment completion. Open access resources were useful to most of the lecturers (76.3%): of relative advantage and very relevant to the academic activities. However, the study also revealed that Performance expectancy is a strong determinant of use of open access resources as result showed there was a significant positive correlation between performance expectancy and use of open access resources by lecturers (r= .867**; n = 152; p <0.05) by lecturers. In conclusion, performance expectancy is a strong determinant of use of open access resources by lecturers.
A study of the availability and utilisation of library electronic resources by undergraduate students in private Universities in Ogun state, Nigeria
(2014-09) Quadri, G.; Adetimirin, A. E.; Idowu, O. A.
The degree of availability and utilization of e-resources in any university library may influence the information services provision to students. The main objective of the study was to investigate the availability and utilization of e-resources by undergraduate in selected private university libraries in Ogun State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted and study population consisted of 9700 undergraduates from Babcock and Redeemer’s universities. Simple random was used to select a sample of 291 and the questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection. Data were analyzed using SPSS specifically descriptive statistics consisting of tables of frequency and percentage. The findings revealed that the internet was readily available in Babcock (83.5%) and Redeemer (92.8%), while other e-resources were not readily available. Most of the respondents in Babcock (64.0%) and Redeemer (89.1%) used the e-resources for assignment and research/project. Poor internet connectivity, lack of relevant e-resources in various disciplines, erratic power supply, and lack of technical know-how were the major challenges faced by the respondents. The internet and e-journals are important sources of information for both universities undergraduate students. Also, the availability and use of e-resources has no doubt contributed meaningfully to the information acquisition for class work, assignment and research needs of the students.
Training needs of staff and students in the use of software packages in selected Nigerian university libraries
(Ogun State Chapter of the Nigerian Library Association, 2010-06) Okewale, O. S.; Adetimirin, A. E.
The increasing pace of technological change necessitates the need for library staff and patrons to be properly trained in computer application. The study examined the extent of training programmes on the use of software packages in academic libraries. A total of 80 information professionals and 300 undergraduate students purposively selected from four academic libraries in South-West Nigeria constituted the population for the study. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire, interview and observations and analyzed using simple percentage calculation Findings of the study revealed that the core modules needed to operate on full automation were not available in some libraries. Also, most of the students were not exposed to training on the use of library software packages. Among the challenges associated with the training programmes were inadequate training facilities, poor attitude of staff to training and inadequate financial support. Training in the use of software is important for maximum use of the software for effective service provision. Library management should provide regular and consistent instruction to users, make available facilities for skills training to the staff and ensure adequate financial support for staff training and development.
Use of the internet by information professionals in some selected university libraries in South west, Nigeria
(Association of Information Professionals of Nigeria, 2009-06) Adetimirin, A. E.
The Internet in Nigeria is a veritable tool to access information due to the poor economic situation and the non availability of current library materials. This study attempted to find out the level of use of the Internet and problems faced by information professionals. Thirty- two information professionals were selected from three university libraries in South West Nigeria and the questionnaire was used for data collection. The Internet was used mainly for Electronic mails and the main access point was through cybercafes. Slow Internet connection, cost of bandwidth and little knowledge of Internet facilities were the major problems highlighted.