Browsing by Author "Oladele, B. A."

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Building capacity of librarians for knowledge and skill development: a case study of nine institutions of the consortium for advanced research training in Africa (CARTA)
(Digital Commons, 2014) Obasola, O. I.; Alonge, A. J.; Oladele, B. A.; Eyers, J.
Librarians have an important part to play in supporting research, training and developing the knowledge economies of nations. The changing roles of librarians and the attendant new skills and knowledge required to play these roles are a major challenge for libraries and librarians in developing countries, especially those in Africa. To meet this challenge, the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) seeks to promote development through advanced research training. In achieving this vision, librarians need to be empowered with knowledge and skills required to support teaching, learning and research in the continent. This is being implemented through the Consortium of CARTA Libraries (CCL), an alliance under CARTA, that aims to strengthen capacity and promote collaboration among librarians and libraries from CARTA institutions.
The future directions for Africa library development
(2004) Oladele, B. A.
The library as it is understood today is one of the legacies bequeathed to Sub-Sahara African countries at independence by the erstwhile colonial masters. Like many other infrastructures and facilities, the library has had its own share of the pervasive travails of development on the continent. This explains the lack luster impact of libraries on the development processes of most countries in regard to access and delivery of information. This state of affairs is analyzed against the backdrop of the general political and economic history of the continent and how the lack of policy synergy and in some cases frequent policy somersaults of government serve to undermine library growth and development. Efforts at remedying the situation are also discussed as well as pointing to future directions for development
Globalization and African libraries: the challenges of self- discovery in digital world
(IFLA, 2008) Oladele, B. A.
"This paper examines the extent to which globalization as a development framework has been affected or otherwise library development in Africa. Using Nigeria as a reference point, an assessment of the extent to which globalization has affected Library in the country was carried out in addition to an empirical survey of challenges affecting the development of libraries in the country. Findings show that government frequent policy summersault about library development, funding inadequacy which has affected capacity to sustain subscription to information resources and weak national information infrastructures are among all other factors responsible for the underdeveloped nature of most libraries in the country and by inference the continent. It was accordingly concluded that most libraries in Africa seem unaffected by globalization and its driving information technologies. It was further concluded that African Libraries journey to the 21st century is still a long and tortuous one that is full of bumps and hiccups. How soon the identified challenges are addressed will be an index of the libraries’ journey to self-discovery to becoming borderless libraries. "
Human Society vs Cyborg Society: as I see them.
(University of Califonia, Los Angeles, 2004) Oladele, B. A.
The imperatives of challenges for Africa in the knowledge age: status and role of National Information Policy
(2011) Oladele, B. A.
In principle, the emergence of National Information Policy (NIP) as a framework for developing information resources and institutions was welcomed by most countries in Africa with a messianic zeal. However, most of these countries, particularly those in the sub-sahara region, were unable to correspondingly match their zeal with concrete efforts aimed at enunciating and implementing the policy. This situation is not unconnected with mitigating factors and certain development peculiarities of some of the countries, which are discussed in this paper. Against the background of the above factors and peculiarities, most countries in the sub-region suddenly found themselves at a crossroads with the emergence of the information society that is typified by the increasing prevalence and convergence of information and communications infrastructure (NICI) initiative is discussed in the wider context of national and regional development objectives. The challenges of the knowledge age are also articulated in the light of the way forward for development in Africa. The paper concludes that the alternative to African countries’ failure to address these challenges will be for them to remain attached to the apron string of donor agencies and countries in perpetuity
Information and communication technologies, intellectual property rights and indigenous knowledge protection at universities: role of libraries
(BIB Press Nigeria Ltd, 2009) Oladele, B. A.; Oyelude, A. A.
The framework for understanding Intellectual Property Rights and Indigenous Knowledge is studied in this paper. Discussion of acquisition of materials oral, written and archival reveals that knowledge gathering for purposes of conservation and preservation is one that needs urgent attention especially on the African Continent. Current Indigenous Knowledge gathering practices are examined and the role of the librarian or archivist in this process is highlighted. The impact of the environment in which the indigenous knowledge Comes from on the Library, Archive or Collection Centre is reviewed, noting Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright issues and sanctions involved. Recommendations on the way forward for Africa in building up a formidable IK content and protecting it in libraries are made.
Information and communication technology for development: Nigeria development strategy
(2007) Oladele, B. A.
Information and Communication technology for sustainable development in Nigeria: hope or hype
(Fullbright Alumni Association of Nigeria, 2005) Oladele, B. A.
The increasing diffusion and adoption of Information and Communication Technologies as tools for development activities is impacting positively on the economics of most nations so much that access to and utilization of the technologies have now become one of the determining factors in the categorization of nations into developed and developing. The disparity in the capacity to access and apply the technologies among nations is referred to as digital divide. Efforts at bridging this divide perhaps explain the worldwide move by nations to put in place policies as mechanism for developing their capacity, adopting and utilizing the technologies thereby availing themselves of the opportunities presented by the global information superhighway, including membership of the information society. Nigeria accordingly in the year 2001 put in place the National Policy for Information Technology with a mission statement to make the country an active player in the information society, including using the technology as an engine for sustainable development and global competitiveness. The paper thus, takes a critical look at the policy with regard to its suitability or otherwise to attain the set policy objectives of utilizing ICTs for sustainable economic development, delivery of social services across the different sectors of the economy and membership of the global information society. The policy is analyzed in the context of the country’s growing development challenges. The paper concludes that the policy though, a reactive one for that matter is nevertheless capable of making Nigeria an ICT-driven society provided the issues of synergy and resource allocation are addressed at the level of implementation
The leadership dimension in information and communication technology adoption in African libraries
(Sage, 2014-02) Oyelude, A. A.; Oladele, B. A.
The article focuses on leadership challenges in adaptation to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in African libraries. It identifies and discusses the need for adequate leadership styles and behavior in the bid to adapt effectively to new technologies. Online survey, observation arising from personal professional practice experience, personal communication, and interview methods were used to gather data for the study. Older library professionals, many of whom are still very visible across the leadership strata of libraries, were found to exhibit diverse attitude to the adaptation to ICTs deployment and use in their libraries. Some library leaders and older generation professionals were discovered to react somewhat negatively to changes in technology used in their libraries, preventing the younger professionals from performing to full capacity, and generally showing nonchalance to new technologies. Proper training and retraining, mentoring, and harnessing the synergy of ideas, with respectful communication from new generation library professionals, was found to be desirable. Change management workshops and implementation of standard ethics of the profession are recommended, while emphasis is put on the need for library professionals to overcome their technophobia and take leadership in adapting to move the library and information profession forward.
The Niger Delta Issues
(National Institute for Policy & Strategic Studies, 2003) Oladele, B. A.
Nigeria in the throes of global cyborg political: Information Technology to the rescue
(National Institute for Policy & Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, pp. 409-424, 2005) Oladele, B. A.
Nigeria-US relations: Diplomacy by the bandwidth
(2006) Oladele, B. A.
The concept of information and Communication Technology (ICT) is daily redefining relationships between and among individuals and corporate bodies including nations. As tangible tools, their convergence and application is daily impacting on society so much so that the notion of distance, time and physical barriers has assumed relative virtual meanings in terms of the existence of ICT infrastructures and capacity to utilize the technologies for development by nations. Against this background, attempt is made to discuss how Nigeria and the US can leverage the opportunities presented by technologies to foster their relationship in the 21st century in the context of the two nations’ mutual and disparate strategic interests. It was posited that international relation as art is compatible or amenable technology utilization.In the context of Nigeira-US relationship, it was further posited that security is one area in which the two countries can apply technology provided the challenges of mutual trust, integrity of electronic transactions and availability of bandwidth are addressed. The importance mutual respect for one another as a platform for consensual agreements on issues of common interests, and delicate balancing of divergent strategic national interest was highlighted
Peace building for conflict management: information typology for early warning mechanisms in Nigeria
(National Institute for Policy & Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, pp. 203-212, 2004) Oladele, B. A.
Toward an integrated agricultural information consolidation scheme for farmers in the Nigerian rural areas
(1987) Oladele, B. A.
It is assumed that farmers in the Nigerian rural areas require three types of information: technology-oriented, product-demand oriented, and input-supply oriented. Extension workers have been disseminating the first type of information to the inadvertent neglect of the other two types. The farmers have not been able to take advantage of product-demand and input-supply information because of their distance from the source of this information. The high incidence of illiteracy among farmers renders a normal print medium unacceptable in the dissemination of information. A new approach toward agricultural information handling and dissemination methods is proposed. Agricultural librarians in Nigerian should reprocess and repackage this information in more appropriate media. The repackaged information could be disseminated by the extension workers in conjunction with technology information. A much closer and complimentary cooperation between extension workers and agricultural librarians is needed to achieve this.