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Awareness and compliance to information ethics by undergraduate students in University of Ibadan, Nigeria
(Faculty of Education Kampala International University in Tanzania Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 2020-01) Olaojo, P. O.; Oyeboade, J. A.
Information is widely available these days, not only in libraries but also on the internet. From preliminary investigation, most students in higher institutions use Information without proper paraphrasing and acknowledgement to authors. This is a complex issue that could result in plagiarism which needs to be fixed. The study therefore examined awareness and compliance to Information ethics by undergraduate students in University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The population for the study comprised 12,178 undergraduates from the thirteen Faculties in University of Ibadan as at 2016/2017 academic Session. Data was collected from 214 undergraduates selected with the use of two-stage sampling technique in the University of Ibadan. Structured questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of r=0.78 was used to elicit responses from the respondents. Frequency counts, percentage, mean and Standard deviation was used to provide answer to the three research questions raised for the study. Findings revealed a moderate level of compliance with Information ethics, most of the respondents indicated that they always try to avoid plagiarism while using intellectual property; most of the respondents occasionally observe every bit of the ethical Standards that guides the use of intellectual property and further the main reasons for non-compliance with Information ethics. The study recommends that more enlightenment of the undergraduate students on ethical Standards of intellectual property utilisation should be put in place in order to totally eradicate plagiarism and enhance knowledge infrastructure development in Nigeria.
Knowledge infrastructure development as panacea to quality assurance in higher education in Nigeria
(Department of Guidance and Counselling, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2019) Olaojo, P. O.; Oyeboade, J. A.; Otuyalo, M. A.; Ajokotola, B. O.
Knowledge is a pre-requisite to any significant level of infrastructure development. The paper emphasized knowledge infrastructure development as panacea to quality assurance in higher education in Nigeria. From preliminary observation, there may not be meaningful, Creative and deepened use of technology for teaching, learning and research activities in higher institutions without the availability and adequacy of knowledge infrastructure. The methodology adopted for this paper was literature-based approach. The literature consulted covered the period of 1995 to 2017. The materials consulted for the literature survey include scholarly journals, textbooks, conference proceedings, and Internet sources. Contextual information from the information materials were studied comparatively, discussed and inferences were drawn from the literature. The concept of knowledge infrastructure has been discussed in the paper to reflect new knowledge practices captured under the language of crowd sourcing, cyber-infrastructure, personal informatics, citizen science, open access, among others. The paper further discussed the process of knowledge infrastructure which centred on knowledge accumulation, integration, and reconfiguration. In addition, knowledge infrastructure as panacea to quality assurance in higher education reflects quality use of information by access control. The paper concludes that investment in knowledge infrastructure would make African countries to compete with the rest of the global world in terms of infrastructural development. The recommendations therefore include provision of relevant ICT tools to aid library services; improvement of library personnel ICT skills; and readiness to use knowledge infrastructure by library users.
Social media monitoring by personnel in libraries: listening etiquette and best practices for engaging users
(Department of School Library and Media Technology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2023) Olaojo, P. O.; Oyeboade, J. A.; Salvador, Y. M.
Social media has the ability to build social Capital, facilitate knowledge sharing, and be used for internal and external communication by institutions and organizations. Many libraries around the world, on the other hand, appear to sign up for and make their presence known on various social media platforms without actively using them. Perhaps there isn’t enough manpower to keep track of how libraries use social media to give Services to their patrons. Asa result, this study discussed concerns related to social media surveillance by library workers as well as effective practices for interacting and listening to users. The paper was written using a literature- based methodology. Textbooks, scholarly publications, media, and Internet sources were used to compile the literature review, which encompassed the years 2007 to 2017. Before valid decisions for inferences were made, issues and themes were thoroughly compared. Best practices for engaging library users on social media; Social media monitoring plan for library Professionals; Building some early social media successes; Measuring the efficiency of social media strategies; The lead generation funnel; Best practices for engaging library users on social media; and Listening etiquette for engaging library users on social media were all reviewed thoroughly. Facebook, Linkedln, MySpace, Academia.com, GoodRead.com, Classmates.Com, LibraryThing, YouTube, Instagram, Podcast, Pinterest, Flicker, Tumblr, and other social media platforms were deemed useful for effective, dependable, and satisfactory Information and Service delivery to users. Consequently, library marketing strategies should be improved to ensure that patrons of individual libraries are adequately informed about web-based Information resources and Services available, as well as where such resources and services could be offered to them on Internet-related platforms, particularly social media. Library management should also provide regular training and workshops for library staff and users in Order to improve their ICT literacy.
Socio-economic status and use of social media by undergraduates in Redeemer’s University, Osun State, Nigeria
(Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2020-12) Olaojo, P. O.; Oyeboade, J. A.
There is a mass appeal of social media on the Internet in recent times. Perhaps, this is due to the gradually increasing amount of time that undergraduate students spend on the Internet to the detriment of their studies. The study, therefore, investigated socioeconomic Status and use of social media by undergraduates in Redeemer's University, Osun State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design of the correlational type. Data were collected from 121 undergraduates of the Redeemer's University with the use of a structured questionnaire with Cronbach alpha [a = 0.78J. Data analysis was done using frequency count and percentage distribution to answer the research question 1-3 white the Pearson's Correlation Coefficient at 0.05 level of significance was used to answer the research question 4. The main social media use by the undergraduates includes Facebook (100.0%), WhatsApp (86.8%), Ebuddy and (82.6%). Socio-economic Status of affluence for undergraduates' use of social media include: dignifying parental occupation, parental educational qualification, and steady monthly allowance. The students used social media for chatting (71.9%), checking through wall/news (76.9%), sharing Information, files, photos, and documents (100.0%). Socio-economic Status has significant relationship with use of social media (r = .816”; df = 120; p <0.05). The undergraduates use different types of social media for leisure, entertainment and knowledge sharing. It was, therefore, recommended that university authorities should seek to appreciate the use of social media for academic purposes; researchers should focus more on studies of social media use in education, and so on.