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Item Use of social media space for library service delivery: evidence from Southern Nigeria Universities(2020) Ilesanmi, T. C.; Mabawonku, I.The incorporation of social media into service delivery by librarians is essential to render contemporary and seem-less library services to the users. Studies have shown that awareness and perception constitute important factors in the use of emerging technology for personal use with paucity of literature on the use of social media for library service delivery. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the use of social media for service delivery by librarians in Southern Nigeria universities. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 669 librarians from the universities in Southern Nigeria. Total enumeration technique was adopted for the study. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that librarians used very few social media space for delivering library services. Low bandwidth, culminated in slow internet connection was the main challenge to the application of social media. Recommendations such as increase in the use of social media space and the provision of robust bandwidth to enhance internet connectivity were proffered.Item Use of social media space for library service delivery: evidence from Southern Nigeria universities(University Libraries of the University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA., 2020) Ilesanmi, T. C.; Mabawonku, I.The incorporation of social media into service delivery by librarians is essential to render contemporary and seem-less library services to the users. Studies have shown that awareness and perception constitute important factors in the use of emerging technology for personal use with paucity of literature on the use of social media for library service delivery. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the use of social media for service delivery by librarians in Southern Nigeria universities. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 669 librarians from the universities in Southern Nigeria. Total enumeration technique was adopted for the study. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that librarians used very few social media space for delivering library services. Low bandwidth, culminated in slow internet connection was the main challenge to the application of social media. Recommendations such as increase in the use of social media space and the provision of robust bandwidth to enhance internet connectivity were proffered.Item Plagiarism awareness among library and information studies students at the University of Ibadan: implications for quality assurance(University Press Plc, Ibadan, 2016) Ilesanmi, T.; Mabawonku, I.With the explosion of information on the Internet, there is need for adequate enlightenment on the use of information for academic purposes without resorting to plagiarism. The study examined the level of awareness of plagiarism among the University of Ibadan library and information science students. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Eighty-four students, constituting about 60% of the undergraduate and postgraduate students at 400, 700 and 800 levels respectively were surveyed in the study. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The findings indicated that students were aware of various acts of plagiarism, as well as the implications. They were also taught how to avoid plagiarism in their research work. The level of knowledge of students on plagiarism was high as many had taken courses that mentioned the academic crime of plagiarism. Some of the students indicated that they had been involved in plagiarism before and were ready to desist from such act. Some fundamental problems that need to be solved to reduce incidents of plagiarism were identified to include: inadequate knowledge of appropriate use of Internet resources and lack of current information resources in the university library. The paper highlights some expectations from lecturers in LIS curricula and recommends that there should be more enlightenment programmes for students through lectures and curriculum redesign. The lecturers are advised to use plagiarism detector software to check students' projects against plagiarism before submission. The university libraries should be stocked with current information resources to reduce incidents of plagiarism in Nigerian LIS schools.