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Item Institutional repository activities in Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan, Nigeria(Balkan Libraries Union, 2022) Okoroma, F. N.There is a glaring divide between institutional literature and the user community. Institutional Repository (IR) deals with bridging the gap between institutions’ ever growing educational and research output, and the users of the materials for teaching/learning, research, decision making and societal advancement. According to literature, the pace of adoption of IR has been slow and quit uneven especially in the developing world with very few universities adopting IR in Nigeria. In the light of the innumerable benefits of institutional repository, Kenneth Dike Library has joined university libraries all over the world in the adoption of institutional repository. The paper examined the institutional repository of Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan (UI) which is a Premier university in Nigeria. The study adopted survey method. Interview instrument was used for the study. The basic information about UI institutional repository development and management procedures were obtained through a face-to-face interview with some of the library’s systems staff that are knowledgeable on the university’s IR. The study identified the procedural activities in the IR development at Kenneth Dike Library (KDL), which include strategic planning of the project by UI library management, seeking for and obtaining the university management’s approval, the adoption of in-house approach to digitization and management of IRs, and the continual digitization processes. Finally the study indicated some problems and solutions in the management of University of Ibadan IR project which could be of help to those institutions that are yet to establish IRs.Item Reference service delivery system in west-Africa: limitations and prospects as seen from Kenneth Dike Library, Nigeria(2010) Ola, C. O.This paper focuses on the centrality of reference services to the practice of librarians hip. It enumerates the limitations faced by Kenneth Dike Library (KDL) in its bid to deploy Information Communications Technology (lCT) to its reference services delivery system. Being a university library in a developing country, KDL has to cope with the problems confronting universities in Nigeria. The problems that plague the ivory towers and, consequently, the libraries that serve them, include lack of proper funding, infrastructural deficiencies, inability to retain information technology experts, and intra-local politics regarding the control of ICT facilities in the library. The paper also projects on KDL's efforts at establishing the virtual reference suite to complement its present reference servicesItem Accessibility and retrieval of national Information in Nigerian university libraries(2011) Ola, C. O.; Oseghale, O.This paper sets out to examine the accessibility, retrieval and use a/Publications Ordinance (PO) materials in Nigerian university libraries using Kenneth Dike Library (KDL) as a case study. The survey research design was adopted and a structured questionnaire was distributed to 400 users comprising students, staff and external users The records of the use of PO materials between October 2009 and September 2010 were also perused Result shows that majority of users are aware of the availability and importance of Legal deposits collection in the library but have difficulty in retrieving the materials due to inability to have direct physical contact with the materials, The study therefore proffers that Nigerian university libraries should, as a matter of' urgency, organize PO collections and adopt a harmonized library management system in order to enhance users' access and retrieval of' the materialsItem Developing in-house library software application: University of Ibadan library integrated software (UI-ILS)(Information Technology Application Group (ITAG) International, 2019) Otulugbu, D.; Omoike, A.; Agwu, P. U.Purpose: The study was carried out to examine the library integrated software compatibility, usage and application in University of Ibadan, with the sole aim of highlighting the utilization and potentials of Library Integrated software and its practical importance to Kenneth Dike Library. Implications: The study also established that the library management need to embark on sensitization programme in order to create awareness among professional and paraprofessional librarians concerning usage and application of these varied software to boost provision of library services to users. Originality/Value: It was recommended that existing software need to be improve and upgrade to boost service provision and that the library management also need to embark on routine training for professionals and paraprofessional librarians on emerging technology such as library software.