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Item Management issues in Nigerian school librarianship: challenges for school librarians in the millennium(Nigerian School Library Association. Supported by Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund), 2007) Olaojo, P. O.; Idada, D. A.This paper revealed the complex nature of library management in general with particular reference to school library. The qualifies expected of a good school librarian were carefully listed. Also, the need for efficiency in school library administration was discussed while attempts were made to identify some managerial challenges ahead of the school librarian in the present millennium. Recommendations made are as follows: adequate funding should be provided by the founding institution; ICT facilities must be provided for Processing and dissemination of information; formulation of functional collection development policy should be encouraged at the school library level; school heads should locate themselves at the centre of the school library activities because such efforts are mostly rewarding hence the duo should collaborate; schools are encouraged to recruit well-trained librarians and support them in their effort to further improve their skills and competence; and teacher/school librarians’ curricula should be tailored in line with the identified millennium challenges. This paper concluded that only those librarians that are receptive to professional developments would be able to cope with the future dictates of the librarianship profession.Item Meeting information needs of professionals working with otherwise-able students in Nigerian tertiary institutions: Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo as a case study(2006) Olaojo, P. O.; Mbaka, B. O.This study sought to find out how information sources available to Professionals (Braille experts, Sign Language Interpreters, Audiologists and Speech Therapists) working with the otherwise able students of Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo meet their needs. Survey method was employed in carrying out this study. The unstructured questionnaire was used to collect data and the method of sampling adopted was random sampling technique. The study found written text information such as talking books, sign language textbooks and talking fingers, to be most preferred by the respondents. They also expressed reliance on Internet facilities as a good source of information. Electronic and print media, professional publications and interaction with colleagues are amongst other sources found to be reliable and very useful when seeking information products. It was revealed that the available information System meets the needs of the professionals. However the need for improvement in the observed area of weakness was emphasized as part of recommendation for the library.Item Collection development policy: ground rules for planning university libraries(2006) Olaojo, P. O.; Akewukereke, M. A.Item Library, archival and information studies (LARIS) curricula as determinant of professional job performance in librarianship in Nigeria(Oyo State Chapter of the Nigerian Library Association, 2004) Okwilagwe, O. A.; Olaojo, P. O.A comparison of the performance of LARIS graduates with the departmental curricula was made with a view to identifying the strengths and weaknesses of LARIS graduâtes at their various places of work. The participants for the study consist of three hundred and ten (310) graduâtes of LARIS Department randomly selected. The four point Likert Scale fixed response questionnaire was used to obtain information on the perception of LARIS graduâtes on professional job performance. The t-test statistics was utilised to analyse the data collected for the study. The results indicated that significant relationship existed between the curricula and learning outcomes of LARIS graduâtes; the charactepstics of LARIS cirncula is not a determinant of professional job performance in the field of librarianship; and there is no noticeable professionalism in the field of librarianship in Nigeria at présent. The study then recommended improvement in the areas of teaching -learning activités; provision of library equipment and tools; and prompt appraisal of present LARIS curricula if the Department must meet its strategie rôles in elevating the standard of practicing librarians to a professional one in Nigeria.Item Adequacy and teachers’ utilisation of school library media resources and curricula delivery in secondary school social science subjects(The Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education, The Department of Early Childhood and Educational Foundations, The Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, 2017) Olaojo, P. O.Item Importance of school library media resource centre in creative and effective teaching in secondary schools(Royal People (Nigeria) Ltd, Ibadan, 2013) Olaojo, P. O.; Ogundeji, V. A.; Oketona, S. O.Item The role of school library in promoting lifelong education(Spectrum Books Ltd, Ibadan, 2008) Kolade, H. K.; Olaojo, P. O.