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Item Lecturers and postgraduates perception of libraries as promoters of teaching, learning and research in university of Ibadan, Nigeria(Taylor & Francis, 2015) Oyewole, O.; Adetimirin, A.Lecturers and postgraduates are among the users of the university libraries and their perception of the libraries has influence on utilization of the information resources, hence the need for this study. Survey method was adopted for the study and simple random sampling method was used to select sample size of 38 lecturers and 233 postgraduates. Data was collected through a questionnaire complemented by an interview schedule. Results revealed that the overall perception was not favorable as 62% of lecturers and 77.7% of postgraduates indicated that they were not satisfied with the resources and facilities in the library.Item E-readiness and technology use in teaching by library and information science lecturers in Nigeria(University Press PLC, Ibadan, 2016-05) Adetimirin, A.The current trend globally in higher education institutions is student-centred learning which can be facilitated through the use of technology’ for teaching and learning. This allows for learning to take place not only in the classroom but also outside the classroom. It also affords the students the opportunity to interact with different information resources and technology, their colleagues and the lecturers. This necessitates the deployment of technology by Library and Information Science lecturers. The use of technology requires the awareness of such technology, benefits and acquisition of Information and Communication Technology skills. However, literature has revealed that some lecturers are still reluctant to adopt technology for their teaching because it is time consuming and they do not have the requisite skills. This paper highlights the benefits, types, skills and institutional support required to facilitate the use of technology for teaching and learning by lecturers in library schools in Nigeria. It concludes that LIS lecturers need develop ICT skills and adopt technology for their teaching and learning. It recommends that the management of universities in Nigeria should provide the necessary institutional support for the use of technology by the lecturers in library schools.Item Performance expectancy as a determinant of use of open access resources by lecturers in university of Ibadan, Nigeria(Academic Research Journals, 2017-03) Akanni, O. T.; Adetimirin, A. E.The research work examined the open access resources as a major source of information resources available to lecturers. Open access provides information resources to lecturers at no cost. Notable among the open access resources are Institutional Repository, Open access databases, open access journals, Author’s personal archives and open text books. Objective of this study was to examine performance expectancy, as a factor affecting the use of open access resources by lecturers in University of Ibadan. The design adopted for the study was the descriptive research and population comprised lecturers from University of Ibadan. Random sampling was used to select 174 as sample size. Questionnaire for Lecturers was used as the research instrument. The analysis was done using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages, while inferential statistics such as the Pearson product moment correlation and regression analysis was used to test hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Majority of the lecturers (77.1%) used open access resources to publish articles in the open access medium and also refer their students for assignment completion. Open access resources were useful to most of the lecturers (76.3%): of relative advantage and very relevant to the academic activities. However, the study also revealed that Performance expectancy is a strong determinant of use of open access resources as result showed there was a significant positive correlation between performance expectancy and use of open access resources by lecturers (r= .867**; n = 152; p <0.05) by lecturers. In conclusion, performance expectancy is a strong determinant of use of open access resources by lecturers.