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    Gender influence on ICT use by undergraduates in two university libraries in Nigeria
    (Better Advances Press, 2013) Ojeniyi, A.; Adetimirin, A.
    ICT use helps to facilitate easy access to electronic information for research and learning purposes by undergraduates. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of gender on the use of ICT among undergraduates in two university libraries in Nigeria. Undergraduates from three faculties were randomly selected to give a sample of 223, which is 30% fraction of the total population of 12,353. Questionnaire was the data collection method used. The undergraduates used ICT for research purpose and to support course of study. ICT use was higher among the undergraduates in Lead City University than those in University of Ibadan. ICT use was influenced by gender in both universities. Recommendations based on the outcome of this study were highlighted in this paper.
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    ICT literacy among undergraduates in Nigerian universities
    (Springer, 2011) Adetimirin, A. E.
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the availability, use of Information and Communication Technology and the ICT literacy skills of undergraduates in seven Nigerian universities. The descriptive survey research design was adopted and seven universities were selected based on distribution of ownership of university. Four faculties were purposively selected with a study population of 8,497. Random sampling procedure was employed using a sampling percentage of 20% to give a sample size of 1,702. Results revealed that computer, telephone and the Internet were the three ICT mostly used by the undergraduates, although more on an occasional basis. The undergraduates in the state universities (BSU and IMSU) were found to have poor ICT literacy skills in the use of the three ICT with over 25%, while those with average ICT literacy skills were in the federal universities (ABU and UNIMAID). Three major factors affecting the ICT literacy of the undergraduates were identified as irregular power supply, inadequate ICT and limited duration of the use of the ICT. For increased ICT literacy of undergraduates, the university administrators must introduce courses on ICT competency to all students especially first year students and encourage all lecturers to use ICT for teaching and learning. The article contains original work carried out on the ICT literacy competencies of undergraduates in selected Nigerian universities and the result would be useful to library staff and university administrators.
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    Use of ICT for administrative tasks by distance learning students of university of Ibadan, Nigeria
    (2010-05) Adetimirin, A.; Aigbefoh, L.
    A study of 175 Distance Learning students from the Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan to determine their ICT use for admission and registration was investigated. Data was collected using a questionnaire and interview. Findings revealed that ICT was used for the purchase and filling of admission forms while the registration process involved filling of biodata and courses. Majority of the students used the cyber-cafe as access points for their admission (64.6 %>) and 72.8% for registration process. Over 68.4% of the respondents used ICT for admission, while over 95%> used it for their registration processing. The major constraints to ICT use for these tasks were: cumbersome procedure, unreliability of Internet service providers (ISPs), unstable power supply and high cost of accessing the Internet. Training should be given to the students to enhance their ICT skills and the internet connectivity should be more stable for easy access to perform the tasks.