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Item Information needs and seeking behaviour of tertiary institutions’ retirees in Nigeria(Ghana Library Association, Accra, Ghana, 2013) Adekanye, E. A.; Aramide, K. A.; Adewuyi, W. O.The study examined the information needs and seeking behaviour of retirees in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. A close observation of many retirees in the Nigerian Society and the problems they are facing called for this paper. The study adopted a descriptive survey design approach and the questionnaire was administered on 300 retirees, samples were chosen based on years of experience, age, sex, marital status, and qualification. The stratified sampling technique was adopted in selection of the sample. Data was analysed with the aid of frequency count and percentages. Findings revealed that information needs of retirees ranged from housing to health, verification exercises, payment of pension/ gratuity/ and salary arrears among others, while colleagues (oral source) and community radio (electronic source) were the major sources of information. Delay in information dissemination was indicated as a main problem of obtaining information by the retirees. The study recommended and concluded that information must be available to retired workers in all formats purveyed through all communication channel and delivered at all levels of comprehension.Item Information seeking-pattern of Nigerian textile market women and strategies for improvement(Department of Library and Information Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2015) Adekanye, E. A.; Aramide, K. A.; Adewuyi, O.O.The study investigated the information seeking-pattern of Nigerian textile market women and strategies for improvement of which the study was an ex-post-facto type and adopted survey research design. Disproportional stratified random technique was used to select markets for the study while questionnaire was used to collect data to elicit information from 1556 respondents and data were analyzed with the aid of frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation. Findings revealed that majority of textile market women in Nigeria had information needs and these needs were adequately recognised by them. Also, they often seek information about their businesses and other life related issues. Gender bias, culture, lack of adequate skills, attitude and lack of awareness are the major challenges facing textile market women in Nigeria. Adequate training for textile market women and making information relating to their experiences public are largely major strategies that can be used to improve the information seeking behaviour of these women.