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Item The role of school library in academic motivation of secondary school students in Osun State, Nigeria(2017) Akande, S. O.; Bamise, O. F.The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of school library materials and Services available in promoting students’ academic motivation in selected Secondary Schools in Osun State, Nigeria. The study adopts multistage random sampling technique to choose the sample size from one senatorial district out of the three senatorial districts in Osun State. 240 students were randomly selected from the six secondary schools selected for the purpose of this study. A self-administered questionnaire was employed as the instrument for data collection. The questionnaires were distributed in the classrooms to those who agreed to participate in the study. There were 241 respondents; 120 males (49.8%) and 121 females (50.2%). Their ages ranged from 11 to 20 years. Majority of the respondents (53.5%) use the library weekly; 36.5% daily and 10.4% use the library monthly. The students that used the library daily were predominantly boys (49.2%) and most of those who used the library weekly were females (71.1%). On the main reason for using the school library; to study individually has the highest Variable Score (VS) of 3.61. The importance of some available library Services to the students shows that “finding a place to do private study” has the highest VS of 2.6 while “finding electrical outlets in seating areas” has the lowest variable score of 1.49. The frequency of use of some available library resources shows that using the library textbooks has the highest VS of 2.92 while the use of CD-ROM has the lowest variable score of 1.54. “Finding relevant materials for better understanding of subjects”, “reading and taking notes” have the highest VS of 2.88 while 2.85 respectively regarding what they enjoy in the library. “I can always go online and also check my email” has the lowest variable score of 2.32 among the factors that motivate the students in the library. The students used the school libraries on a slightly lower frequency daily. One of the reasons for visiting the library was significantly not to browse the internet despite the fact that this is important to them and the least factor that motivates them is their experience in online activities in the library. It is generally clear that a lot of funding still need to go into acquiring new technologies for use in Nigerian School libraries.Item Developing children and youth reading culture for national development: the role of library services and access to education(2017-12) Akande, S. O.The decline in reading culture of Nigerian children and youth has become a subject of discussion in recent times. The conclusion reached at different debates and meetings organised to deliberate on the way out has emphasized the need to improve the reading culture of children and youth to enable them contribute to national development. This paper therefore examined the significant role the Provision of library Services could play in developing reading culture and highlighted some strategies that librarians and other stakeholders could adopt. The paper also X - rayed the poor state of education in Nigeria and the inability of a high percentage of Nigerian children to access quality education. The paper concludes by making recommendations that can enhance the acquisition of reading culture by Nigerian children and youth.Item Quality education for sustainable development in Nigeria: the role of multidisciplinary approach to collaborative research in school librarianship(Faculty of Education Kampala International University Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 2017-08) Akande, S. O.A strong correlation exists between education and sustainable development. In the light of this fact, material, human and financial resources have been committed to education by the three tiers of government in Nigeria. Despite this, there is still public outcry against the continual falling Standard of education in Nigeria. In an attempt to solve this problem, individuals and different groups of experts from the same disciplines have been conducting researches without collaborating with researchers from other disciplines. However, it is evident that the educational problem of mass failure of students in public examinations is yet to be solved. This paper therefore proposes a new paradigm of collaborative multidisciplinary research approach which will bring together practitioners and teams of experts from many disciplines in the field of education. This study posits that the outcome of such collaborative approach would include Provision of new Solutions to the problem; new discoveries in the areas of methods of teaching; better techniques in curriculum delivery; strategies for improved reading culture of students; Provision of efficient library Services and advancement of knowledge.Item Developing the reading habits of secondary school students in Nigeria: the way forward(2018) Akande, S. O.; Oyedapo, R. O.In recent times, lack of cultivating the habit of reading has been the concern of all stakeholders. The lack of enthusiasm of secondary school students for reading has contributed to many failures such as poor writing and limited understanding about what they are taught in class. This growing concern provides motivation for this study. Thus, this study seeks to discover and elucidate the various ways whereby secondary school students in Nigeria could develop the habits of reading amidst divergent distractions around them especially in the 21st Century society as well as the roles of stakeholders towards enhancing the reading habits of students at the secondary school. The study concluded that the reading habits of secondary school students should be given rapt attention because of the imminent danger of losing reading habits in the era of Information and communication technologies, where the use of social media sites is the Order of the day. The study recommends that there must be a fixed time for reading a variety of reading materials that will appeal to students and that adopting different methods to arouse the interest of students could enhance their reading habits.Item Effects of social media use on the reading habits of selected high school students in Nigeria(2018) Akande, S. O.; Oyedapo, R. O.