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Item Libraries as the gate: “ways” and “keepers” in the knowledge environment(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012-09) Oyelude, A. A.; Bamigbola, A. A.Item Library services for rural women empowerment in Oyo state: a case study of african heritage research library and cultural centre, Oyo state, Nigeria(2014) Bamigbola, A. A.; Adetimirin, A. E.Rural women remain the most underprivileged group of the developing societies because of lack of empowerment. In the recent years, there are diverse government and non-governmental organisations and initiatives aimed at empowering rural women in order to alleviate their sufferings yet a lot of rural women are not empowered. Information is recognized as power, a critical resource and sine-qua non for true empowerment and library is an important store house of information. This paper discusses roles of libraries to rural dwellers and the importance of information in empowerment. The study adopted a qualitative approach with case study research method. Data was collected from twelve rural women (users) and four members of the management of African Heritage Research Library and Cultural Centre (AHRLC) through interview, focus group and inspection of AHRLC facilities. AHRLC is a private library situated at Adeyipo, a village in Lagelu local government area of Oyo State Nigeria. The findings of the study revealed that library services such as education support services (literacy programme, reading programme, seminars and talks), economic support services (workshops and demonstration farms), culture and recreation support services were available at AHRLC and utilized by rural women at Adeyipo and its environs. Subsequently, AHRLC was perceived by rural women as solution, civilization and all purpose centre. However, lack of funds, electricity, trained manpower and motorable road were major challenges facing AHRLC. Finally, some recommendations were made as way out of the challengesItem Evaluating use of institutional repositories by lecturers in Nigerian universities(2017) Bamigbola, A. A.; Adetimirin, A. E.The study investigated use of Institutional Repositories (IRs) among lecturers in Nigerian Universities. It examined the level of awareness, frequency of use, preferred archiving method, purpose of use of IRs and challenges of use of IRs among lecturers. Five universities in Nigeria that had functional institutional repositories for at least three years as at 2015 were purposively selected. Five faculties were purposively selected from which 1151 lecturers were randomly selected. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data and descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Findings revealed that majority of the lecturers were aware of IRs, they accessed materials from IRs on daily and weekly basis while they deposited their works into IR on annual and bi-annual basis. It was also revealed that lecturers preferred mediated archiving and they used materials from IRs to prepare lecture notes and research works. Fear of copyrights infringement, plagiarism and lack of awareness were major challenges of use of IRs. The study recommended that the university libraries should check the copyrights status of scholarly works to ensure non-infringement, organise more awareness programs on IRs and mediated archiving method should be used to encourage lecturers to submit their scholarly worksItem Assessing determinants of perceived ease of use of institutional repositories by lecturers in Nigerian universities(Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2020) Bamigbola, A. A.; Adetimirin, A. E.Institutional repositories (IRs) present platform to disseminate research findings to complement the traditional scholarly communication model. The use of IRs is beneficial to authors, host institutions, libraries and society at large. Despite the numerous benefits of IRs, there is low deposit of scholarly works by lecturers and the investment on IRs seems to be a waste. This study examined determinants of perceived ease of use (PEOU) of IRs by lecturers in Nigerian universities. A survey of lecturers received 857 respondents. Awareness, anchor and adjustment factors were found to be determinants of PEOU of Institutional repositories by lecturers in Nigerian UniversitiesItem Students’ conceptions and experiences of web 2.0 tools(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011) Virkus, S.; Bamigbola, A. A.Purpose – This paper aims to present the results of a study that investigated the Erasmus Mundus Digital Library Learning (DILL) Master programme students’ conceptions and experiences of the use of Web 2.0 tools. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted phenomenography as a research approach to identify DILL students’ conceptions and experiences of Web 2.0 tools. Semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions were conducted with 12 students from Africa and Asia within the DILL Master programme. Findings – The data analysis revealed four categories of descriptions of Web 2.0 tools: communication, educational, professional and multi-purpose. For each category of descriptions preferred Web 2.0 tools were identified. Research limitations/implications – The study analyses only conceptions and experiences of the use of Web 2.0 tools of 12 DILL students. This small group of students was from Africa and Asia and, therefore, the results should not be generalized to describe all DILL students’ conceptions and experiences of the use of Web 2.0 tools. Practical implications – The results of this study can be taken into consideration when designing and delivering a DILL programme. In order to use technologies to support learning there is a need to understand and know what students do with these new technological tools. Originality/value – This paper supports the idea of integration of information and communication technologies into education and highlights the potential of Web 2.0 tools to support teaching and learning in the higher education setting.Item Exploring linked in behaviour of librarians and information professionals in Nigeria(Nigerian library and information science review (NLISR), 2018) Bamigbola, A. A.Professional networking is a way of interacting with colleagues in the same field and the emergence of Internet technology’, had made it easy and faster. This paper used Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) to investigate the use of Linkedln among librarians and information professionals in Nigeria. The study adopted survey approach, online questionnaire for data collection, and 125 librarians and information professionals responded to the survey. Hypothetically, relationship among attitude, subjective norms, intention to use and use were examined. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse research questions while Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used for the hypotheses. The results revealed that both 'attitude' and 'subjective norm' had positive association with 'intention' however, 'attitude' had a stronger positive association than 'subjective norm'. In addttion, the finding validated TRA model as it found that 'intention' had a very strong positive association on 'behaviour'. The findings indicate that attitude is a critical antecedent to intention to use Linkedln, besides; subjective norm has influence on intention to use Linkedln. It implies that right attitude to use of Linkedln by Librarians and Information Professionals (LIPs) and positive influence of colleagues on one another will be an effective way of encouraging use of Linkedln among LIPs in Nigeria and its adopt ion for library servicesItem Application of marketing strategies and mix to digital information services (DIS): Nigerian university libraries perspectives(University Libraries of the University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, 2013) Bamigbola, A. A.Item Surveying attitude and use of institutional repositories (IRs) by faculty in agriculture disciplines: a case study(Elsevier, 2014) Bamigbola, A. A.Over the last few years there has been increase in awareness of the importance of institutional repositories (IRs) in scholarly communication in tertiary institutions. However, low participation of faculty in contributing their intellectual products has been a great concern because it has not allowed institutional repositories to achieve its full potentials. Awareness and attitude among others are factors affecting the use of IR. This paper examines the level of awareness, attitude to use of institutional repositories and challenges faced by faculty in Agriculture disciplines in Federal University of Technology, Akure, (FUTA) Nigeria. Survey method was adopted; data was collected through questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study integrated diffusion of innovation (DOI) and theory of reasoned action (TRA) to understand the awareness and attitude to use of IR. The findings suggest that the level of awareness about IRs by faculty members is increasing; however, there was variation in the level of awareness across agriculture disciplines. In addition, there seems to be general positive attitude to IR, yet there was low submission of scholarly works by faculty. Finally, it was revealed that the use of IR is jointly determined by level of awareness and attitudeItem Awareness and perception of digitisation by school library media specialists(Nigerian School Library Association, 2017) Bamigbola, A. A.Digitization is a tool for managing library resources in the 21s' century, however, school libraries are yet to embrace it in Nigeria. This paper assessed awareness and perception of digitisation by School Library Media Specialists (SLMSs) in secondary schools in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. The concept of digitization, its process, benefits and challenges were concisely explained. One hundred and sixty-five copies of questionnaire were administered on randomly selected School library media specialists from fifteen secondary schools each from eleven local government areas of Ibadan Metropolis, ins: Akinyele local government area, Egbeda local government, Ibadan North, Ibadan North East, Ibadan North West, Ibadan South East, Ibadan South West, Ido, Lagelu, Oluyole and Ona Ara. The study established that few School Library Media Centres in government- owned secondary schools were manned by qualified SLMSs. In addition, many SLMSs were not aware of digitization concept, its purposes, processes and activities. The findings also revealed the perceived benefits and barriers to digitization in Nigeria. The study concluded that digitization is a necessary tool to manage school library resources in the 21s1 Century and made some recommendations.Item Retooling and reskilling for school libraries in the 4th industrial revolution era: implications for school library media specialists.(National Secretariat, Department of School Library and Media Technology, University of Ibadan, 2020) Bamigbola, A. A.The world has witnessed three different revolutions in the past and currently witnessing the 4th revolution. Revolution simply means drastic changes in the way things are done. The 4th Industrial Revolution (4thIR) is known as knowledge society which built upon the digital revolution. It is a combination of technologies that cover the lines between the physical, digital, and biological domains. It has brought a wave to human endeavours, the changes brought are enormous in the way people communicate, interact and behave which is referred to as the ‘new normal’. As a result, all human systems have adjusted and adapted to the new normal, in particular, the educational system has been highly transformed and it has affected libraries, the heartbeat of any educational institution. Thus, school libraries collections, environments, and services have been transformed and it calls for reskilling of School Library Media Specialists (SLMSs) who are the managers of school libraries. On this note, this paper discusses the emerging technologies for school libraries in the 4th Industrial revolution, new roles of SLMSs and the skills required of the School Library Media Specialists to function in the 4th IR era. Recommendations are proffered based on the reality of the new normal