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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.Item 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 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 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