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Item Computer accessibility among staff and students as a factor in realising an ict-compliant FUTO(2008-01) Nwogu, J. E.; Akinde, T. A.; Onyebinama, C. O.Item Constraints to book publishing in Nigeria: a case study of Imo State(Nigerian Library Association, Borno State Chapter, 2009) Akinde, T. A.This work is about the challenges faced by Book publishers in Imo State and how these challenges can be overcome. It started by delving into the history of Book publishing in Nigeria and Imo State after which it proceeded by clarifying the concept of publishing. In addition, a profile of Book publishers in the State was made. In order to find out the actual state of Book publishing in Imo State, sun’ey research scheme was employed and questionnaire was used as a major instrument to collect data from thirty publishing houses. The study revealed that majority of publishers in Imo State engaged in publishing tertiary institution books. Also, high cost of imported machinery and raw materials, lack of credit facilities, piracy, poor reading culture, poor quality of locally sourced materials and lack of mechanism put in place to control entry into the profession were identified, among others, as major constraints to book publishing in Imo State. Furthermore, the respondents made submissions on how Book publishing can be promoted in Imo State and by extension, Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations on how Book Publishing can help in enhancing scholarship in the State.Item Indigenous knowledge dissemination and use: a discuss(Department of Library and Information Science, Amadu Bello University, 2008) Akinde, T. A.The paper discusses the dissemination and use of indigenous knowledge. It highlighted the type and sources of indigenous knowledge in Nigeria. Means and tools for creating and exchanging indigenous knowledge, the likely situations under which indigenous knowledge could be used and how indigenous knowledge can be disseminated were discussed. The paper concluded by making recommendations on how to promote the creation, usage and transfer of indigenous knowledge in Nigeria.Item Digitized local content: a tool for cultural preservation and transmission(Association for Promoting Nigerian Languages and Culture, 2007-09) Nwogu, J. E.; Akinde, T. A.This paper sought to expound on how the African local content can be successfully digitized and used as a tool in preserving and transmitting African culture by providing answers to four major questions as follows: What is local content? Why do we need to digitize our local content? How do we digitize local content? And how do we use the digitized local content to preserve and transmit African traditions and culture to the outside world? Furthermore, constraints to digitizing and transmitting African local content were also identified. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations on how Nigeria can join the rest of Africa in improving and promoting our local content in the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) which is seen presently to be minimal (0.4%) (UNECA, 1999).Item Public libraries: the often forgotten agent of national development(National Association of Women Academics, 2007-09) Akinde, T. A.; Osundu, M. C.This paper is about the role public libraries play in national development. The paper traced the history of early libraries and the origin of public libraries in Nigeria. Various services provided by public libraries were also highlighted. Public library power, its implications for all-round development and reasons why public libraries are often forgotten in national development is the main thrust of the paper. However, the paper concluded by lamenting that, though library power is real, but sadly today it is largely ignored, virtually unexplored, and almost forgotten. The paper made recommendations on how the inherent power of the potentials of public libraries can be fully harnessed for national development.Item Constraints to continuing education of practising librarians in academic libraries in Imo State(Nigerian Library Association, Abia State Chapter, 2007-05) Akinde, T. A.This work focuses on the deterrents to the continuing education of practising librarians in academic libraries in Imo state. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The main instrument for data collection is a questionnaire schedule. It is designed and distributed to the forty-eight (48) professional librarians of the five academic libraries in Imo State, namely, Federal University of Technology Library, Owerri; Imo State University Library, Owerri; Federal Polytechnic Library, Nekede, Owerri; Alvan Ikoku College of Education Library, Owerri and Michael Okpara College of Agriculture and Technology, Umuagwo, The researcher visited the libraries to administer the questionnaire personally while data collected were analyzed descriptively using tables, percentages and frequency distribution. Among the constraints to continuing education as identified by the study are: favouritism, lack of top management support, lack of efficient succession and career plans by the library, lack of interest / indifference of practising librarians themselves, family commitment, inadequacy of fund and the artificiality of most continuing education packages and settings. The paper recommends that heads of academic libraries and institutions should ensure equity and fairness in recommending staff for continuing education while any staff who wishes to sponsor themselves should be promptly released and rewarded quickly at the end of his/her education or training. Finally, the Nigerian Library Association is urged to make the continuing education programmes it offers to its members more relevant to the work demands of librarians.Item Automation of libraries in Nigeria: the preliminaries, implications and constraints(2005-12) Akinde, T. A.This work is about automation of libraries in Nigeria. The paper delved into the history of library automation and outlines the preliminaries necessary before any automation initiatives are taken. The implications of such initiatives on the library/institution, staff and users are highlighted. Furthermore, the paper identified various constraints to the automation initiatives in Nigeria libraries today. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations on how Nigeria libraries can enhance their automation efforts.Item Towards implementing the WSIS agenda in Nigeria(Heinemann Educational Books, 2006) Akinde, T. A.This paper discusses the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). It made an overview of the first and the second phases of the WSIS and the documents generated from these meetings. The key issues around which the WSIS revolved were discussed and their implementations in and implications for Nigeria were elaborately highlighted. Some recommendations on how Nigeria can derive meaningful gains from the WSIS Agenda were provided.