DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY, ARCHIVAL AND INFORMATION STUDIES
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Item Management issues in Nigerian school librarianship: challenges for school librarians in the millennium(Nigerian School Library Association. Supported by Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund), 2007) Olaojo, P. O.; Idada, D. A.This paper revealed the complex nature of library management in general with particular reference to school library. The qualifies expected of a good school librarian were carefully listed. Also, the need for efficiency in school library administration was discussed while attempts were made to identify some managerial challenges ahead of the school librarian in the present millennium. Recommendations made are as follows: adequate funding should be provided by the founding institution; ICT facilities must be provided for Processing and dissemination of information; formulation of functional collection development policy should be encouraged at the school library level; school heads should locate themselves at the centre of the school library activities because such efforts are mostly rewarding hence the duo should collaborate; schools are encouraged to recruit well-trained librarians and support them in their effort to further improve their skills and competence; and teacher/school librarians’ curricula should be tailored in line with the identified millennium challenges. This paper concluded that only those librarians that are receptive to professional developments would be able to cope with the future dictates of the librarianship profession.Item Meeting information needs of professionals working with otherwise-able students in Nigerian tertiary institutions: Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo as a case study(2006) Olaojo, P. O.; Mbaka, B. O.This study sought to find out how information sources available to Professionals (Braille experts, Sign Language Interpreters, Audiologists and Speech Therapists) working with the otherwise able students of Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo meet their needs. Survey method was employed in carrying out this study. The unstructured questionnaire was used to collect data and the method of sampling adopted was random sampling technique. The study found written text information such as talking books, sign language textbooks and talking fingers, to be most preferred by the respondents. They also expressed reliance on Internet facilities as a good source of information. Electronic and print media, professional publications and interaction with colleagues are amongst other sources found to be reliable and very useful when seeking information products. It was revealed that the available information System meets the needs of the professionals. However the need for improvement in the observed area of weakness was emphasized as part of recommendation for the library.Item Effect of study habits, information accessibility and use on learning outcomes of postgraduate students in University of Ibadan, Nigeria(Oyo State Chapter of the Nigerian Library Association, 2004) Olaojo, P. O.; Akewukereke, M. A.This study examined effects of study habits, information accessibility and use on learning outcomes of postgraduate students in University of Ibadan, Nigeria. There were 64 males and 36 females in the sample. Out of this, 23 women and 39 men were married. Subjects responded to questions on information accessibility/use, study habits and learning outcomes. It was hypothesised and found from the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and mean that there is significant difference between information use and study habits based on sex. Likewise, information accessibility has influence on the study habits of University of Ibadan postgraduate students. Finally, it was found that study habits, information accessibility/use and learning outcomes revealed significant différences based on marital status of the respondents. The paper concluded that the respondents,are affected differently by timing, stress-coping ability, previous expérience and background knowledge of their discipline cum détermination to succeed.Item Collection development policy: ground rules for planning university libraries(2006) Olaojo, P. O.; Akewukereke, M. A.Item Library, archival and information studies (LARIS) curricula as determinant of professional job performance in librarianship in Nigeria(Oyo State Chapter of the Nigerian Library Association, 2004) Okwilagwe, O. A.; Olaojo, P. O.A comparison of the performance of LARIS graduates with the departmental curricula was made with a view to identifying the strengths and weaknesses of LARIS graduâtes at their various places of work. The participants for the study consist of three hundred and ten (310) graduâtes of LARIS Department randomly selected. The four point Likert Scale fixed response questionnaire was used to obtain information on the perception of LARIS graduâtes on professional job performance. The t-test statistics was utilised to analyse the data collected for the study. The results indicated that significant relationship existed between the curricula and learning outcomes of LARIS graduâtes; the charactepstics of LARIS cirncula is not a determinant of professional job performance in the field of librarianship; and there is no noticeable professionalism in the field of librarianship in Nigeria at présent. The study then recommended improvement in the areas of teaching -learning activités; provision of library equipment and tools; and prompt appraisal of present LARIS curricula if the Department must meet its strategie rôles in elevating the standard of practicing librarians to a professional one in Nigeria.Item Dressing code compliance in academic libraries: a case study of Igbindion University Library, Okada(2003) Olaojo, P. O.This paper evaluates the enforcement of dressing code in Igbinedion University Library, Okada. It reveals the effect on readers’ concentration. Also, the justification for its introduction in a private initiative library was emphasized. The paper identifies ways of demanding compliance by the Librarians considering likely position posture of the affected students while suggestions were made to help reduce, if not curb indecent dressing that has eaten deep into the fabrics of the nations academic sector.Item Knowledge infrastructure development as panacea to quality assurance in higher education in Nigeria(Department of Guidance and Counselling, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2019) Olaojo, P. O.; Oyeboade, J. A.; Otuyalo, M. A.; Ajokotola, B. O.Knowledge is a pre-requisite to any significant level of infrastructure development. The paper emphasized knowledge infrastructure development as panacea to quality assurance in higher education in Nigeria. From preliminary observation, there may not be meaningful, Creative and deepened use of technology for teaching, learning and research activities in higher institutions without the availability and adequacy of knowledge infrastructure. The methodology adopted for this paper was literature-based approach. The literature consulted covered the period of 1995 to 2017. The materials consulted for the literature survey include scholarly journals, textbooks, conference proceedings, and Internet sources. Contextual information from the information materials were studied comparatively, discussed and inferences were drawn from the literature. The concept of knowledge infrastructure has been discussed in the paper to reflect new knowledge practices captured under the language of crowd sourcing, cyber-infrastructure, personal informatics, citizen science, open access, among others. The paper further discussed the process of knowledge infrastructure which centred on knowledge accumulation, integration, and reconfiguration. In addition, knowledge infrastructure as panacea to quality assurance in higher education reflects quality use of information by access control. The paper concludes that investment in knowledge infrastructure would make African countries to compete with the rest of the global world in terms of infrastructural development. The recommendations therefore include provision of relevant ICT tools to aid library services; improvement of library personnel ICT skills; and readiness to use knowledge infrastructure by library users.Item Adequacy and teachers’ utilisation of school library media resources and curricula delivery in secondary school social science subjects(The Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education, The Department of Early Childhood and Educational Foundations, The Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, 2017) Olaojo, P. O.Item Importance of school library media resource centre in creative and effective teaching in secondary schools(Royal People (Nigeria) Ltd, Ibadan, 2013) Olaojo, P. O.; Ogundeji, V. A.; Oketona, S. O.Item The role of school library in promoting lifelong education(Spectrum Books Ltd, Ibadan, 2008) Kolade, H. K.; Olaojo, P. O.