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Item An Assessment of Use of Electronic Resources by Undergraduates in a Nigerian University of Technology:(2019-06-01) Ogunmodede, T. A.; Fasola, O.S.; Oyetola, S.O.; Sobalaje, A.J.Library information resources, most especially electronic resources, must be used if the goal of setting up academic library is to be realised. The primary aim of this paper is to investigate the assessment of availability and use of eresources by undergraduates in Nigeria. This study was carried out at LadokeAkintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso among the undergraduates. Data was collected by the distributing a questionnaire to users of the library, those whose visited the library during a particular period. The study was exploratory in nature and employed descriptive survey to determine undergraduates’ assessment of e-resources, reasons for use, extent of use and factors hindering the use of e-resources by the students. Results revealed that e-resources in LAUTECH were effective, the students use elibrary resources for researches and to do assignment. The study also revealed that the extent of use of electronic was low. The study recommends that the university management should come out with workable measures aimed at reducing the cost of internet browsing and provide functional network to facilitate students access to and use of e-resources on regular basis.Item An investigation into the role of libraries in higher education in Africa(2013) Fabunmi, B.A.Libraries have been the companions of higher education for many centuries. Library in higher education is supposed to play a critical role in the teaching, research, and learning activities through selection, acquisition, organization, preservation, and given access to all sorts of relevant and current materials which include books and periodicals, manuscripts, rare documents, journals, maps, etc. needed by teachers and students. This paper therefore made an attempt to examine the state of higher education libraries and how they have been able to support the institutions to which they are attached. The academic library is a vital force at the heart of higher education. Yet, its future seems to be uncertain, hence the need to bring into limelight the challenges facing academic library in Africa and offer possible strategies for responding to them. It was discovered that higher education libraries in Africa have not been providing the expected services effectively and efficiently due to the severe economic challenges facing them such as inability to stock libraries with current and relevant information resources, under staffing among others. The study recommended that higher education library should be well funded in order to employ enough staff, acquire materials such as current journals, books, equipment, integrate the use of Information and Communication Technology to carry out their housekeeping operations and services in order to be more effective and efficient in the information delivery, global access to information, and also to easy retrieval of information.Item Research activities and promotion prospects of young academic librarians in Nigerian universities(2015-06-01) Oso, O.O.; Olorunsola, R.The purpose of this article is to report on the research that explored the factors that contributed to the research success of young librarians: motivation, e-resources and iT infrastructural facilities, coping strategies, number of articles published among others. The research design was adopted for the study. The questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data from 106 librarians in the South-west region of Nigeria. The questionnaire consisted of two sections on demographics and issues related to research activities of young academic librarians respectively. The 106 responses (100%) were processed, analyzed, and the results are presented herein. The librarians reported that peer group support and institutional support (53.8%) as major motivation factors for research, and have published a number of articles. This study adds to the body of knowledge about publish or perish syndrome as it affects academic librarianship.