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Digital Consciousness as a Correlate of Library Use among Undergraduates in the Faculty of Science, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti
(International Journal of Information Resource Management (IJIRM), 2024) Ajayi Taiwo Bosede; Opele Jacob Kehinde; Lateef Elizabeth Bukunola
This research aims to fill this gap by investigating the relationship between digital consciousness and library use among undergraduate students at the Faculty of Science, Federal University OyeEkiti. The study employs the descriptive survey design. The main instrument for data collection was a questionnaire, which was validated with a Cronbach's coefficient of 0.7 and above. Data collected for the study was analysed with mean, standard deviation, Relative Importance Index, and correlation. Findings from the study revealed an overall moderate extent of library use among undergraduates. In addition, it shows that the most utilised library services by undergraduates were photocopy services, lending services, group study rooms, reference services, Internet services, and books. Similarly, the study found a high level of digital consciousness among the students. The study also revealed that lack of a library map to guide users, inadequate reading space, library staff’s unfriendly attitude, inadequate ventilation, poor internet network, obsolete materials, and inadequate sitting space as the major factors militating against library use in the Faculty of Science, FUOYE. Overall, the study revealed a statistically significant relationship between digital consciousness and library use among undergraduates. The paper recommended that faculty members should actively engage with undergraduate students through targeted outreach efforts by organizing workshops, seminars, and information sessions. Emphasise the value of utilising physical materials, specialised databases, and personalised assistance from librarians to complement digital resources.
Political Development and Revolution in Modern States: Interrogating the Necessity of Revolution in Nigeria
(Crawford Journal of Politics, 2021-03-07) Ogunwa Samuel Adetola; Ogunwa Florence Adeseeke
This work identifies and discusses the phenomenon of revolutions. While there is no consensus as to what constitutes a revolution, revolution makes total alteration in the life of a political system. Several reasons have been deduced for revolutionary movements in countries. The reasons are so germane that when the government fails to carry out the
constitutional responsibilities of the state. This is essentially and particularly important in democratic societies when the ruling governments did not keep to the promises made to the electorates during electioneering campaigns. The failure of government sometimes influenced the military to stage a coup, and toppled the government, even the democratic government elected by the people. The dictatorial governments have been removed either by the military coup d'état or revolution. Consequently, the contagious effect of the ancient or pre-twentieth revolution affected the twentieth-century revolutions, and these revolutions equally spread to the current century, even the “Arab Spring” between 2010 and 2012: Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, to mention a few. The change of governments has restored the hopes and aspirations of the people and the future of the countries and the people at large. The work convincingly argues that there is no single environmental factor that makes the revolutionary movement prevail. Series of events are what make revolution possible. Nigeria as a country has not experienced the phenomenon of revolution but has had the government changed by the military on several occasions. The military In politics, Nigeria has made incremental adjustments; these patchwork's or reforms are not politically and holistically articulated, and perhaps the amendments have some political undertones. Today, both objective conditions are readily available to trigger a revolution, even another military rule, but it only needs subjective conditions to trigger it. This paper argues that revolution is inevitable—not even the change of government by the democracy or military will do—but a radical and fundamental adjustment to the political architecture of the country. Nigerians have been shortchanged for good governance. The paper concludes that to avert upcoming political upheavals and consequences of revolution, which may alter the Nigerian state convincingly, the political leaders need to redesign governance in the country to meet the aspirations of the people in all ramifications.
A Survey of Postgraduate Students Perception of University Library Resources in Selected Nigerian Universities
(International Research: Journal of Library and Information Science Volume 3, 2013-03-01) Lateef, Elizabeth Bukunola. Omotoso, Akinkunmi O, Owolabi , K.A.
University is essentially an academic community dedicated to the pursuit of higher learning and teaching. However, a university is populated mostly by students and staff. There are different categories of students in Nigerian universities environment which include the diploma, first degrees and higher degrees students respectively. The post graduate students belong to the higher degrees category that pursue post graduate diploma, masters, and doctoral degrees which entail more research works that require the services and resources of well equipped and functional libraries. The objectives of post graduate study in any university is for further development of graduate students the spirit of enquiring through training in research in an atmosphere of intellectual independence and individual creativity with a strong sense of group cooperation.
Use of Online Learning Resources by Students: The Case of Crawford University, Nigeria
(Covenant Journal of Communication, 2018) Lateef, Elizabeth Bukunola; Ozonuwe, Opene Sunday; Nwaogu, Humphrey Oguchilalu
In the past, access to library holdings was through cabinet boxes via card catalogue system which took time and warped users. Not anymore. From the comfort of one's remote location, uninterrupted access to learning resources through the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) system is now the standard. This study investigates the level of awareness and the use of OPAC services by the undergraduate students of Crawford University, Nigeria. Focus is on the challenges encountered and possible solutions. Findings from 115 respondents show that majority of the respondents, 81.8%, are not aware of the OPAC services, 97.3% heavily rely on the library staff and the shelf list to locate and retrieve library resources, 90.0% rely on their peers, 94.5% wander from one shelf to the other while 65.5% scatter the shelves before they find what they are searching for! Orientation and re-orientation of the students toward OPAC and publicity hold the key to a visible and optimum use of the system.
Managing Globalization for Sustainable Development in Nigeria.
(The Public Administration and Social Policies Review, 2015-04-17) Ogunwa Samuel Adetola
Managing globalization for sustainable development in Nigeria is now more imperative than ever before, if the quest for development in all ramifications is to be achieved holistically. The development anticipated from globalization has turned to be zero-sum game since economy of globalization is intended towards consolidating the North hegemony. Developing countries continued to receive the pitfalls of globalization in spite of the fact that the developed and developing worlds should be co-beneficiaries. Also, globalization is subjective and at the same time Eurocentric as it propagates the philosophy of Western ideology housed in the New World Order. The paper is a warning signal for the Nigerian government to
put the country in order, so that the wave of globalisation, which allows multinational corporations to decide the fate of others through nationalisation and internationalisation of national properties of the peripheries to those of metropolitan cities who neither reside in the peripheries, nor sent agents across the globe to monitor investments in and out. The paper argues that Nigeria has been at the receiving end of globalisation, and in fact globalisation is a socioparasite on the country’s quest for greatness. For globalisation to be relevant in Nigeria and to benefit the majority of the Nigerian peoples, the leaders at all levels of governance should be autonomous and sensitive before globalisation is accepted in all ramifications. The paper concludes that there are benefits to be derived from the globalising world, if both the givers of globalisation and the receivers of globalisation can create an atmosphere where political, economic, social, and cultural consensus can be made so that what becomes ‘A’, that is, the Global North, becomes ‘B’, that is the Global South, and what becomes the Global South becomes the Global North in the long run.