http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/243 2026-04-05T11:09:21Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2409 INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS, INFORMATION SECURITY AWARENESS, E-RESOURCES USE AND SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS OUTPUT OF LECTURERS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL, NIGERIA FADEYI, VICTORIA OLUBOLA Scholarly Publications Output (SPO) which includes books, journal articles, technical reports and conference proceedings is one of the measures of research productivity of lecturers. However, reports have revealed a decline in the SPO of many lecturers in federal universities in the North-central, Nigeria. Previous studies have focused largely on quantity, level and types of SPO, with little emphasis on the factors that influence lecturers’ SPO. This study, therefore, was carried out to investigate Information Literacy Skills - ILS, Information Security Awareness - ISA and E-resources Use as predictors of lecturers’ SPO in federal universities in the North-central Nigeria. The Job Performance, Diffusion of Innovation and Protection Motivation theories provided the framework, while descriptive survey design of correlational type was adopted. The seven federal universities in the North-central, Nigeria were enumerated with a population of 5185 lecturers. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 60.0% of departments in each of the universities (Federal University, Lafia – 13; Federal University, Lokoja, - 7; Federal University of Technology, Minna – 25; University of Abuja – 27; University of Agriculture, Makurdi – 23; University of Ilorin – 71 and University of Jos – 47). The disproportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to select 1065 lecturers (five per department). The instruments used were Information Literacy Skills (α=0.81), Information Security Awareness (α=0.79), E-resources Use (α=0.84) and Scholarly Publications Output (r=0.75) scales. Data were analysed using Descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation and Multiple regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Lecturers’ age was 42.7±10.2 years and 61.3% were male. There was a moderate level of lecturers’ ILS (weighted 2.61) and ISA (2.67) as against the threshold of 2.50. Majority of the lecturers (71.5%) acquired ILS through workshops and seminars. The main purpose of e-resources use was to enrich research work with relevant information from other disciplines (59.3%). Frequently used e-resources were social networking sites (42.7%) and SPO that are regularly published by lecturers are articles in learned journals (68.2%), conference proceedings (60.2%) and occasional papers (67.4%). The ILS (r=0.58), ISA (r=0.17), E-resources Use (r=0.51) had significant relationships with SPO. The ILS, ISA and E-resources Use jointly contributed to SPO (F(3;1017) = 18511.63; Adj. R2=0.981) accounting for 98.0% of its variance. ILS (β=0.83), ISA (β=0.83) and E-resources Use (β=0.71) had significant relative contribution to SPO of lecturers in federal universities in the North-central, Nigeria. Information literacy skills, information security awareness and e-resources use influenced scholarly publications output of lecturers in federal universities in the North-central, Nigeria. Lecturers should give adequate attention to these factors to increase their scholarly publications output 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2286 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT, TECHNOLOGY USE AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE PRESERVATION AMONG CUSTODIANS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA OYELUDE, Adetoun Adebisi Indigenous Knowledge Preservation (IKP) ensures that documents at-risk are kept in good condition for posterity in Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHIs) such as libraries, archives and museums. Reports, however, indicate that IKP in CHIs were ineffective. Studies have addressed IKP from procedural, cultural and social perspectives, without adequate attention to the policies, institutional environment and technology use for IKP, especially across different CHIs in Nigeria. This study, therefore, investigated collection development policies, institutional environment, technology use and IKP in CHIs in southern Nigeria. The Socio-technical and Cultural Historical Activity theories provided the framework, while the survey design of the correlational type was adopted. A two-stage sampling procedure was adopted to choose CHIs, specifically special libraries, federal university libraries, the National Library of Nigeria, the National Archives, and the National Museum branches across southern Nigeria (South-west, South-south and South-east). The CHIs in two states each were selected through balloting, thus, all 27 libraries, six archives and nine museums, made up of 289 librarians, 29 archivists and 36 museum curators were enumerated. The instruments used were Institutional Environment (r=0.94) and Technology Use for Preservation (r=0.93) scales, and observation checklist. Key informant interviews were conducted each with 18 Heads of libraries, three archivists and nine museum curators from the 42 institutions. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation and Multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance, while qualitative data were content-analysed. The respondents’ age was 42.7±8.75, while years of work experience spanned 1-10 years (53.7%), 11-20 years (27.6%), 21-30 years (11.3%), and 31-40 years (7.4%). The regulatory (X ̅= 2.91), organisational (𝑋̅ = 2.80), sociological 𝑋̅ =2.65) and physical environment (𝑋̅ =2.75) for the preservation of IK resources in CHIs was favourable as against the threshold of 2.50. There were positive significant relationships between collection development policies (r=.51), institutional environment (r=.58) and technology use (r=.75) and IKP. There were positive significant relationships between collection development policies and institutional environment (r=.45), and technology use (r=.43) and IKP. The collection development policies and institutional environment jointly predicted IKP (F(2;325) =112.96; Adj R2=0.41), accounting for 41.0% of its variance. The collection development policies did not have guidelines for IKP in written, electronic or other formats in the CHIs. Periodic evaluation of policies was inadequate, the environment was not conducive for electronic preservation, and staff were not sufficiently trained. In addition, there was inadequate funding, poor infrastructure, and shortage of preservation staff. Collection development policies, institutional environment and technology use influenced indigenous knowledge preservation among custodians of cultural heritage in southern Nigeria. There should be proper documentation of collection development policies for indigenous knowledge preservation, while technology use and institutional environment should be monitored. More creative and sustainable sources of funding should be vigorously pursued by different stakeholders. 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2060 PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING SOCIAL MEDIA USE FOR SERVICE DELIVERY AMONG LIBRARY PERSONNEL IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA IWUAGWU, OLUCHI OKWUDILI Social Media (SM) is known for its inclusive and multi-dimensional roles for effective and efficient service delivery by facilitating closer relationships between the Library Personnel (LP) and the library users. However, evidence has shown that SM use for service delivery among LP in universities, particularly in Southwestern Nigeria has been relatively low. Previous studies have focused largely on awareness, relevance and importance of SM in enhancing service delivery, with little attention to factors that affect usage such as Personal Characteristics (PC) and Motivational Factors (MF). This study, therefore, examined PC (age, gender, level of education, marital status, computer use experience-CUE) and MF (Perceived Usefulness-PU, Perceived Ease of Use-PEOU, Perceived Enjoyment-PE Computer Playfulness-CP) affecting SM use for service delivery among LP in universities in Southwestern Nigeria. Uses and Gratification Theory, Technology Acceptance Model (TAM 3) and Motivational Model of Computer Usage provided the framework, while the survey design of the correlational type was adopted. Forty-two universities (7 federal, 8 state and 27 private) and all 556 LP in Southwestern Nigeria were enumerated. The instruments used were MF (α=0.82): PU (α=0.81), PEOU (α=0.84), PE (α=0.79), CP (α=0.83), SM use (α=0.73), Frequency of use (α=0.72), Purpose of use (α= 0.79) scales. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlation and Multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance. The respondents’ age was 37.36±2.55 years and 51.8% males. Their qualifications were master degree (41.2%), Bachelor in Library Studies (22.6%), Diploma in Library Studies (19.2%), doctoral degree (7.2%) and other related disciplines (7.7%). Their work experience ranged as follows: 13 years and above (27.7%), 5-8 years (26.7%), 1-4 years (25.2%) and 9-12 years (20.5%). Their CUE ranged as follows: 13 years and above (30.6%), 5-8 years (27.1%), 9-12 years (22.0%) and 1-4 years (20.3%). The SM mostly used were WhatsApp (65.1%, 72.6%, 65.2%), Facebook (59.95, 75.2%, 63.6%), Google+ (44.8%, 54.9%, 47.3%) for federal, state and private universities, respectively. The level of frequency of SM use was moderate (𝑥̅ = 71.84) against the test norm of 45.01-90.00. Purposes of use of SM across the universities were communicating and interacting (𝑥 ̅ = 3.33), information and knowledge sharing (𝑥̅ = 3.31), promoting and marketing of library information products and services (𝑥 ̅ = 3.27), advertising new collections and acquisitions (𝑥 ̅ = 3.25). PC: gender (r=0.28), age (r=0.43), marital status (r=0.24), level of education (r=0.31), CUE (r=0.50) and MF: PU (r=0.78), PEOU (r=0.28), PE (r=0.34), CP (r=0.26) had significant relationships with SM use. The independent variables jointly influenced SM use (F(9;459) = 27.192, Adj. R2 = 0.335) accounted for 33.5% of its variance. Age (β=0.123), gender (β=-0.196), CUE (β=0.224), PEOU (β=0.288), PU (β=-0.174), PE (β=0.404) and CP (β=0.132) relatively influenced SM use of the respondents. Personal characteristics (gender, age, marital status, level of education, computer use experience) and Motivational factors (Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Enjoyment, Computer Playfulness) influenced Social media use among library personnel in universities in Southwestern Nigeria. Library management, university authorities and government should pay attention to motivational factors, for effective and efficient service delivery. 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1850 AWARENESS, ACCESSIBILITY, USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA NDUKA, STELLA CHINNAYA Social competence, the ability of a person to handle social interaction effectively, is important for the academic success of library and information science postgraduate students. However, there are records of low level of social competence among most library and information science postgraduate students in universities in Nigeria. Previous studies focused largely on social media use with little attention paid to social competence of library and information science students with regard to awareness, accessibility and use of social media. Therefore, this study was carried out to examine the awareness, accessibility and use of social media as predictors of social competence of library and information science postgraduate students in Nigerian universities. Social Cognitive and Uses and Gratifications theories provided the framework. The survey design of the correlational type was adopted. Sixteen library schools and 742 library and information science postgraduate students were enumerated. The instruments used were Awareness of Social Media (r= 0.96), Accessibility to Social Media (r=0.96), Use of social media (r=0.96), Social Competence (r=0.76) and Social Competence Challenges (r=0.81) scales. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlation and Multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance. The respondents’ age was 32.50 ± 9.10 years, and 54.2% were female. The full-time students were 70.7%. Awareness of social media ( =106.40), accessibility to social media ( =104.26), and use of social media ( =127.86) were high, based on the test norms of 104-152, 103-152 and 104-152, respectively. Social competence ( =55.18) was high based on the test norm of 55-80. Accessibility to social media (r=0.11) and use of social media (r=0.31) had significant positive relationships with social competence while awareness of social media did not. Significant relationships existed between awareness (r=0.71), accessibility (r=0.23) and use of social media, and awareness of (r=0.16) and use of social media. Awareness, accessibility, and use of social media had significant joint contribution to social competence (F(3;738) = 33.54; Adj. R2 = 0.52), accounting for 52.0% of its variance. Use of social media (β=0.08); accessibility (β=0.06) and awareness (β=0.03) relatively contributed to social competence. Inability to participate in social activity, problem-solving skills, low selfcontrol, and inability to handle and manage conflict situation were some of the challenges of social competence faced by the library and information science postgraduate students in universities. Awareness, accessibility and use of social media positively influenced social competence of library and information science postgraduate students in universities in Nigeria. Library schools should provide students with sufficient social competence skills for their professional development. 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z