Originally published as The Electronic Library Volume 23 Number 3, 2005
ISBN: 1 84544 323 3
Guest edited by: Dr David Raitt.
Nigeria seems to be behind in a lot of areas – North American, European, Australasian and even S. E. Asian librarians will say “been there, done that long ago.”
However, that does not negate the fact that articles about the experience of placing computers in libraries, automation of processes, use of CD-ROMs, introduction of the Internet and so on are just as valid from people doing it now, today for the first time, as they were from when many of us did it 20 or 30 years ago.
Contents:
Prospects of GSM technology for academic library services
Poor telecommunication infrastructure has been generally identified as a hindrance to most library activities in Nigeria. However, with the emergence and spread of wireless technologies, especially the global system of mobile communications (GSM), this paper seeks to consider the implications of this event on library services, with suggestions on the possible applications to academic libraries.
Evaluation of automated services in Nigerian universities
This article evaluates the status of automated information services in selected Nigerian universities with a view to identifying progress and prospects of, and constraints to, the technological transformation of Nigerian universities as the basis of strategic recommendations to the different stakeholders in Nigerian university education.
Information technology applications to cataloguing in Nigerian university libraries
This study recommends that librarians be consulted before acquisition of software by the government, retraining of librarians in software use, acquisition and wider use of the X-LIB software developed by the Raw Materials Research and Development Council Library, Abuja, Nigeria and provision of standby electricity generators solely for library use.
The use of information technology (IT) by electronic media workers in Delta State, Nigeria
This paper aims to find out the patterns of information technology use by electronic media workers in Delta State, Nigeria. The findings would assist electronic media organizations in developing countries to develop policies that could make media workers better users of IT.
Internet use in a Nigerian suburban setting
The findings of this paper will assist the LIS world to know the patterns of internet use in developing world and provide the needed data that will assist policy makers and stakeholders to seek ways of making the dwellers better users of the Net.
Strengthening information provision in Nigerian university libraries through information communication technologies
This article reviews the current state of information communication technologies (ICT) application for information provision in Nigerian university libraries and makes suggestions to enable taking fuller advantage of ICT facilities to provide information more effectively to users.
Enhancing women's productivity in the library and information sector in Nigeria
Productivity in library and information entails efficient and timely information acquisition, processing, storage, retrieval and delivery. The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons why the productivity of women in library and information should be enhanced; to describe problems which militate against this; and to highlight their future prospects.
Web sources, resources and strategies for legal research
The central objective of this work is to examine internet sources, resources, and strategies, with particular reference to legal research. The approach adopted was to preface web-based definitions of the internet and draw some features from the definitions. The next approach was to examine legal research resources on the internet. A web-based survey and subject analysis of legal resources was then conducted.
Management of records in Nigerian universities: Problems and prospects
This study aims to investigate the management of records in Nigerian universities, in line with the Management Information Systems (MIS) programme put in place in federal universities by the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National University Commission to ensure effective and efficient decision making, based on available data.
Enhancing provision of scientific and technical information in Nigerian libraries
This paper reveals that science and technological information sources are increasing and very diverse, cutting across primary sources, secondary sources, tertiary sources, as well as non-documentary sources and involving the use of modern facilities such as CD-ROMs, Internet and other electronic devices.
Analysis of users' searches of CD-ROM databases
This study investigates the behaviour of searchers of CD-ROM databases in the Kenneth Dike Library of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The aim of the study was to identify the behaviour of end-users with different amounts of overall experience in searching electronic databases in order to identify the knowledge of their search systems and syntax, and its effect on their search results, for the purpose of improving user education.
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