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Maker-spaces in Nigerian Libraries: Assessing Awareness and Preparedness
(African Journals Online (AJOL), 2025-08-06) Urhefe-Okotie, Enite A.; Ojeabulu, N.
The study investigated the awareness and readiness in adoption of maker-space in Nigerian libraries, with Delta State as a case study. The study adopted the descriptive survey research methods. The population of the study is 75 librarians who where participants at the Annual General Conference of the Nigeria Library Association (NLA), Delta State branch 2023. No sample was drawn, because of the small and manageable size of the population. A total of 75 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the respondents and 73copies were retrieved and found usable for the study, giving a (97%) response rate. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that some of the librarians in Delta State Nigeria, are aware of the concept of maker-space to a minimum level. The findings also shows, that none of the libraries had adopted maker-space, the result further reveals that none of the libraries is at any level of preparedness in adopting a makers-pace in their libraries. The findings indicated that the challenges militating against the adoption of maker-space in libraries in Delta State Nigeria includes, inadequate space in the library to enable makers’ activities, lack of fund to purchase needed tools and equipment, lack of trained manpower to supervise the process, unstable electricity supply, among others. The study recommended that awareness on the need for maker-space in libraries should be created through seminars, conferences and workshops, heads of libraries should make provision for the establishment of maker-spaces in their library. Management of various libraries should make allocation in their annual budget for the funding of maker-spaces in their libraries. A maker-space management policy should be formulated.
Institutional Repositories as Essential Resources for the Promotion of Scholarship in Benson Idahosa University, Benin city, Nigeria.
(Nigerian Library Association, 2024) Odiachi, Rosemary A.; Urhefe-Okotie, Enite A.
The study examined institutional repositories as essential digital resources for the promotion of scholarship in Nigerian universities. Institutional repositories gather and preserve intellectual outputs in electronic form, such as dissertations, seminar papers, conference proceedings, working papers, technical reports, and other materials from academic institutions. While some Nigerian public universities have established institutional repositories, the situation is quite different in most of the private universities in the country. Hence the focus of this particular study on Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Nigeria. The study sought to find out the role of institutional repositories in the promotion of scholarship in the University as well as the challenges. The study was guided by 3 specific objectives and 3 research questions that determined the benefits, awareness and challenges of institutional repositories. The study adopted descriptive statistics. The population of the study was 30 library personnel that comprised 10 professionals, 11 para-professionals and 9 supporting staff. There was no need for sampling due to small size of the population. A questionnaire created by the researcher was the tool used to collect data. The Cronbach alpha method was used to determine the items' internal consistency, obtaining an overall reliability score of 0.87. The on-the-spot method of collecting data was used. Findings indicated that majority of the respondents are not aware of the presence of IR in the university. Also, inadequate funding was one of the major challenges associated with institutional repository. The study recommends that awareness about IR by private university management should be established.
Relationship Between Transformational and Transactional Leadership Styles and Job Performance of Librarians in Federal University libraries in South-South, Nigeria.
(University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2022) Urhefe-Okotie, Enite A.
Leadership styles are among the major drivers used to improve the performance of staff in any organization. It is believed that an organization's kind of leadership style influences its overall results. This study focused on two styles of leadership which are transformational and transactional style of leadership. Relationship between leadership styles and job performance were also discussed. It is revealed that leadership styles definitely have a strong correlation with the achievement of set goals and objectives of the library. The study adopted correlational research design. Three (3) research questions were raised to guide the study, and two hypotheses were also tested at 0.5 level of significant. The population of the study comprised (98) librarians in the six Federal universities spread across the six states of SouthSouth, Nigeria. No sample was done due to the manageable size of the population. The instrument for data collection was a researcher constructed questionnaire titled “Impact of Transformational and Transactional Leadership Styles on Job Performance Questionnaire “(ITTLSQ)”. Research data were analyzed using SPSS, correlation and regression analysis were utilized in analyzing the data and testing the research hypothesis. The study reveals that there is a positive relationship between leadership styles and job performance. It was also revealed in the study that both Transformational and Transactional leadership styles have positive and negative sides. From the examination of these two leadership styles, it was discovered that transformational leadership style has more positive impact on job performance of librarians than transactional leadership style. Recommendations were made based on the findings.
The Librarian as Information Scientist: A comparative Review of Opinions and Constructs.
(Nigerbiblios, 2023) Odiachi, Rosemary; Urhefe-Okotie, Enite A.
The salient contestation of the professional to be addressed as (an)“information scientist” and the place of a “Librarian” in this global dispensation is a motivating ideology for this article. The article ontologically drew inferences from past and present opinions of authorities as regards the constructs/variables of the topic. Systematic Literature Review (SLR) research method was adopted for the study. The paper justified the place of librarian as the (an)“information scientist” as it comparatively analyzed the training curricular, functions, services, attitudes etc. of the librarian in tandem to other professions in the information management environment.
Librarians’ ICT Competency in the 21st Century: A Study of Federal University Libraries in Southern Nigeria
(Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences (BPAS), 2022-01-07) Eromesele, Okuchukwu C.; Omosekejimi, Ademola F.; Emuejevoke, Paul O.
This study examines librarians’ Information Communication Technology (ICT) competency in the 21st Century using federal university libraries in Southern Nigeria as a case study. The total population for this study comprised of 362 librarians from eighteen (18) federal university libraries in Southern Nigeria. Total enumeration technique was adopted because of the small and manageable size of the population. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage/frequency counts and weighted mean. Findings from this study revealed among others that computers, printers, E-mail, CD-ROMs, mobile phones, photocopiers, Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS), Internet connectivity, scanners, power point projectors and integrated library management software are available for use by the librarians in federal university libraries in Southern Nigeria; ICT skills such as skills to power on and off a computer system, skills to browse the web, skill to download files from the Internet, skills to navigate and use library automation software and its modules such as OPAC, skills to send and receive emails, skills to copy to and from a CD-ROM and flash drive/hard discs among other necessary skills are all needed by librarians to be able to properly utilize 21st Century ICT facilities and that the competency level of librarians on the use of 21st Century ICT facilities in federal university libraries in Southern Nigeria is high. Recommendations made based on the findings of the study include: The government should increase budgetary allocations to academic libraries across Nigeria so that university library administrators can purchase and maintain ICT facilities that will be useful in providing ICT related services to library users, as this will allow for effective information service delivery in the 21st Century among others.