Browsing by Author "Okonoko, Vera N."

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    Assessing the Availability of Information Sources and Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic in University Libraries in Nigeria.
    (Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC),, 2024-03) Omeluzor, Saturday U.; Okonoko, Vera N.; Ojukwu, Njideka N. C.
    The emergence of COVID-19 pandemic hampered the availability of information sources and services in most academic institutions around the world. Making information available during major crisis reveals the long-standing position of the library in helping its patrons. This post COVID-19 study that took place between February 2020 and January 2021 investigated the availability of information sources and services during the COVID-19 pandemic in university libraries in Nigeria. Using a descriptive design, the study used 240 students who were purposely selected from 30 universities including federal, state and private universities in South-South geographical zone of Nigeria as sample. The study revealed that information sources such as: e-books, print journals, e-journals and electronic databases and services such as: Circulation, interlibrary loan, remote access, SDI, online reference services among others were available to the patrons in university libraries in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings showed that the inhibiting factors against the availability of information sources and service in university libraries were poor telecommunication network, closure of some library sections, lack of preparation, unavailability of library policy on pandemic/disaster management and poor coordination among others. The study recommended some areas for improvement to ensure the availability of information sources and services to the library patrons during major crisis.
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    Induction and Placement Practices as Correlates of Job Performance of Recruited Librarians in Federal Universities in South-South, Nigeria
    (Regional Institute of Information and Knowledge Management, 2021-10) Eruvwe, Ufuoma; Okonoko, Vera N.
    The study aimed to investigate induction and placement practices as correlate of the job performance of recruited librarians in federal universities in South- South, Nigeria. The study adopted the correlational research design. Three (3) research questions and two (2) hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised 108 academic librarians in the six federal universities spread across the six states of South-South, Nigeria. Questionnaires were administered to all the 108 respondents; only 95 were filled and returned. The overall reliability of the instrument yielded 0.95 with the use of Cronbach Alpha Coefficient. The rating scale of 4 points was subjected to an estimation procedure using SPSS version 17.0. A mean score of 2.5 and above on any item was accepted. Pearson r and R2 was used to answer the research questions while the null hypotheses were tested with the use of linear regression analysis. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between induction process and librarians’ job performance in the federal university libraries in South-South, Nigeria. There is also a positive significant relationship between placement criteria and job performance of librarians. The level of agreement on the indices of job performance of librarians was high. That is to say induction, placement and job performance indices are critical for the recruitment process of librarians in federal university libraries in South-South, Nigeria. The findings of this study may serve as a guide to the Federal Government, Federal University Management, Library Management and other stakeholders in the recruitment of librarians as it elucidates the benefits of induction training to librarians.
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    Planning and Advertisement Procedure used for Recruitment of Librarians in Federal Universities Libraries in South-South, Nigeria.
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2021) Eruvwe, Ufuoma; Okonoko, Vera N.
    The study investigated planning and advertisement procedures used for recruitment of librarians in federal university libraries in South-South, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. Three (3) research questions guided the study. The population of the study comprised 108 academic librarians in the six Federal universities spread across the six states of SouthSouth, Nigeria. The entire 108 questionnaires were administered to the respondents, only 95 were filled and returned, and was used for the study because the entire population size was manageable. The overall reliability of the instrument yielded 0.95 with the use of Cronbach Alpha Coefficient. The rating scale of 4 points was subjected to an estimation procedure using SPSS. version 17.0. A mean score of 2.5 and above on any item was accepted. The major findings of the study were that the degree of agreement of librarians on all planning process was high.; that the extent in which respondents agreed on those advertisement procedures were moderately high, and the challenges associated with recruitment of librarians in the federal university libraries in South-South, Nigeria was high. Based on the findings, it was recommended as follows: that the university library management should ensure that there is the need to plan before the commencement of recruitment exercise; that the best advertisement procedures should be used to reach out to suitable applicants; and that factors such as nepotism, godfatherism, favoritism, and other challenges should not be considered in the recruitment of librarians.