Browsing by Author "Sambo, Atanda S."

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    Deployment of Technology for Library Service Delivery in Post-Covid-19 Period by Female Librarians in Nigeria.
    (Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka., 2024) Oyovwe-Tinuoye, Gloria .O.; Sambo, Atanda S.
    The study examined information service delivery in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era among female librarians in Nigeria. The study was an online survey designed by the researchers with three (3) research objectives of the study. An online self-constructed questionnaire was designed by the researchers. The population of the study comprises all female librarians in Nigeria with WhatsApp accounts. Data was collected through a Google web form which was distributed to various individuals with WhatsApp accounts. A total of three hundred and twenty (320) female librarians responded from different libraries and institutions in Nigeria. The findings revealed that COVID-19 increased the use of social media tools such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram, Zoom and among others; increased the use of ICT for academic collaboration, disrupted library services, affected social interactions between female librarians and users. The study further revealed that technology deployed for service delivery were smartphones, laptops, Zoom, WhatsApp, Telegram, TeamViewer, Instagram, personal computers and tablets. The study revealed that the use of information technology enables female librarians to organise library materials, disseminate information materials and master basic skills in information technology. Finally, the majority of the female librarians emphasised that barriers such as inadequate funding from federal and the State overnments, insufficient ICT facilities, subsidy data, inadequate skills, erratic supply of power and lack of incentives were issues affecting the provision of information service delivery in post-COVID-19 era.
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    Document Delivery Services and Resource Sharing Preferences in Nigerian Libraries.
    (Credence Publishing, 2023) Sambo, Atanda S.; Oyovwe-Tinuoye, Gloria O.
    This paper assessed document delivery service and resource sharing in Nigeria libraries. The population comprised 172 participants that were inducted at 7th Conference of Certified Librarians by Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria held in Abuja, 2021.The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire. Research questions were answered using frequency, bar charts, percentages and mean. The major findings revealed different document delivery services offered by the respondents in their libraries, such as electronic document delivery and paper. The Finding revealed that electronic document delivery service were more preferable over paper. The results further revealed that librarians are facing numerous challenges towards document delivery service and resources sharing activities such as limited budget, copyright law, economic barrier, network barrier sociological barrier, and technology among others. The study recommended that libraries stakeholders, Librarians Registration Council of Nigeria, National Library of Nigeria, Nigeria Library Association, parent institutions and government should give more support to resources sharing in the libraries, especially in this era of information communication technology for quality service delivery.
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    Undergraduates Perception and Utilization of Serial Materials in Federal University of Petroleum Resources Library.
    (Online Science Publishing., 2016) Sambo, Atanda S.; Akpojotor, Oji L.
    This study assessed the undergraduates’ perception and utilization of serial materials in Federal University of Petroleum Resources Library. The study sample population comprised 1,365 registered library users’ registration statistics 2014/2015 academic session. The instrument used for data collection in this study was questionnaire. The major findings of the study revealed that main library serial section had highest respondents whereas newspapers and thesis were the serial materials regularly used by the respondents while some never or hardly used journals. The major challenges confronting utilize of serial units in Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun were some serial materials are not easily accessible, lack of space in serial section, delay in supplying of daily and lack of journals in my area of study etc. The followings recommendations were made; articles should be organized to improve students’ knowledge/skills, lecturers should mandate the students to use journals, librarians should device other strategies of enlighten library users, serial section should be expanded, Training and seminar on the use of journals, among others.