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Item Advancing Educational Development through Information and Communication Technology in Nigeria(2017) Folorunso, O. O.Item User education and information retrieval skills as determinants of library information resources utilisation by distance learning students of University of Ibadan, Nigeria(Vocational research (JAEVR), 2015) Folorunso, O. O.; Ayeni, R.The study examined user education and information retrieval skills as determinants of library information resources utilisation by Distance Learning students of University of Ibadan, Nigeria. It is expected of users to effectively utilize library information resources in order to fulfill the requirements of their academic pursuit. For this to be done, it is the library's responsibility to provide user education and better services so that information sources, services and resources are well utilised by the users. Primary data were obtained from 131 respondents using the multistage sampling technique, by means of structured questionnaire. Four research questions and three hypotheses were drawn and answered. Data were analysed using frequency counts and percentages for the research questions while regression and correlation analyses were used to test the hypotheses with the aid o f SPSS Version 21. The study revealed that the major user education programmes available in the University library are talk and orientation as well as library demonstration and ICT training. Majority of the respondents possessed good information retrieval skills concerning their research needs. The major factors militating against the utilisation of library information resources by the students are lack of well equipped library and inadequate ICT infrastructure. User education or students' information retrieval skills have no significant influence on utilization of library information resources. The study further showed there was no significant joint influence of the independent variables on the dependent variable. In view of the foregoing, it is recommended that concerted efforts should be made by the library management to re-orientate its user education programmes so that the imparted skills would facilitate efficient utilization of the library information resources.Item Availability and Utilisation of Library-based Online Resources for Learning Activities by Undergraduates of University of Ibadan, Nigeria(University of Ibadan, 2019) Folorunso, O. O.; Ohwofasa, F.Library-based online resources are important due to their enormous benefits to students and university libraries. In particular, they offer students the opportunity to access current and relevant information from different subject areas. The purpose of this study was to investigate the availability and use of these resources for learning activities by undergraduates of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study and the population consisted of 12,173 full-time undergraduates. Stratified, proportionate, random sampling techniques were used, with a sampling fraction of 2.5%, to obtain a sample size of 303 students. The data collection instrument was the questionnaire titled “Availability and Utilization of Library-Based Online Resources For Learning Activities By Undergraduates (AULORLAU)” and data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics consisting of frequency, tables and percentages for the research questions, while Pearson Moment Correlation was used to analyse the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that electronic journals were the most available (mean=2.9) and frequently (mean=3.3) used Library based online resources among the undergraduates and ‘assignment’ was the main purpose for which they used these resources, while poor internet connectivity was their greatest challenge. There was significant relationship between availability of the resources and their utilization by the students (r=0.197; p<.05). Library-based online resources enhanced students’ learning in all academic disciplines, as the resources provided lecturers and students alike with vast quantities of information in an easily accessible non-sequential format. The study therefore recommended, among others, that university administrators and library management should make efforts to improve on bandwidth and enhance connectivity within the library premises so as to enable students have easy access to the Internet.Item Influence of Library Environment and User Education on Undergraduates’ Use of Library at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria(Scientific Research, 2016) Folorunso, O. O.; Njoku, E.The study investigated the influence of library environment and user education on undergraduates’ use of the University central library at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.The study adopted the survey research design and the population consisted of 18,034 regular undergraduates in ten faculties from which a sample size of 360 respondents was selected using the proportionate, random sampling technique. The research instrument used for data collection was a self-developed questionnaire while data was analysed using frequency distribution, percentages, mean and standard deviation together with regression and correlation analysis.The finding of the study revealed that library environment at the University of Ibadan was characterised by good library building (mean=3.75), seating arrangement (mean=3.59), availability of information resources (mean=3.54), and fair electricity supply while there was poor Internet connectivity and Wi-Fi within and outside the library (mean=2.39). Methods of delivering user education were library orientation for new students (64.3%) and use of library course (53.4%) with guided library tour. Most undergraduates used the library daily or weekly in order to study and read for examinations. However, inadequate technological facilities to use for electronic sources (mean=2.65), and poor network/internet connectivity to access electronic databases were some of the major challenges of using the University library. study found a significant relationship between the independent variables (library environment and user education) and the dependent variable (use of library) (r = .342, N= 322, P < .01); while both library environment and user education jointly and independently contributed to the use of library among the undergraduates. programmes given more priority in the University library in order to sensitise more students and draw their attention to the available resources and services while the environment of the University library (both 289internal and external) should be made more conducive to always attract the users to the library.Item Self-Efficacy of Undergraduates on Use of WEB 2.0 Tools for learning in two Universities in South west, Nigeria(International Institute of Academic Research and Development, 2016) Folorunso, O. O.; Olapade, T. C.; Awujoola, O. A."The study examines the self efficacy level of undergraduate on the use of Web 2.0 tools for learning in Obafemi Awolowo University and the University of Ibadan. The study Use questionnaire to gather information on the various Web 2.0 tools available to undergraduate, the frequency of Web 2.0 use for learning among undergraduate, to identify the factors that promote the use of Web 2.0 tools for learning and the factors that militate against the use of Web 2.0 tools for learning among undergraduate. The findings of the study indicate that social networking, Google and wikis were the most available Web 2.0 tools for undergraduate. Majority of the undergraduate use these Web 2.0 tools for both personal and academic activities,- among the factors agreed upon to promoting the use of Web 2.0 were enhanced internet connectivity, adequate power supply, supportive hardware devices, and class assignment requiring the use of Web 2.0, low cost of internet bundles among others. However, factors like poor internet connectivity speed, inadequate power supply, high cost of hardware devices, high cost of internet bundles etc, were among the challenges to use of Web 2.0 by undergraduate. The study recommends that university management should encourage undergraduate students to use their self-efficacy by using web 2.0 for learning in their institution and that institution should provide factors that enhance the use of web 2.0 among undergraduates.Item Information Seeking Behaviour of Social Science Scholars: A Nigerian Case Study. Brazilian(PostGraduate Program in Information Science, 2015) Folorunso, O. O.Information-seeking behavior is one of the most important areas of user studies and a concept affected by many factors. Previous researches in these areas indicate that the information-seeking practices of scholars are dependent on their field of research, and vary from one discipline to another. This paper examines the information-seeking behavior of scholars in the social sciences, based on the premise that information-seeking behavior follows universally applicable stages and patterns worldwide. The study was conducted at the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER). Fifty eight active social sciences scholars were interviewed via a questionnaire about their information sources for research and consultancy purposes, their preference for electronic or printed formats, their use of electronic or Internet resources, and how they meet or satisfy their information needs, among others. Results show that journals and books were the most preferred information sources, and a large majority of scholars “regularly” used electronic information resources for their research and consultancy needs. The findings of the study also demonstrate diverse usage patterns for electronic information resources among users of different academic ranks and age range. Based on the research findings, the author provides suggestions on how current information services and products can be improved to better serve the users. The author also makes recommendations for improving library services and technologies to better meet the information needs of social sciences scholars in general.Item Capacity building of health professionals in an e-health environment(National association for academic excellence and development, 2014) Folorunso, O. O.; Ogunleye, F.Practicing in an electronic environment requires health professionals to be innovative, creative and be responsive to the needs and presenting situations of healthcare industry. E-health environment has posed lots of challenges to healthcare professionals and to the entire healthcare industry and hence the need for capacity building to sustain the developmental changes. The present study was a descriptive study of capacity building of health professionals in an electronic health environment. Some of the objectives of the study are to examine the Information Technology (IT) skills and knowledge of health professionals about e-health environment at the primary healthcare; to assess the awareness and extent of use of e-health among the professionals and to identify the training needs of health professionals in an e-health environment. The objectives were accomplished through semi-structured questionnaire administered to stratified, randomly selected health professionals from the study population at the level of primary healthcare in Osun State, Nigeria. The findings revealed that IT skills and knowledge of health professionals at this level of healthcare is on the average. The awareness and use of e-health is generally limited among the health professionals. Capacity building of health professionals in respect to e-health is very low. Training and retraining of health professionals were strongly advocated in coping with developmental changes. Overall, on the basis of the findings, conclusions were drawn and recommendations suggesting way forward were made.Item Social Media Use in Libraries: Current Trends, Challenges and Evolving Directions(Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of Ibadan,, 2019) Folorunso, O. O.Item ICT and Development.(University Press., 2017) Folorunso, O. O.Item Students' perception and satisfaction with use of electronic library services in academic libraries in Oyo state, Nigeria(2018-06) Olaojo, P. O.; Alayande, G. F.; Adebayo, R. T.; Ayoola, T. J.The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in library Services has a great potential to change the perception of users about Service Provision. It could also raise the expectation for the Provision of electronic cum digital library Services. Library users, sometimes, leave the library in frustration because they are hardly satisfied with the available Services in libraries. This study, therefore, investigates undergraduate students’ perception and satisfaction with electronic Services in selected academic libraries in Oyo State. The study adopted a survey research design with a study population of 10,018 registered users in four academic libraries. A sample size of 501 respondents was selected using stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire titled “User Perception and Satisfaction with Electronic Library Services (UPSELS)” was used for data collection. The study revealed that electronic information resources, electronic databases, Internet access and Computer facilities are available in the surveyed academic libraries. Most students perceived that academic libraries need to introduce more electronic resources in their various disciplines. Few of the students were satisfied with available electronic information resources. The study observed problems such as poor network/Internet Connectivity, and poor awareness of students about electronic library Services. However, the advent of electronic Services has really geared students to crave for new Services that better address their growing yearning for satisfying information needs. Therefore, it is recommended that new electronic Services such as digital libraries, institutional repositories, and self-help Services should be introduced in line with best practices in the developed part of the world as this will increase the satisfaction level of users, especially, the undergraduate students.