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An Assessment of Academic Database Subscription Management in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions: Challenges and Prospects
(2022) Irenoa, Kenneth O.; Sawyerr-George, Oyinkepreye E.
Research has remained a key expectation of universities all over the globe, and supporting the
research effort of academics is a key goal of libraries. Most of the support services is shown
by the availability of current information provided by journals and current research output.
The paper is an overview of the concept, types of databases and vendors of popular databases,
current practices and some identified bias in the subscription process in most universities in
Nigeria. The methodology adopted for the study is a descriptive survey research with
questionnaires used to solicit responses from participants using Google form. The paper also
recommends effort in building local-based content but globally available databases to increase
intellectual contribution to the body of knowledge. Government support in the area of
curriculum and general standards to reduce bias towards local content. Consortium-managed
subscription to international databases to reduce the cost burden on individual institutions and
improve access to rich sources of information.
ROLE OF THE LIBRARY IN DISSEMINATING INFORMATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
(2017) Sawyerr-George, Oyinkepreye; Bribena, Emilian; Paleowei, Zikena Cletus
The paper discusses the role of the Library in rural development. It discusses the importance of
information to rural people, the concepts of development and rural development, information
needs of rural dwellers, challenges faced by rural people in accessing information and the role
of the library and librarian in the development of rural communities. The paper is an opinion
paper. Historical research design was used for the paper and data was obtained from
documentary sources and analysed with content analysis in a narrative form. Findings from
literature reviewed showed that the information needs of the rural people were numerous,
ranging from health, agriculture and allied occupations, education, housing, employment,
transportation, religion, recreation, culture, welfare and family matters. Their challenges of
accessing information were due toilliteracy, poverty, lack of information infrastructure, lack of
libraries and information centers. The library can fill the information need of the rural people
through education, provision of reading and information materials. It concludes by stating that
the library plays an important role in rural development, so they should endeavor to stock the
rural libraries with materials that will meet the information needs of the rural people. It goes
further to recommend that librarians working in the different types of libraries should endeavor
to acquire materials such as books and make ideas available through radio broadcast and
cassette recordings.
An Investigation into the Effect of Social Media Addiction on Library Users of Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Aleibiri
(2023) George-Sawyerr, Oyinkepreye E.
The study discussed the effects of social media addiction on library users of the Bayelsa State Polytechnic,
Aleibiri. It defined and explained social media addiction, and the different themes relating to social media
addiction. The study had five objectives and research questions. The literature reviewed social media as
a concept, the benefits of using social media and addictions, the types of addiction consequences of social
media addiction, and suggestions on ways to reduce social media addiction. A descriptive survey design
was used for the study. The population for the study is 100, while the sample size was 48. A purposive
sampling technique was used to select the sample. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data
and Chi Square and descriptive analysis was used to analyse the results. The study concluded that social
media is beneficial to library users but with potential for abuse by library users with dire consequences
in terms of their physical and mental health, and academic performance. The study suggests ways of
managing social media addiction through acknowledging their addiction, reviewing past posts, setting
priorities right, turning off all notifications, avoid posting everyday life experiences, limiting their social
media usage and transfer their social media account to another people.
Identifying Digital Aggression in Information Dissemination on Social Media
(2022) Odigie, Imoisili Ojeime; Irenoa, Kenneth Ohis; Sawyerr-George, Oyinkepreye
Text and memes are increasingly populated and used to spread information on social media
like twitter. Sometimes these memes can have different meanings or connotations. This study
was aimed at highlighting how such information in the form of memes or text are diffused on
social media platforms, with Twitter the selected platform. The study adopted an explanatory
sequential mixed method design which allows for in-depth analysis of quantitative results
from the corpus of tweets. The findings indicate a growing use of a new terminology
―vawulence‖ over the period of eight months observed showing adoption and acceptance of
the new variation for the word violence. The study also found that digital aggression
(cyberbullying) has become more notable and on the rise particularly with the use of text and
memes showing veiled and, in some instances, outright attempts at cyberbullying with new
terminologies still arising (in the form of ‗wotowoto‘ and ‗collect‘ which mean a form of
physical assault).
Digital resources and the reading habits of university students in Nigeria
(2023) Ogunbodede, Kolawole Francis; Sawyerr-George, Oyinkepreye Evelyn
The study examined digital resources (DRs) and the reading habits of university students in Nigeria. This study aims
to establish the relationship between DRs and the reading habits of university students in Nigeria. The descriptive
survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all university students in Nigeria.
An online questionnaire was used to collect data. The questionnaire was validated by two experts in research
methodology and educational technology. 412 university students who responded to the questionnaire were used
as the sample for the study. The sample size is justified by Fox et al. (2007) and Meyer (1979), who recommended
384 samples from an infinite population range. Cronbach’s alpha was used to establish the reliability of the
instrument, which yielded 0.76. Data were analyzed with frequency counts and simple percentages, and statistical
product and service solutions version 23 was used to generate the mean and standard deviation while Pearson’s
product-moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The
findings established that the majority of the university students used DRs daily and the Internet resources were
mostly used by the students. The students had positive perceptions of the impacts of DR usage on their reading
habits. Lastly, the test of the hypothesis showed that there is a significant relationship between DRs and the reading
habits of university students in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that the university
management should continue to provide the Internet services and computer systems so that students can continue
to enjoy more access to DRs to enhance their learning.