ABSTRACT The study investigated five major organizational factors namely: organizational structure, organizational culture, top management, human resource capabilities and the availability of physical ICT infrastructure, and their implications on the efficient utilization and development of ICT systems at the Balme Library of the University of Ghana, Legon. The aim of studying these organizational factors was to aid in the improvement of ICT to promote efficient delivery of information servi...
ABSTRACT Academic libraries, like any other organizations, are likely to encounter security challenges. This study explored the security challenges academic libraries faced in Ghana with particular reference to the Joshua Alabi Library of the University of Professional Studies, Accra and the Richard McMillan Library of the Ghana Institute of Journalism. A total of 297 respondents were sampled for the study. The sample was made of 276 graduate students who were conveniently selected, 15 librar...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the evolving roles of library personnel in the digital age with emphasis on the needed skills required fit into the information age. The objectives of the study were to find out the skills needed by personnel to identify and analyze user information needs, skills required for the evaluation of available information resources, to ascertain the level of personnel ICT skills among others. The Balme Library, University of Ghana, Legon was used as...
ABSTRACT Technology is an important tool of this present world; therefore there is a need for individuals to become digitally included to fit into today’s society. The study examined the role of Adukrom ICT Centre and the Asawasi Community ICT Centre in promoting digital inclusion among the people of Adukrom and Asawasi communities in Ashanti Region. The main objectives of this study were to determine the extent of awareness and use of the AIC and ACIC and the challenges the people face in ...
ABSTRACT Most Ghanaian second cycle institutions factor little training into information literacy skills for teachers. As a result most teachers are challenged in the use of information literacy in their teaching and learning process. This study therefore set out to examine the current level of information literacy in this era of information age among teachers in second cycle institutions in the Cape Coast metropolis. Being the oldest and among the category ‘A’ schools in Ghana, Mfantsipi...
ABSTRACT Much as a lot of intellectual activities go on in Africa, the limited avenues for espousing them, coupled with issues of copyright have led to little visibility of such intellectual output. Institutional repositories have thus been relied upon by many universities to preserve and share their digital resources. However, the few studies on the attrition of repositories often focused on cost and software engineering protocols, with little attention given to the needed collaborative effo...
ABSTRACT A series of ethical issues are on the rise in academia, especially plagiarism. In this age of information overload, more and more students and researchers are turning to the Internet for already made solutions and short-cuts for writing assignments, research papers and thesis. This culture certainly does not promote academic excellence and critical thinkers. The study examined students’ awareness and incidence of plagiarism at the Narh-Bita College. It further looked at motivations...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a tool to support teaching and learning in the Wisconsin International University College. It specifically identifies existing facilities and how they are being used and the inherent problems and the perceptions of lecturers and students on integration of ICT in teaching and learning in the university. The survey research methodology was used for the study. The survey size was 205, made up of 150 unde...
ABSTRACT Although Electronic Information Resources (EIR) have become an important part of research and learning in Universities, a growing body of literature suggests that its utilisation amongst students in especially developing countries tends to be low. It follows therefore that any evidence-based research that seeks to unravel the factors that drive this unresponsive behaviour towards EIR usage especially in private universities is of high demand. The main objective of this study was to f...
ABSTRACT Research on information seeking behavior of the visually challenged students was carried out in University of Ghana, Legon and University of Education, Winneba to investigate whether the services provided by those universities accommodated the information seeking behavior of visually challenged students or not. The theoretical framework for the study was Wilson’s (1999) Information Behaviour Model. The survey method was used to collect data and 80 copies of a questionnaire were dis...
ABSTRACT Despite the huge investments made by libraries into building their collections, studies have shown that these collections remain underutilized. This situation, coupled with declining library budgets, as well as growing competition between libraries and other information providers, has compelled libraries to adopt effective marketing approaches in order to continually remain visible and relevant. The adoption of marketing in libraries has been found to bring about numerous benefits to...
ABSTRACT The ever growing collection of information resources that has come to be associated with academic libraries has made the organization of these collections in academic libraries a crucial need. The prevalence of the practice of cataloguing and classification in academic libraries has been ascribed to the need to fulfill this fundamental need. This study sets out to investigate the practice of cataloguing and classification as it pertains in three academic libraries in Ghana with the o...
ABSTRACT Information Ethics (IE) has developed over the years as a discipline in library and information science, but the information ethics field has evolved and embraced other disciplines. Information Ethics (IE) concerns all human related activity to information, that is, our relationship with information, how we generate or what we do with information, the process and how to distribute it in the procedure of new technologies and modernizations, which comprise a lot of processed informatio...
ABSTRACT Social media has become ubiquitous in today’s globalized world as a result of its valuable role in communication and information sharing. It appeals to people from all walks of life, particularly students, for a variety of purposes irrespective of some negative effects that their use may have on their academic performance. This study investigated the effects of social media use on the academic performance of students of public tertiary institutions in Ghana, with University of Educ...
ABSTRACT Information is vital to every aspect of life. Societies depend on information to build up their way of lives, likewise pregnant women. Readily available health information is vital for the growth of knowledgeable and effective systems for improving health concerns in the society. Information helps pregnant women to make informed decisions. A Mixed method approach was used to carry out the study. Questionnaire was used to collect data from 148 pregnant women from three hospitals namel...