Abstract The study was on the effects of ineffective use of automation in management of library services in Academic libraries in Southwest Nigeria: a case study of KDL and UNILAG libraries. Library automation is defined simply as the use of computer and networking technologies in the library.Study showed that the major effects of ineffective use of automation in libraries is lack of efficiency in library services(48.0%);this is followed by slow pace of work in the library...
Abstract The study was on an investigation into the effective utilization and management of serial by researchers in research institutes in southwest Nigeria. A descriptive survey method was used. A purposive sampling technique using an interval of 1:2 was employed to select 50% of the researchers from each of the research institute to give a total of 130 respondents from the research institutes. Data were collected through the use of a structured questionnai...
Abstract The paper examines usefulness of cataloguing for digital services and challenges faced during the process. Digital or online catalogue is designed so that the documents can be accessed via terminals, so that library users may directly and effectively search for and retrieve bibliographic records without the assistance of ahuman intermediary. In spite of usefulness of digital cataloging,like flexibility and been current, easy updating among others, Nigerian libraries are not properly ...
The researcher's central aim of embarking on this study is to investigate why radio was used as a propaganda tool in the Second World War (1939-1945). The researcher made use of the Historical Critical-Analysis method of research; making use of secondary sources of data ranging from archives to internet sources to give an inter-disciplinary interpretation of the research questions raised in the study. The result of the analysis revealed that radio was used to end the Second World War and it s...
Purpose and Objective of the Study Purpose is defined as an idea or aim kept in the mind as the goals towards which ones effort is directed. It is a definite intention an object or reason to which something exist or is done. On the whole, the purpose of this study is to examine Newspaper Coverage of Women Participation in Nigeria Politics. It seeks to achieve the following specified objective. a. To determine the frequency ...
RADIO LISTENERSHIP HABIT OF MARKET WOMEN IN AKUNGBA - AKOKO BY AKINWALE, JOSEPH OLUWAFEMI MATRIC NO: 120102040 BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION, FACULTY OF ARTS, ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY, AKUNGBA-AKOKO, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE (B.A HONS) IN MASS COMMUNICATION. MARCH, 2017 AFFIRMATION This is to affirm that this project was carried out by AKINWALE JOSEPH OLUWAFEMI o...
Abstract The paper examines the advent of the internet versus library usage in the Nigerian library of the 21st century,libraries are service organizations where individuals, organizations, and societies are provided unhindered access tosubstantial quantities of information; the internet can be broadly defined as world wide network of computerscommunicating via an agreed upon protocol (rules for exchange of information), it provides access to the mostdiv...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to investigate the information needs and information seeking behavior of the researchers in Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin, Kwara State. The study used questionnaire and interview method to obtain data from the respondents. Out of the sixty copies of questionnaire distributed to respondents, fifty-three copies were returned and found useable for the study. There was also an interview with the Director, library services in the institute. ...
Introduction Globalization is a process of global economic, cultural, and political integration. It is playing an important role and has brought new opportunities for African countries such as growth and improved productivity and living standards, technological transfer, conflict resolution etc. Globalization is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon of contemporary society. Therefore, the areas of conflict and conflict resolution are also affected by this phenomenon. Conflicts are pa...
This is my B.A. long essay submitted to the department of English, University of Ibadan, Nigeria where I bagged Bachelor of Arts in English. Abstract The experience of migration, exile, globalisation, identity, and their effects of hybridity, poly valency, Afropolitanism, cultural fusion, cross-ethnicity, transnationality and intermixture have been gaining prominence in literary productions for many decades now largely due to globalisation and increasing years of diasporic living. Afropoli...
ABSTRACT This study is titled “Women as Agents of Peace in Ahmed Yerima’s Little Drops and Aristophanes’ Lysistrata”. The study deals with how women overtime have come to the world’s rescue by ensuring that peace reigns supreme in the society. The researcher will approach this project by analysing Ahmed Yerima’s Little Drops and Aristophanes’ Lysisrata where female characters are used to bring about transformation in their different conflicting societies. The researcher will be ...
This study aims at examining the evolution and impact of Western education in Ilesa. It also investigates the rise of elitism and social organizations and how such developments had contributed to the socio-economic development of Ilesa.
The research was carried to out to orientate the people about the origin and structure of Iwude Festival in Ijesaland. TABLE OF CONTENT Title page i Certification ii Dedication iii Acknowledgement iv-v Table of content vi-vii CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Introduction Signifance of the study Scope of the study Justification of the study Methodology Literature review Conclusion End notes CHAPTER TWO History of Ilesa Introduction The traditions of origins Economic structure of ...
Literature essay Descartes’ argument begins with a claim that dreams and waking life can naturally have the same content. He was a 17th C philosopher and is referred to as father of modern day philosophy.His interest was on understanding the very important truths about his surrounding habitat. Descartes’ wanted to separate truth from fictional narratives in human lives. To be able to formulate this notion, he tried to forget all that he knew and was stored in his mind and subject it...
Abstract The paper examines the preservation and conservation of information resources in the Nigerian library: concepts and challenges, conservation is seen as specific practices taken to slow down deterioration and prolong the life span of an object by direct intervening in its physical or chemical makeup, while preservation explains all the managerial and financial considerations including storage and accommodation provisions, staffing levels, policies, techniques, and methods involved in...