April 2015

Information needs, library resources and services available to post graduate students in the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

The study evaluated information needs and library resources available to post graduate students in the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. One hundred and fifty-five copies of questionnaire were administered to postgraduate students in Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS), African Studies (AFS) and Peace Building (BD) units. The study identified Kenneth Dike, WORDOC and IFRA as libraries normally...

Author(s): Felicia U. Iwara

April 2015

Changing functions of libraries and publishers in the digital information sources environment

The emergence of electronic information sources with rapid development in information technology played a major role in changing the function of libraries, publishers and information producers. Functions like indexing and abstracting were library functions but now it is entrusted to information aggregators and publishers. This study aimed to: First, define the role and function of libraries and information aggregators...

Author(s): Raid J. Sulaiman, Serhan A. Ali Al Tawalbeh and Mustafa H. Ahmed

April 2015

Captions resources and library patronage by hearing impaired students in university libraries of South-south Nigeria

This study investigated the availability of Captions Resources and Library Patronage by Hearing Impaired Students in University Libraries of South-South Nigeria. One research question and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study and were tested at .05 level of significance. Survey research design was employed. The population for the study was 57 hearing impaired students from 10 universities in South-south...

Author(s): Emem Paul Udofia, Daniel Aniekan Aloysius and Abimbola Labake Agboke