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Corporate Social Responsibility Activities For Public Libraries Engagement Towards The Actualization Of Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs): A Survey Of Public Libraries In South-East And South-South Nigeria, Genevieve Chinedu Opara, Ph.D, Oyemike Victor Benson, Ph.D, Genevive Chigekwu Nnadieto,
Corporate Social Responsibility Activities For Public Libraries Engagement Towards The Actualization Of Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs): A Survey Of Public Libraries In South-East And South-South Nigeria, Genevieve Chinedu Opara, Ph.D, Oyemike Victor Benson, Ph.D, Genevive Chigekwu Nnadieto,
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Purpose: The study is on corporate social responsibility activities for public libraries engagement towards the actualization of sustainable development goals (SDGs): a survey of public libraries in south-east and south-south Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: The survey design was adopted. Data were gathered through questionnaire. Population of study comprised of librarians working in the public libraries in south-east and south-south Nigeria. A total of 77 questionnaires were retrieved and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings: The corporate social responsibilities that public libraries should participate in order to end poverty in present-day society include dissemination of timely agricultural information, business information, economic information services that …
Ethnicity In Nigeria In Post Colonial Era And Implications For Reader-Centred Library Collections, Frances Jumoke Oloidi, Leonard Ilechukwu
Ethnicity In Nigeria In Post Colonial Era And Implications For Reader-Centred Library Collections, Frances Jumoke Oloidi, Leonard Ilechukwu
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The existing information and researches on the causes, challenges, and solution on ethnic issues in Nigeria’s post colonial era holds some implications for creating a reader-centred library collection. This paper focuses on ethnicity in Nigeria and the challenges of integration and unity and its implications for reader-centred library collections. Nigeria is the most diverse in terms of ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious differences, just as it is the most populous in Africa. Nigeria embodies all the challenges which ethnic cleavages posed to post-colonial societies anywhere in the world. The article traces the causes, challenges and proffer solutions to ethnicity to …
Impact Of Historical Review And Archival Accessibility In Combating Covid-19 Pandemic In Nigeria, Bakare D. Oluwabunmi Dr, Mary Funke Ajayi Mrs
Impact Of Historical Review And Archival Accessibility In Combating Covid-19 Pandemic In Nigeria, Bakare D. Oluwabunmi Dr, Mary Funke Ajayi Mrs
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Archives and records management play a central role in understanding the past and aid effective decision-making on current situations. The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of historical review and archival accessibility in combating COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The study was based on a systematic review of existing literature on overview of pandemics in human history, history of pandemic in Nigeria, 1918-1919 influenza in Nigeria, COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, and archival accessibility and pandemics. The study was able to identify some major challenges of archival accessibility in Nigeria, which made it difficult to access documents of …
Information Literacy Skills And Utilisation Of Electronic Information Resources By Postgraduate Students In Nigeria, Jeremiah Emeka Ugwulebo, Omorodion Okuonghae
Information Literacy Skills And Utilisation Of Electronic Information Resources By Postgraduate Students In Nigeria, Jeremiah Emeka Ugwulebo, Omorodion Okuonghae
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The study investigated information literacy skills and utilization of electronic information resources by postgraduate students in Nigeria. The study adopted the ex post facto research design to investigate the relationship that exists between information literacy skill variables and the utilization of electronic information resources by postgraduate students in Nigeria. The population of the study comprised 3,744 postgraduate students from three federal universities in Nigeria, namely; University of Uyo, Uyo; University of Calabar, Calabar and University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Port Harcourt. The sample size for the study is 374 respondents which was determined using the Taro Yamane’s (1969) method for …