Browsing by Author "DR. FLORENCE OLABISI AJANI"

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    COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND ICT APPLICATION AT THE KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
    (2023-11-08) DR. FLORENCE OLABISI AJANI; ABDULMUJEEB ATATA SHUAIB
    This study investigated the process and utilization of ICT in library collection development using Kwara State University (KWASU) Library as a case study. Four research questions guided the study. A total enumeration sampling technique was used in the study. Frequency counts, percentages, and mean scores were used for the statistical analysis. The findings revealed that the collection development process of KWASU Library is effective. Findings indicate that ICT facilities were used in the collection development process, and they include Library management software (KOHA), books in print online, e-mail, Internet, and other web services. Findings also showed areas where ICTs were applied to collection development to include, communication with vendors and publishers, selection process, bibliographic checking, ordering, and online acquisition. Also highlighted are challenges militating against effective collection development in the digital age which include inadequate funds, lack of internet services, and technical know-how. The paper concluded that ICT applications to collection development are necessary. Collection development policy should be frequently revised to accommodate the digital presence and weeding of obsolete materials. The study recommended that the management of KWASU Library should provide training programs for collection development staff to ensure the effective use of digital facilities for the collection development process.
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    HARNESSING DATA LIBRARIANSHIP FOR BIG DATA IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
    (2024-12-20) DR. FLORENCE OLABISI AJANI; DR. SHUAIB AGBOOLA OLARONGBE; ABDULAKEEM SODEEQ SULYMAN; ABDULLAH OLAYINKA ISIAKA
    Big Data has revolutionized the library, shifting the library processes, operations and services to data driven oriented. Thus, Data Librarianship evolved as a response to this significant change in libraries, thereby helping libraries in harnessing the values of large data volumes in all data-related activities. Noting that academic libraries engaged in varying data-oriented activities underscores why this study explores harnessing Data Librarianship for Big Data in academic libraries. Typology design of conceptual research was adopted. The design allows this study to logically discuss the concepts of Big Data, Data Librarianship and Data Librarians, dissecting the qualities of Data Librarians in harnessing the potentials of Big Data, library operations and services that constitute Big Data and explaining the challenges associated with leveraging Big Data for library services. Libraries have been responding to the need of exploiting the values of Big Data by assigning Data Librarians who are data literate and skillful in recognizing various data sources and types, accurately organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data to create taxonomies and metadata systems, systematize retrieval procedures, smart libraries, research data management/services and circulation and cataloguing systems through OCLC and other comparable data-sharing organizations. Nonetheless, Data Librarians encountered many problems in harnessing data values including absence of data policies, the scarcity of opportunities for data librarians to receive training, the absence of extra financial benefits, the lack of infrastructure and systems and lack of organizational support for the launch of data-driven services. This study has tactfully argued that Big Data has given birth to a new field called Data Librarianship. Libraries and other similar information institutions may now take advantage of the value of their massive volumes of data by redesigning their decision-making and problem-solving processes using data-driven insights
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    PERCEPTION OF LIBRARIANS ON THE IMPACT OF CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION ON THE USE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN KWARA STATE
    (2022) DR. FLORENCE OLABISI AJANI; OMOLARA BASIRAT AMZAT; BUKOLA OLUTOLA JAMES; ABDULAKEEM SODEEQ SULYMAN
    Cataloguing and classification provide means of having easy access to, and retrieval of information. This study investigates perception of librarians on the impact of cataloguing and classification on the use of information resources of academic libraries in Kwara State. It adopts a descriptive survey, as it aims to accurately and systematically describe a population, situation or phenomenon understudying. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 53 librarians across 13 academic libraries in Kwara State. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents and data collected was analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS, 22ndedition). The result of the findings reveals that users consult library catalogue before accessing library and information resources and that cataloguing and classification as a tool for providing access to information resources promotes library usage, while the challenges associated with that inadequate knowledge of how information resources are arranged, improper shelving of information resources, lack of awareness of cataloguing and classification in the library among others. The study recommends, among others, that professional librarians should be deployed to the readers’ service section to help in properly arranging library and information resources, and also ensure that the library move with latest trends to electronic cataloguing system in the library.