The decades of unemployment and underemployment situations for librarians and para-professional graduates in Nigeria has become germane for librarianship professionals to look inward and emphatically point to the discipline-based and information-related employment opportunities for library and information graduates to venture into for their entrepreneurial practices, self-employment and tap into those... Read more
This paper explains what mentoring represents and how mentorship programmes can effect development in communities found in Nigeria. It further explores the origin of mentoring as a concept; its types and fundamentals with stints on guidelines governing the mentor and the mentee as well as the benefit accruable to all... Read more
Driving sustainable nation building and development are tasks for all and sundry in the society. The actualization of these tasks requires the contributions of different sectors and segments of the society, including the library and information sector. No doubt, the developmental history of advanced climes and emerging economies is not... Read more
It is no longer news that reading habits and the culture of reading have dwindled so drastically in Nigeria. This is more pronounced in public primary and secondary schools. Many factors have been attributed to it, key among which are lack of functional libraries in primary and secondary schools, unavailability... Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed lots of hidden interests amongst nation states in international relations. If nothing else, it has gone ahead to strengthen the idea that the primary duty and responsibility of every government remains first and foremost, the protection and preservation of its citizens’ lives and properties at... Read more
Construction project is a unique set of activities performed to achieve an organizational goal within defined objectives. It is usually carried out by professionals and other workers pooled from different organizations. The gathering of these people with different sets of values, work ethics and management structure makes conflict of interests... Read more
Construction projects are one off unique projects executed within boundaries of the contract documents showing and expressing the works to be done and how it will be done. It is often carried out in an uncontrolled environment, the interplay of the environment, documents and various stakeholders’ results in changes to... Read more
Man cannot exist without information in any society and in any era. It is through information that people understand their roles, privileges, responsibilities and right within the society. This paper reveals that community libraries and information service delivery is critical for grassroots development in Nigeria. It maintains the important of... Read more
Network security consists of the policies, processes and practices adopted to prevent, detect and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of a computer network and network-accessible resources. Securing and protecting a computer network from possible attacks or intrusions is very difficult task. Intruders can attack vulnerable systems and networks... Read more
At the fourth level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the esteems need. This ego-driven need compels individuals to consistently engage in self-evaluation using different parameters; one of which is comparing one’s self to other members of their class. An empirical approach to this may involveengaging in popularity contest usually... Read more