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EMERGING LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES FOR GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE VULNERABLE IN THE POST-COVID-19 ERA IN NIGERIA
Using current literature to back up observed trends, the paper examines how emerging innovative library and information services can be used to effect sustainable socio-economic development for the survival of grassroots dwellers and other vulnerable members of the Nigerian society in the post-COVID-19 era. Using current literature to back up... Read more
AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES FOR LITERACY INSTRUCTIONS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION IN AFIKPO, NIGERIA
The digital era is having significant impact on all affairs of man in the society. In the education sector, information and multimedia technologies are adopted, applied and used in providing library and information services, facilitating teaching and learning, and assessing students’ academic performance. Literacy instructions and early childhood development education... Read more
POTENTIALS OF FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICE SECTORS: IMPLICATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND CHALLENGES
The paper advocates for harnessing of the potentials of fourth industrial revolution (4IR) for the transformation of library and information centres. The various components of the fourth industrial revolutions that will drive library service delivery were identified. It examined the current situation in some African libraries, the implications of 4IR... Read more
LEVERAGING INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN POST-COVID-19 ERA: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
This article focuses on leveraging innovative digital technologies for indigenous knowledge management in post COVID-19 era, and its implications for sustainable socio-economic development in Nigeria. It used documentary sources and observation as sources of data. It defines digital technologies as electronic tools, systems, devices and resources that generate, store or... Read more
PRESENTEEISM AND ORGANISATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY IN THE LIBRARY OF AKANU IBIAM FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, UNWANA, NIGERIA
There are speculations that workplace presenteeism is responsible for poor productivity in libraries and other organisations. However, research investigations on the impact of presenteeism on organisations scarcely cover Nigeria. That is why this paper is designed to address the nexus between presenteeism and the productivity of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic... Read more
IMPACT OF ADVERTISEMENT ON PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS’ SALES TURNOVER IN AGBENI, IBADAN, NIGERIA
This study examined the effects of advertisement on sales turnover. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of advertisement on total sales of selected traders in Agbeni market Ibadan. In order to do this, relevant recent literature was reviewed. The research design was survey research and structured... Read more
HUMOUR IN CHUKWUEMEKA IKE’S TOADS FOR SUPPER
Chukwuemeka Ike as a fictional writer displays a mature sense of skilfulness in providing comfort for incommodious and turbulent situations through the use of humour in writing. This paper is an attempt at a philosophical exposé on the sense of humour in Chukwuemeka Ike’s maiden novel, Toads for Supper. Ike’s... Read more
SELECTED FOOD ADDITIVES COMPOSITION IN BEVERAGES COMMONLY CONSUMED IN AFIKPO, SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA
A rapid and simple UV spectrophotometric procedure were applied for the evaluation of levels of the composition of some food additives (aspartame, saccharin, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate) in twenty (20) different beverages commercially available in south eastern part of Nigeria. The determinations were undertaken primarily to assess the compliance... Read more
HARNESSING INFORMATION PRODUCTS FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT, MICRO AND MACRO DEVELOPMENTS BY POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE GRADUATES IN NIGERIA
Tackling the prolong unemployment and underemployment situations in Nigeria prompted some programmes and interventions; one it is self-employment backed by entrepreneurship study and skills acquisition. Library and information students are taught those skills and for a long time still remain unemployed and underemployed. It has become a clarion call for... Read more
TOWARDS ESTABLISHMENT OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CENTRES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Indigenous Knowledge (IK) is an essential component of the society. The paper contends that despite the overwhelming influence of western knowledge over indigenous knowledge, Nigeria cannot afford to allow its indigenous knowledge to go into extinction. The paper highlighted on the relevance of indigenous knowledge in development process of developing... Read more