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- ItemPromoting National Unity: The Roles of Library and Information Science Professionals(NIGERIAN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (N-LISSA), 2022)This paper focuses on promoting national unity by the roles of library and information science professionals in the society. Library and information science professionals play important roles in promoting unity in the society through evaluation, acquisition, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information to the people. This information is needed for the understanding and management of differences between individuals and groups in order to achieve unity. Library and information science professionals include librarians, archivists, curators, database managers, reporters etc. Through information management, library and information science professionals contribute in achieving national unity. National unity is the coming together of individual from with differences in terms of ethnicity, religion, gender etc., to respect, help, interact etc., with one another in order to move the nation forward. In doing these, information is needed. This information can be accessed from libraries and information centres with the help of librarians, archivists, curators etc. also, the information provided by library and information science professionals is needed for the promotion of national unity through tolerance, respect to one another, avoidance of discrimination etc. The major activities library and information science professionals carried out in libraries and information centres are information acquisition, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination. Carrying out these activities appropriately contributes to the achievement of national unity. It is concluded that library and information science professionals such as librarians, archivists, curators among others
- ItemGENERALIZATION OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: AN OVERVIEW(2023)This paper focuses on overview on Generalization of Quantitative Research in Information Management. Research is a process of gathering, analysing and generating findings. These findings emerge as a result of investigating population of the research. In quantitative research, sometimes samples are used to represent the entire population. The findings from the sample are used to generalize to the members of the population represented. Statistics is an important tool used in studying samples and generalizing the findings. Information management researchers such as records managers, librarians, computer scientists, curators etc., use quantitative approach to study samples and generalize the findings. This is carried out to save time, energy, finance etc., by the researchers. Using statistical techniques and methods profoundly help researthers to be able to summarise, present and publish results. Quantitative method allows the information management researchers to find out how a particular variable associates with another using statistics by studying samples of the population and apply the results to the entire population. This is carried out using descriptive methods, experimental methods or causal methods. Generalization is carried out after identification of area of interest, constructing aim and objectives, review of relevant literature, choosing appropriate population, choosing appropriate samples, choosing appropriate statistical techniques, data collection, analysis and interpretation of results, presentation of the results from the samples and applying them to the entire population, which can be archivists, librarians, information users among others. It is concluded that quantitative research is very important in finding association between or among variables in information management research. It is used to study samples and generalize the findings to the entire population using statistics in order to save time, energy, finance etc.
- ItemFILING OF PATIENTS' RECORDS IN THE HOSPITAL: AN OVER VIEW(2023)This paper discussed the system of filing of patients' records in the hospitals. It defined patients' records as medical history of the patients documented in any medium paper or (electronic device). Records filing was defined as the order of arrangement of records in the file. Challenges in filing of records found in the hospitals include inadequate skilled personnel, inadequate filing equipment among others. The paper concluded that patients' records are not well filed in hospitals leading to wrong prescriptions with wrong drugs when wrong sickness history records are used leading to complications and sometimes death. The paper recommended among others that skilled personnel especially those who specialised in records management should be employed, adequate filing equipment should be provided, staff who manage patients' records should develop positive attitudes to their work.
- ItemEXPLORING PURPOSES OF RECORDS UTILISATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES BY VOLUNTARY SOCIAL CLUBS IN NORTHERN STATES, NIGERIA(2020)This study focuses on exploring purposes of records utilisation for community services by voluntary social clubs in Northern States, Nigeria. The research questions sought to find out the purposes of utilisation of records and the extent at which the records managed by Voluntary Social Clubs in Northern States, Nigeria satisfy their needs for their community services. A descriptive cross-sectional survey research design was adopted for this study. The population of this study comprises the members of Voluntary Social Clubs in Northern States of Nigeria totaling eightyfour (84). The researcher used the entire members of the population of this study. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was used in analysing the data used to answer the research questions. Inferential statistics of Kruskal Wallis were used in analysing all the hypotheses formulated in this study. It was found that the majority of the respondents agreed with compliance with rules and regulations and referred as the most purposes of utilising records. The respondents were satisfied with minutes of the meeting as the type of records
- ItemUtilisation of Records for Security and Socio-economic Development: An Overview(FACULTY OF EDUCATION, 2018)This paper focused on records usage for security and socio-economic development. Records constitute sources of information about person, place, things, events and the rest. Security is the total care and protection of lives and properties. Socio-economic development is the advancement in the security, access to basic amenities and the welfare of the people. The activities carried out by human being which violate the societal norm such as stealing, armed robbery, kidnapping, terrorism, raping to mention but few lead to chaos and inability of the individual and any nation to achieve security and socio-economic development. It is concluded that records such as police reports, vigilant reports, community leaders’ reports etc. are important tools used in order to acquire information needed to achieve security and socio-economic development. It is suggested that planners, implementers and evaluators in the fields of security of lives and properties as well as socio-economic development, parents, teachers, organizational leaders, citizens and everybody globally should intensify the use of records like victims’ reports, vigilant reports, community leaders’ reports among others. This will enable them to acquire information about past, present and even the predicted security and socio-economic challenges and achievements in order to make a decision.