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- ItemRecords management in organisations for Sustainable Development: An overview(2021)This paper focuses on an overview of records management in organisation for sustainable development. The organisation can be of different type. The paper highlights the meaning of records as documents that contain information about individuals or organisation’s transactions. It presents the records management as the activities carried out from the creation to the disposal of the records carried out in efficient and effective way. It presents the types of records created in the organisations, which include minutes of the meeting, pictures, reports, letters, calendars, certificates, registers to mention but few. The paper contains the records management stages such as creation, storage, use and disposal of the records. It highlights the place of records management in carrying out organisational activities, such as planning, monitoring, meeting, rewarding, punishment, reporting among others indicating that records management is an important tool in carrying out organisational activities for sustainable development. The activities include meeting, examination, matriculation, convocation, wedding among others. Records are expected to be managed based on professional guidelines.It is concluded that records management is an important tool needed in order to carry out the activities in the organisation. This is irrespective of the type, environment among others of the organisation. The records management helps in carrying out activities including planning, monitoring, meeting, rewarding, punishment, reporting among others in the organisation. Appropriate records management helps in carrying out activities such as planning, monitoring, meeting, rewarding, punishment, reporting among others in the organisation. This is because the records kept in the organisation contain information, which is needed in order to carry out decision in the organisation. Therefore, in any organisation, irrespective of the type, proper records management using appropriate guidelines, technologies among others, helps individuals and oganisations to improve their records management systems, in order to achieve sustainable development.
- ItemORGANIZATION AND STORAGE OF STAFF RECORDS IN THE ARCHIVE OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA(Journal of Nigerian Libraries Association, 2024)This study examined the organization and storage of staff records in the Archive of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The study aimed at identifying the types of staff records available, the procedures for organizing staff records, the storage facilities used, and the challenges faced in organizing and storing staff records. The research utilized a qualitative methodology, with interviews used as the primary data collection instrument. The findings indicated that the available staff records include staff appointment letters, retirement letters, sack letters, queries, and birth certificates. The organization of staff records is conducted using various methods, including alpha-numeric, subject-based, geographic, and serial organization, among others. The study concludes that different types of staff records are available, organized, and stored in Ahmadu Bello University's Archive using multiple methods. The methods utilized a combination of alphabetic and numeric codes, subject-based organization, location, and record order using closed and open storage, among others. The study recommends the inclusion of other types of staff records, such as appraisal reports and disciplinary actions. The study suggests the utilization of organizational methods such as alphabetical, numerical, and chronological for effective organization of staff records in Ahmadu Bello University's Archive, among other recommendations.
- 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
- ItemRe- Emphasising Records keeping in the Organisations: The Place of Entrepreneurship Education(Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2025)This paper discussed Re- Emphasising Records keeping in the Organisations: The Place of Entrepreneurship Education. It discussed the meaning of records as documented information appearing in print and electronic format generated or received by individual or group during business transaction it defined record keeping as the total activities carried our to keep records safe, it explained records life cycle as stages records pass from creation/receive lo disposition such as generation/receive Stage, distribution stage, use stage, maintenance stage and disposition stage. The paper defined organisation as a group of individuals with common goal working together to achieve that goal, it explained administration as the process of controlling both human and material resources in order to achieve a particular goal. The paper further mentioned challenges of record keeping in the organisation as shortage of fund for managing records, lack of qualified personnel to keep the records in a proper condition among others. The paper concluded that record keeping is important in every organization as it helps the organisation to achieve its objectives through proper planning, implementation and evaluation of its daily activities
- ItemDepartment of Library and Information Science Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria(Samaru Journal of Information Studies, 2025)The journal ―Samaru Journal of Information Studies (SJIS)‖ addresses issues in the field of library science, information science and related fields including but not limited to, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications to effectively create, apply, and communicate knowledge in organization. The basic objectives of the journal are (i) To provide current thoughts and research reports on developments and trends in the areas of Library and information science, academic, school, national and special librarianship. (ii) To provide a platform for new thinking and directions on the problems, prospects strategies and techniques of library and information services and ICT applications in library, archive, publishing and information works. (iii) To provide a forum for discussion of library and information science education and training, and future trends in information access and delivery. Contributors should submit a copy of the article typed using Microsoft Word, double line spacing using 12 point font with 1 inch Margin. The author‘s name, title, e-mail address and place of work should appear on the title page. In the inner page only the title should be repeated, followed by an abstract and then the main body of the article. The article should not be more than twenty pages long. References and note should be indicated in the text with names of authors and date of publication in brackets according to the APA style. The list of references should be listed at the end of the text and arranged in alphabetical order. Journal Website: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/sjis