INFORMATION SHARING AMONG ACADEMICS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KATSINA STATE
INFORMATION SHARING AMONG ACADEMICS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KATSINA STATE
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2010-10
Authors
FARI, ABDU SANI
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Abstract
This study was undertaken on information sharing among academics in
tertiary institutions in Katsina State. Six (6) research questions were
raised and enswered, four (4) hypotheses were also formulated and
tested at a 0.05. the research questions sought to find out the type of
information academics share, their reasons for sharing, pattern of
sharing, frequency of sharing, the type of ICTs used for information
sharing and effect of sharing information on their teaching, research, self
development and community service. Survey research design was
adopted for (he study. Proportionate stratified random sampling was
used in selecting the sample size of 30% (234) from a population of 780.
Questionnaire was used for data collection and data collected from the
research questions were analyzed using frequencies count pie chart and
histogram, whiile Null hypotheses 1, 2, 3 were tested and analyzed using
one way ANOVA. Null hypotheses 4 was analyzed using PPMC. The
research discovered among other things that the predominant
qualification of the academics is First Degree; that majority of the
academic are in the humanities; academics use information for
teaching, research, self development and community service through
conference, workshops and seminars; academics share information on
writing semiar, workshop and conference papers; academics preferred
sharing pattern is collaboration in conducting research, joint article
publication and co-authorship in book publishing; information sharing
keeps them abreast of knowledge in their field, enhances their
productivity, more exposure and wider collaboration; academics most
frequently used ICTs are computers, E-mail, radio, television, flash drive
and blog; the academics differ significantly in the type of information they
share and their reasons for sharing; academics do not differ in their
pattern of information sharing. The research concludes that ICTs
knowledge and application in information sharing is a must for successful
academic carrier and to survive in the 21st century and beyond. It is in
this regard that the research recommended that, awareness and
sensitization forums be formed between and among academics on the
importance of information sharing, modern and enough ICT facilities be
provided to academics to motivate them appreciate and embrace their
usage, more funds should be allocated to academic institutions to enable
them respond to the ever changing demands of the information age and
for compilance on the latest trends in information sharing.
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A THESES SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER IN
INFORMATION SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA - NIGERIA
Keywords
INFORMATION SHARING,, AMONG ACADEMICS,, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS,, KATSINA STATE