APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGIES TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA

dc.contributor.authorMOHAMMED, Zakari
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-02T09:35:22Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-02T09:35:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-02T09:35:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-02T09:35:45Z
dc.date.available2015-07-02T09:35:22Z
dc.date.available2015-07-02T09:35:44Z
dc.date.available2015-07-02T09:35:44Z
dc.date.available2015-07-02T09:35:45Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-30
dc.descriptionA Lead paper presented at the 3rd AFRICAN LIBRARY SUMMIT and the 1st African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AFLIA) Conference held at the GIMPA Conference Centre, near the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana between 30th May and 2nd June, 2015.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe paper was based on the research conducted on the application of technologies to teaching, learning, and research in the Library and Information Science (LIS) schools in Nigeria. The survey research method was employed. The population of the study was the LIS schools in the country while the respondents were the lecturers, the students (including those who are still working and studying) and the graduates of the programmes irrespective of their places of work and residence. The instrument used for data collection was a web-based self-designed questionnaire patterned along the research questions using the Google Doc. form (Drive.google.com). The online questionnaire was hosted on the Nigerian Library Association (NLA) Online Forum, where every NLA member has the right and privilege to access and utilise the services anytime. Six (6) weeks were given to ensure that all intended respondents participated fully and responded to the questions raised in the questionnaire. It has been discovered that about 20 types of technologies are available and are being used for teaching, learning and research in the LIS Schools in the country. However, while it has also been discovered that even though the stakeholders in the teaching, learning and research endeavours in the LIS schools in Nigeria are aware of the relevance, usefulness and the impacts of technologies on the scheme of education and training generally, this has not been adequately translated and refected on the availability and effective utilisation of the technologies in the LIS schools in the country. The paper concluded that despite the obvious infringing factors inhibiting the adequate availability and effective utilisation of technologies for teaching, learning and research in the LIS schools in Nigeria, concerted efforts have to be made by the primary and secondary stakeholders to change the course of the ship to the right direction through encouraging the relevant authorities' direct interventions; employment of diplomatic and managerial tactical strategies; appeals for assistance from within and outside the country; deliberate provision of training and retraining of the stakeholders in the provision and management of technologies especially through special training schemes; deliberate employment of technologies experts and technicians to domesticate them especially through ondemand education and training for them to fit into the LIS ideals and expectations in education and training; and re-engineering of the internal management structures, mechanisms and strategies in the LIS schools in Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6670
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAPPLICATION,en_US
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGIES,en_US
dc.subjectEDUCATION,en_US
dc.subjectTRAINING,en_US
dc.subjectRESEARCH,en_US
dc.subjectLIBRARY,en_US
dc.subjectINFORMATION SCIENCE,en_US
dc.subjectSCHOOLS,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIA.en_US
dc.titleAPPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGIES TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE SCHOOLS IN NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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