Academic Libraries Never Die: Undergraduate Students’ Use of the Walton Whaley Library at Valley View University Oyibi Campus, Ghana (Published)
This study examined the use of Walton Whaley Library by undergraduate students at Valley View University, Oyibi Campus, Ghana. This study used a descriptive survey design. The population comprised undergraduate students. The population of the study was one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-four (1994) students. Yamane’s (1967) method was used to determine a sample size of 332 respondents from a population of 1994 undergraduate students at the university. The researcher employed a questionnaire to collect data. Three hundred and thirty-two (332) copies of questionnaire were administered. However, 326 copies of the questionnaire were filled out correctly and deemed valid for analysis. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS version 22.0) was used for data analysis. The findings revealed that students were highly dissatisfied with the number of computers available in the library. Regarding the seating capacity, students were highly dissatisfied with the insufficient seats. Students were also dissatisfied with the poor internet services in the library. Based on the findings, suggestions were made to library management and university authorities to improve the library’s resources and facilities to meet user needs. The study recommends that management should increase the number of computers, seats, and internet bandwidth in the library.The study concluded that management should address all the challenges associated with library use.
Keywords: Academic Libraries, Undergraduate Students, Use, Walton Whaley library
Awareness and Use of Institutional Repository for Academic Staff output in Tertiary Institutions (Published)
The paper is on Awareness and Use of Institutional Repository for Academic Staff output in Tertiary Institutions. The use of IRs by academic staff is beneficial to the individual lecturer, library, host institution and society at large. The benefits of IR to individual lecturers include increased dissemination and impact of scholarship, enhanced professional visibility due to broader dissemination and increased use of publications. Others are: storage and access to a wide range of materials, greater security and long-term preservation of materials and the building of a central archive of a researcher’s work. Institutional repositories have been established in academic and research libraries. University based institutional repositories manage, disseminate, and preserve where appropriate, digital materials created by the institution and its community members. The paper discussed awareness, use and benefit of IRs, academic staff attitude towards intellectual work deposit in IRs and challenges of IRs in our academic community. Based on the literature in area of the problems that face academic libraries in Nigeria, the researchers made some recommendations
Keywords: Benefits, Institutional Repository, Use, academic staff and output, awareness
Use of Electronic Information Security Systems in Double Day Hotel and Complimentary Suites, Owerri, Imo State (Published)
The general purpose of this study is use of electronic information security systems in Double Day Hotel and Complimentary Suites, Owerri, Imo State. The survey design research was used for the study using self constructed and validated questionnaire as an instrument for data collection. The study adopted census method which was used to investigate 44 staff of Double Day Hotel and Complimentary Suites, Owerri, Imo State. Findings showed that staff of Double Day Hotel and Complimentary Suites, Owerri, Imo State have various reasons for the use of electronic information security systems such as effective information service delivery, data/information and system protection and information authenticity/confidentiality. The study recommends that there should be continuous evaluation, review and refinement in the creation of reliable and sustainable security audit traits within electronic information systems and security strategy.
Keywords: Security, Systems, Use, electronic information