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- ItemOpen AccessAdvocacy for Benchmarking in the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library, Lagos(African Research Review, 2010) OA FadehanThe paper gave a general overview of benchmarking and its novel application to library practice with a view to achieve organizational change and improved performance. Based on literature, the paper took an analytic, descriptive and qualitative overview of benchmarking practices vis a vis services in law libraries generally and with a particular reference to the Apex Law Institute in Nigeria – Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS). The paper highlighted the rationale for the establishment of benchmarking viz; The position of the Institute’s library in the dissemination of legal information in Nigeria and the challenges of the 21st century library and law librarianship; subjects of benchmarking, process of benchmarking and the implications of the adoption of the benchmarking strategy. The paper concluded that library services in general and particularly in Nigerian special libraries are poor and below international best practices. The paper provided an insight into the expediency of the establishment of benchmarking procedure in NIALS library as a tool of improving library business performance.
- ItemOpen AccessInternet access and usage by Nigerian academics.(Ghana Library Association, 2008) B O Omotayo; OA FadehanThis study investigated academics access to the computer and Internet, their purpose of using them and the problems they face. The academic staff of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria were used as a case study. The study reveals that a high percentage has access to both the computer and the Internet, mainly at the cyber-cafes and in their offices. They use the Internet for communication with family members and for academic purposes to aid them in their research. However, in this quest, they encounter problems which included lack of basic infrastructure and a maintenance culture, slowness of the Internet and lack of technical know how. It is concluded that despite these problems Nigerian academics are willing to and are actually embracing the Internet.
- ItemOpen AccessLibrary Services in The Hybrid Environment(Department of Library and Information Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2009) Olukemi A. Fadehan, Rita John-OkekeThe purpose of this research is to establish the desirability of hybrid collections and services by the research librarians in the four research institutes’ libraries in Lagos state. Survey research method was employed; a total number of 25 questionnaires were distributed; and 20 were retrieved from which analyses were made. The study revealed high desirability of hybrid library by the research librarians. Also, lack of appropriate skills in managing electronic resources was discovered as the greatest impediment of providing hybrid services to support research.
- ItemOpen AccessAcademic Women, Millennium Development Goals and libraries in Cosmopolitan Lagos Nigeria.(Nigerian Library Association, 2018-07) OA FadehanThe paper investigated the perception of academic women of the Millennium Development Goals MDGs) vis a vis the role that libraries had played in enhancing the functional participation of the women in achieving the goals. The paper investigated the perception of academic women of the MillenniumDevelopment Goals MDGs) vis a vis the role that libraries had played in enhancing the functional participation of the women in achieving the goals. The study adopted the survey research method with a purposive sampling of selected female academics in six (6) tertiary institutions; three universities and three polytechnics in Lagos State Nigeria. The study was guided by five objectives, five research questions and two hypotheses. The study tested among others, the level of awareness of the women academics of the MDGs perceived role of women in achieving the MDGs respondents’ perception of library role and usage and their effects on achieving the MDGs. The study established an awareness of the MDGs though peripheral. Also correlations were established between library role and usage and the achievement of the MDGs before and sustainable effects beyond year 2015.
- ItemOpen AccessInformation Source Accessibility and Usage as Determinants of Business Performance of Community Banks in Osun State, Nigeria.(Ghana Journal of Development Studies, 2010) O.A. FadehanThe paper discusses an investigation on the relationship between information source accessibility and business performance of the community banks over a six-year period. The Expost-Facto Survey design was used in collecting data from 258 managers of 43 functioning community banks at the time of study with a retrieval rate of 80%. The data were analyzed using both the descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that the customer source was the most used of all the information sources. The personal sources were also preferred to the impersonal sources while information accessibility had a positive relationship with the banks’ business performance. The study therefore recommended the creation of greater awareness of information relevance and sourcing using formalized information packaging and managing systems.