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Unilag and University Missions: Past, Future and the Globe
(UNILAG Press, 2011-01-13) Alao, N.O.
This lecture is designed to serve three purposes. The first is to advocate a more balance reflection on the achievement of this great institution by urging a new focus upon its mission and a placement in appropriate international institutional cohorts. The second is to argue that the current administration's concern with the institution's global ranking is well-placed and to suggest useful internal assessment schemes that may be helpful. Those who think that our first generation universities are mere local champions need to be reminded that today's global champions were themselves local champions for a long time and that being a local champion in a competitive situation involving more than one hundred higher institutions is no mean achievement. The third is hopefully to stimulate university-wide 'conversations' about subtler aspects of our mission by raising questions but giving only tantalizingly incomplete answers and by describing possible future paths. I am not asking for debates. I am rather asking for conversations. Rhetoricians and polemicists can win debates even while they fail to win the truth.
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Health Research for Improved Health Care in Nigeria: Matters Arising
(UNILAG Press, 2008-01-22) Salako, L.
I feel greatly honoured to be considered worthy of being invit by this great university to give its Convocation Lecture for thi year. An occasion like this can be used by the lecturer to review his own contribution to society on one or more of his fields of endeavour. It can also be used to assess societal situation in the lecturer's areas of interest and proffer opinions on preferred future directions. I have chosen something in between. Having spent most of my working life in the field of health research, it occurred to me that I might use the opportunity afforded by this occasion to reflect on health research in our country, the successes and failures, the satisfactions and disappointments, the pleasures and problems, the lessons we have learnt and how we might proceed from where we are now.
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Influence of social intelligence in enhancing library use activities in University of Lagos Library, Akoka
(2024) Adekanye, E.A.
This study examines the influence of social intelligence on the enhancement of library activities among the library users of the university of Lagos Library, Akoka, Nigeria. The study is expected to assist in the creation of new experiences and vistas for the library staff and users. The study‘s main objectives, research questions and hypotheses were explored. The study is descriptive survey research. A total of 200 (Two hundred) respondents were used in this study using the simple random selection technique. The mean, standard deviation and t-test statistical instrument were used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that there was a significant awareness of the use of social intelligence on library activities among library users in the University of Lagos Library, Akoka, Nigeria and also there was equally significant influence of social intelligence on the enhancement of library activities among users of the University of Lagos Library, Akoka. The study concluded that the creation of awareness in the use of social intelligence would improve library activities in Nigerian tertiary institutions. The study recommends by extension that the application of social intelligence should be a must, to enhance the library activities in the higher institutions in Nigeria.
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Usage of Social Media Tools by Library and Information Professionals (LIPs) in selected Academic Libraries in South-West, Nigeria
(2024-01) Nduka, S.C.; Adekanye, E.A.; Adedokun, T.
This study was carried out to examine the awareness and use of social media tools by library and information professionals (LIPs) in selected academic libraries in South-west, Nigeria and the challenges they face in using social media technologies. A descriptive survey was adopted for this study. The study population comprised 217 library and information professionals from 10 selected academic libraries in South-west, Nigeria. A total enumeration technique was used to cover all the library and information professionals, 136 respondents filled and returned the questionnaire, giving a response rate of 62.7%. The questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data collected. The findings show that the majority of LIPs possessed a high level of awareness in the use of social media tools. The study also revealed that social network tools were highly used by LIPs in the academic libraries studied and the types of social media used by LIPs were also revealed. The major challenges faced in the use of social media include inadequate power supply, lack of Internet access and time constraints. The paper recommended that to enhance the use of social media by LIPs, there is a need for constant awareness of the importance of social media tools to LIPs and libraries in effective service delivery, LIPs should be ready to learn, unlearn and be learned in the use of social media and university libraries should provide an enabling environment such as the internet connectivity, power supply and policy to guide LIPs in social media usage.
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