scholarly journals Availability of Library and Information Services for Rural Community Development in Nigeria: A Case Study of Ewatto, in Esan South East LGA of Edo State

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Idiegbeyan-ose ◽  
Olalekan Adekunjo ◽  
Promise Ilo ◽  
Frederick Odion
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Edo State ◽  
Health Occupation ◽  
Rural Dwellers

Abstract Objective – This paper examines the availability of Library and Information Services in a rural community using as a case study the community of Ewatto in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State in Nigeria Methods – Questionnaires were distributed by hand in each of Ewatto’s eighteen villages. Results – The survey found that the information needs of Ewatto rural dwellers are in the areas of health, occupation, politics, as well as family and education. Their major sources of information include town criers, oral information from neighbours and newspapers. The major challenges hindering information availability include absence of libraries and information service centres, lack of internet connectivity and poor attitude of rural extension workers. Conclusion – For any nation to develop maximally, rural communities must be provided with adequate, relevant, and up-to-date information, the authors recommend the establishment of a library and information centre in Ewatto.

Information Needs of Bioinformatics Researchers

2017 ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
Manlunching
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information

Information plays a vital role in bioinformatics to achieve the existing bioinformatics information technologies and to identify the needs of bioinformatics researchers. The most revolutionary development for bioinformatics resources is access to the internet because internet is pervasive in all bioinformatics work. Users required various sources of information for conducting bioinformatics research. The success of the information service is more likely to be achieved by adjusting the services to meet the specific needs of an individual.

Information Needs of Bioinformatics Researchers

Biotechnology ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1268-1276
Author(s):  
Manlunching
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information

Information plays a vital role in bioinformatics to achieve the existing bioinformatics information technologies and to identify the needs of bioinformatics researchers. The most revolutionary development for bioinformatics resources is access to the internet because internet is pervasive in all bioinformatics work. Users required various sources of information for conducting bioinformatics research. The success of the information service is more likely to be achieved by adjusting the services to meet the specific needs of an individual.

ANÁLISE DOS IMPACTOS DO EMPREENDIMENTO EÓLICO NA COMUNIDADE RURAL DE BARRA DE CAMARATUBA-PB

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 267
Author(s):  
Ricardo Moreira da Silva ◽  
Helyda Karla Barbosa Bernardes ◽  
Cícero Ferreira Machado ◽  
Pedro De Almdeida Soares
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Bibliographical Survey

Os impactos causados pela geração da energia eólica são considerados menores, se comparados com outros tipos de fontes. Contudo, esses impactos podem ter diversos fatores e proporções, visto que as particularidades de cada localidade devem ser mensuradas para avaliar esses impactos. Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar os impactos ambientais e socioeconômicos provocados pelos empreendimentos eólicos na comunidade rural de Barra de Camaratuba-PB, visando a entender as mudanças impostas com a construção das fazendas eólicas em comunidades rurais. Este estudo comparou uma pesquisa bibliográfica (o que se diz sobre o assunto em pauta) e um estudo de caso realizado na região, com a participação de 110 moradores entrevistados, cujos dados foram tratados sob a estratégia de triangulação. O empreendimento eólico estudado era constituído por 60 turbinas eólicas, que estão divididas em dez fazendas eólicas, ocupando aproximadamente 6 quilômetros da extensão litorânea da comunidade. Conclui-se que os moradores não conseguem perceber os impactos ambientais, nem os socioeconômicos, apenas evidenciando que não houve geração de emprego e renda. Assim, é possível apontar diversas contradições entre a teoria rastreada em periódicos com os identificados na comunidade, comprovando que as particularidades de cada localidade interferem na mensuração dos impactos relacionados aos empreendimentos eólicos.PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Parque Eólico. Alterações Ambientais. Impactos Socioeconômicos. ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS OF WIND PROJECTS IN RURAL COMMUNITY OF BARRA OF CAMARATUBA-PB.ABSTRACT: The impacts caused for the generation of wind energy are considered minor compared to other types of sources. However, impacts may have various factors and proportions, seen those particular of each location be measured to assess impacts processes. This article aims to analyze environmental and socioeconomic impacts caused for wind projects in the rural community of Barra of Camaratuba-PB, aiming to understand how changes imposed with the construction of wind farms in rural communities. This study compared a bibliographical survey (what is said on the subject in question) and a case study conducted in the region, with the participation of 110 residents interviewed, whose the data were treaties under the strategy of triangulation. The studied wind venture it was composed of 60 wind turbines, that are divided into ten wind farms, occupying about 6 kilometers from the coastal community extension. Concludes that the residents can not perceive the environmental impacts, nor the socioeconomic, showing that not there was generation of employment and income. Thus, it is possible to point out Several contradictions between theory traced at the journals with the identified community, proving what the particularities of each locality interferes with the measurement of impacts related to wind farms.KEYWORDS: Windfarm, Environmental Change, Socio-economic Aspects.

scholarly journals The Information Practices of the Fishermen in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nafiz Zaman Shuva
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
Information Practices ◽  
Informal Information

AbstractUtilizing de Certeau’s concepts of “tactics” and “strategies,” and Chatman’s “information poverty,” this study examines the information practices of the fishermen in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Using faceto- face surveys, this study gathers data from 102 fishermen in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. The findings of the study reveal that the majority of fishermen (“fisher folks”) studied regularly need information on weather, fish buying and selling prices, daily consumable products, entertainment, and religion. Fisher folks in this study heavily rely on their informal information networks (e.g., family and friends) to meet their diverse information needs. The study also reports various information challenges faced by the participants. It is evident in this study that fisher folks, due to unwelcoming information environment of strategic institutions (e.g., various government agencies), tactically avoid services and information provided by them. A call for radical change in “information service culture” (i.e., offering information to only educated, the dominant group of the society) has been emphasized by the author of the paper. The study also highlights the importance of offering appropriate, need-based, welcoming information services to rural communities by various government information agencies including public libraries. It is expected that this study will help researchers design studies aimed at exploring the “tactical information practices” of various unprivileged groups such as victims of domestic violence, ready-made garments worker, sex workers, etc., who have diverse socioeconomic and political backgrounds.

scholarly journals The Role of Rural Educational Leadership in Influencing Societal Behaviour: A Case Study of Goromonzi District: Educational Leaders’ Perceptive

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 149-164
Author(s):  
E. Mafigu ◽  
B.C. Chisaka
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Rural Context

This study establishes the role of rural educational leadership in influencing societal behaviour, focusing Goromonzi District. It was positioned alongside the behavioural theories and the African unhu/ubuntu philosophy, informed by a qualitative case study. It made use of interviews, focus group discussions and observations in the generation of data from a purposive sample of three rural secondary schools. The rural context has its own set of unique community identifiers, making rural schools remarkably different from those found in the urban centres. The rural community is experiencing an influx of urban migration and as a result, the disturbance of an ideal rural setting is posing a challenge to the educational leadership in impacting the societal behaviour in the way it ought to be. Moreover, the educational leadership in the rural community is often characterised by lack of understanding of the rural communities’ traditional beliefs and practices, giving rise to contradictions with what the educational leadership intends to promote and encourage at times. Consequently, a cultural shift and contextual adaptation of distinctive attitudes and behaviours that enhance positive behaviour transformation becomes imperative. Above it all, studying rural behavioural trends as a response to educational leadership was paradoxical journey. The study thus, concludes that while literature points out that leadership has a direct influence of the behaviour of its community, this cannot go far unless the educational leadership deliberately aligns its own behaviour with the dictates of unhu/ubuntu philosophy which has a place in the African rural context.

scholarly journals UNNDERPIN at St. George's Hospital, Morpeth : a case study of library service provision and user needs in a climate of change

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (64) ◽  
pp. 16-18
Author(s):  
Linda Banwell
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Information Services ◽  
User Needs ◽  
Library Service ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Health Studies ◽  
The University

UNNDERPIN (University of Northumbria at Newcastle DEvelopment of and Research into the Provision of lnformation to Nurses, and nurse educators) has been an 8 month study jointly funded and undertaken by the Information Services Department and Department of Information and Library Management from the University of Northumbria, and the Bede, Newcastle and Northurnbria College of Health Studies, which is also now part of the University of Northumbria. The general aim of UNNDERPIN has been to undertake an examination of library and information services in a climate of change where user information needs are changing and demanding changed services to meet those needs, in order to support patient care and clinical developments. A picture has been built up of individual users' information use, needs, problem areas and possible solutions.

scholarly journals Rainwater Harvesting System for Water Supply in a Rural Community in Edo State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. O. Okovido ◽  
U. Owen-Egharevba ◽  
L. O. Akhigbe
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Water Demand ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Daily Rainfall ◽  
Edo State ◽  
Annual Water

Water scarcity is still a major problem in many rural communities in Nigeria. In this study, a rain water harvesting system was designed for Ogbekpen, a rural community in Edo state, Nigeria. A conceptual model for rainwater harvesting was developed using the storm water management model (SWMM), Arcmap 10.1 software and daily rainfall data (2000-2016) obtained from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET). Runoff, rainfall intensity and change in elevation of three designated catchment zones were taken into consideration. The results revealed that the total amount of rainwater that could be harvested annually (water supply) was 14,314,351.70 L (14,314 m3) from an overall effective rooftop area of 6025.9 m2. This was three times the annual water demand (4,317,965.60 L (4318 m3)), thus demonstrating the capability of the system to meet annual water demand. The required tank capacities for zones 1, 2 and 3 were 870,412.76 L (870 m3), 955,319.4 5L (955 m3) and 788,629.88 L (789 m3) respectively. Comparative physicochemical and microbial analysis of water from rooftops in the three zones and an existing storage well showed that the latter did not comply with drinking water quality guidelines, thus highlighting the importance of a proper conveyance and storage system to improve water quality and availability in the area.

Marginalisation and Precarious Circumstances of People with Albinism (PWA): Information Needs and Services

Mousaion ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Ngula ◽  
Connie Bitso
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Group Living ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Disability Grant ◽  
Local Languages

The study that directed this article investigated the information needs of parents of children with albinism (CWA) in the Khomas region, and determined information services that are appropriate for people with albinism (PWA) in the Khomas region of Namibia, in order to inform the possible design of their information services. Considering PWA as a marginalised user group living under precarious circumstances in Africa, and in the interest of an inclusive information service, a study on information needs was conducted on PWA in the Khomas Region, Namibia. It was conducted within the interpretivism paradigm, following a qualitative research approach, and interviews were conducted with six parents of CWA. In addition, two representatives from organisations that deal with the plight of PWA in Namibia were interviewed as organisational participants (OP). The following information needs were identified in the study: eye-and-skin-related information needs; information on what albinism is; the causes of albinism; information on how to register for the disability grant; and education-related information. The study also revealed that the information needs of parents of CWA differ at each level of the child’s growth. For example, parents stressed needing additional information because as children grow up new needs emerge. OP indicated that they use the following platforms to disseminate information to PWA: radio stations in local languages, community meetings, their websites, and the distribution of flyers in English.  

Access to Information for Small Business Managers: Examination of Some Strategies and Values

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
France Bouthillier
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Service Model ◽  
Access Information

Understanding how specific groups of users access information is central for developing adequate library and information services and systems. The paper presents preliminary and partial results of a study on the information needs of small business managers and their information service requirements. The study aimed at identifying a service model that would fit the needs and requirements. . .

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