scholarly journals Challenges Associated with Postgraduate Students’ Awareness and Use of Online Journals in Nigerian Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-24
Author(s):  
Austin J.C . Mole ◽  
Nelson Edewor
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sample Size Determination ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Online Journals ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study investigates the challenges associated with postgraduate students’ awareness and use of online journals in Nigerian universities. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 10, 775 registered postgraduate students in federal and state universities in south-south zone of Nigeria. Based on the Krejcie and Morgan sample size determination table, a sample size of 370 postgraduate students were chosen for the study. The questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Copies of the questionnaire were distributed by hand by the researchers with the help of research assistants. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the data from the questionnaire. The major findings challenges associated with postgraduate students’ awareness and use of online journals were identified to include absence of enlightenment on online journals by lecturers (𝑋̅2.94,SD=.87), lack of knowledge of publishers of online journals (𝑋̅2.67,SD=.98), lack of user education on online journals from university libraries (𝑋̅2.80,SD=.93), inadequate computer systems in university libraries (𝑋̅3.58,SD=.73), frequent power outages in libraries (𝑋̅3.48,SD=.66), and slow internet connectivity in university libraries (𝑋̅2.96,SD=.94) among others. Respondents in the study proffered several strategies for enhancing awareness and use of online journals. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the cost of data bundle should be reduced by Internet service providers, particularly for postgraduate students to enhance the use of online journals. University libraries should engage in aggressive awareness campaign on online journals and their usefulness for effective research in universities. Additionally, university libraries should create a database of open access online journals to enable users search full text articles online from various publishers. Keywords:  Online Journals, Awareness, Use, Universities, Challenges

Technostress

2012 ◽  
pp. 230-239
Author(s):  
Owajeme Justice Ofua ◽  
Tiemo Aghwotu Pereware
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study examines technostress, its effects, and measures taken to avoid it among librarians at university libraries in Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was adopted and 5 (five) university libraries in Edo and Delta States were used for the study. The sample size for the study was 79, using the purposive sampling technique, a questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection, and simple percentage and Chi square were used to analyze the data collected. The authors found that technostress could be avoided by librarians, by taking the following measures: purchasing user friendly interface software, regular staff training on ICTs, and developing positive attitude toward technology, and so forth.

scholarly journals Determining the extent of ICT implementation and use in financial management of Secondary Schools in Kajiado County, Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-27
Author(s):  
Katitia Melita David ◽  
Edward Tanui ◽  
Florence Oruta
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Ict Implementation ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Directors Of Education

The objective of the study was to determine the extent of ICT implementation and use in financial management of Secondary Schools in Kajiado County, Kenya. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. The target population for this study was the 61 public secondary schools’ principals, 1220 teachers, 610 students, 25 ICT teachers, 6 Sub-county Directors of Education in the 6 Sub-counties and 1 County Director of Education in Kajiado County. The study used 30% of the accessible population as sample size. The sample size for this study was 18 principals, 366 teachers, 8 ICT teachers,183 students, 2 Sub- county Directors of Education and 1 County Director of Education. This study used questionnaires, Observation schedules and interview schedule as tools for data collection. The questionnaires were administered to Principals, teachers and ICT coordinators while interview schedules were administered to the students, Sub-county Directors of Education and the County Director of Education. The pilot test was carried at the schools with similar characteristics to those sampled through random sampling. Instrument reliability was determined through test- retest method. Cronbach alpha was used to test the internal reliability of the measurement instrument. The study concluded that most of the public secondary schools in Kajiado County had not embraced ICT in various areas of administration. Based on the findings, the study recommends that proper technology should be put in place by purchasing of the required ICT facilities in schools to enhance management of schools using the current technology.

scholarly journals Students’ Perception towards Mathematics and Its Effects on Academic Performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 8-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ekow Hagan ◽  
Solomon Amoaddai ◽  
Vincentia Terkwor Lawer ◽  
Evans Atteh
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sampling Approach

Aim: The research sought to find out the perception of students towards Mathematics and how it affects their academic attainment in a Ghanaian context. Study Design: Descriptive survey design was used for the study. Methodology: The main instrument used for the study was questionnaire. The sample size for the study comprised of students selected from the three SHSs in Kumasi metropolis using purposive sampling approach. The sample size for the students consisted of 297 students selected by stratified sampling of which 180 were males and 117 were females. Results: The students have positive perception towards mathematics though they see it to be difficult in a sense that it is important as it is used in their daily lives. The relationship between perception and students Mathematics performance in the study was very weak and negatively related. Conclusion: From the study it can be concluded that students’ perception towards mathematics has no influence or effect on their academic performance in Ghanaian senior high schools. It is recommended that students’ positive perception towards Mathematics must be sustained and improved by teachers and headmasters.

scholarly journals WHY THE QUEUING IN THE BANKING ENVIRONMENT IN THE ERA OF ELECTRONIC BANKING

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Morufu Oladejo ◽  
Saliu Yinus ◽  
Azeez Abeeb ◽  
S. Shittu ◽  
Sanni Tajudeen
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Electronic Banking ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Banking Business ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Major Factors

Managing queuing within the banking business in Nigeria has constituted major challenges whose effects have not been thoroughly examined. This study sets to investigate the continuous queuing in the Nigerian banking environment despite e-banking adoption in Nigeria. The research adopted a survey design where primary data were obtained using a structured questionnaire. Fifty (50) respondents were purposively chosen. A purposive sampling technique was used which considered banks having branches within Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and Ogbomoso town. OLS regression was used to determine the influence of electronic banking on customers queuing the factors for queuing in the banking environment amid e-banking adoption at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that queue in the study area was most of the time very high in the morning, high in the afternoon and evening while at night, most time witnessed no queue. Electronic banking had a significant influence on customers’ queuing in the study area. Further, Tendency to Hold Cash by banks customers (THC), Poor Internet Infrastructure (PII), Cybercrime (CC) were the major factors causing bank customer queue in the banking environment in Nigeria, followed by Inadequate of Banking Technology Management (IBTM) and E-Banking Transaction Cost (EBTC). Therefore, banks service providers should increase efforts on cashless e-banking services and ensure reliable internet service at all times. Bank customers should be made to appreciate other e-banking services than ATM and allay fear on tendency to hold cash.

scholarly journals On the Cost-Benefit Tradeoffs of Cloud Storage Services for End Users and Service Providers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glauber Gonçalves ◽  
Alex Vieira ◽  
Jussara Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Storage ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
End Users ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Support Providers ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Cloud Storage Services

Cloud Storage is a very popular Internet service. It allows users to backup data to the cloud as well as to perform collaborative work while sharing content. Despite the increasing interest in cloud storage, a thorough investigation on the costs and benefits of this service for providers and end users has not been conducted yet. This dissertation aims at investigating such cost-benefit tradeoffs for both providers and end users jointly. Using data collected from a real service (Dropbox), we developed new models, methodologies and tools to support providers and users in improving jointly their benefits in cloud storage.

scholarly journals Assessment of Capacity Building Efforts of Library and Information Professionals in University Libraries in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Mustapha Imam ◽  
Muntaka Muhammad ◽  
Mabruka Abubakar Abba ◽  
Patrick Osaze Ijiekhuamhen
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Library Automation ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study assessed the capacity building efforts of library and information professionals in university libraries in Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and a structured questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The exact population of the study is 238 librarians in the university libraries in South- South, Nigeria. The total enumeration sampling technique which involves studying the entire respondents was employed for the study. Two hundred and thirty eight copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the respondents; the researchers were able to retrieve only 211 questionnaires. Hence there was 89% response rate. The data collected for this study were analyzed using simple percentage and frequency counts using tables. The findings of the study revealed that the capacity building needs of library and information professionals in university libraries were majorly troubleshooting new technologies, academic research, internet search skills, e-library management, and library automation, among others. Additionally, findings show clearly that on the job training, in-house training, participation in professional association, lecture/ discussion and exercises, and job rotation were the major methods of building the capacity of library and information professionals. It was recommended that sufficient funding should be allocated to university libraries for the organization of capacity building programmes for library and information professionals, among others. Keywords: Assessment, Capacity Building, Library and Information Professionals, University Libraries

Issues and Perceptions of Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail

2004 ◽  
pp. 165-184
Author(s):  
Jack T. Marchewka ◽  
Chang Liu ◽  
Charles G. Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Mail ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Legislative Action ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Governmental Control

The proliferation of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (UCE) or spam is becoming a global concern for many organizations. This chapter explores issues of unsolicited email, the cost and loss of productivity, the impact of UCE and computer viruses, privacy concerns, electronic mail filters, attempts to control spam, and legislative action. A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis was also applied in this study. The results of a survey concerning the perceptions of UCE are presented. The results clearly show that while the respondents find spam annoying, they spend very little time in dealing with it. Although the respondents express the need to control spam, they do not believe that governmental control is the solution, but rather that Internet Service Providers and organizations should take the responsibility for controlling unsolicited email. Lastly, the respondents are very unlikely to open, let alone read and respond to unsolicited email. The results of this study will be useful for guiding organizational, university, and public policies.

scholarly journals Applying the Kaizen Management System in the Manufacturing Process of Artistic Products in Handicraft Workshops

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.15) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Nahid Rahmanpour
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Delivery Performance ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Production Increase ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Design And Manufacture ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Being knowledge-based, handicrafts-manufacturing workshops established by art graduates are to design and manufacture innovative products in line with modern lifestyle. Unfortunately, such workshops are often encountered with challenges due to lacking the use of a specific management system in their production and supply processes. For this purpose, the application of Kaizen’s management system was discussed in the present study because of its ease of implementation, high effectiveness of results, low costs, and emphasis on teamwork in the production of handicrafts. This study was applied in terms of the research purpose with a descriptive survey design. The statistical population of the study included 17 handicrafts-manufacturing workshops established by art graduates in the last fifteen years. The results of this study showed that the application of Kaizen’s management system and its operational procedures could provide conditions for continuous improvement in the production process of handicrafts, reduce the cost and time of production, increase quality, and enhance delivery performance.  

Knowledge management for improving services in federal university libraries in Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-369
Author(s):  
Cyprian I. Ugwu ◽  
Justina N. Ekere
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Library Service ◽  
Knowledge Identification ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Innovation has become one area that requires careful examination in today’s university libraries. Because innovation is one of the attributes of knowledge management, and knowledge management in itself is a survival strategy for university libraries facing challenges, it has become necessary to empirically determine the extent of involvement of librarians in knowledge management activities in federal university libraries in Nigeria. The aim of this study, therefore, is to determine the knowledge management activities of librarians in library services as well as the extent to which their involvement can be explained by their personal characteristics with a view to proposing a model for library service improvement through knowledge management. The study is a descriptive survey design. Responses to a structured questionnaire developed by the researchers were received from 200 librarians. The questionnaire was entitled, ‘Knowledge Management in Library Service Questionnaire, KMLSQ’. It was validated by experts and its reliability index was calculated as 0.91 using Cronbach alpha procedure. The data collected were analysed using Percentages, Mean, Standard Deviation and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. This analysis was done with Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24.0. The results showed that librarians in university libraries in Nigeria were involved to a large extent in knowledge identification, acquisition, creation and dissemination. The results also revealed that only education and work experience correlated significantly with knowledge management activities of the librarians. The study concluded by proposing a conceptual model of knowledge management as a service delivery tool.

Optimizing an Efficient Use of Internet Bandwidth for Higher Learning Institutions in Ghana

2018 ◽  
pp. 50-65
Author(s):  
Lewis M. Selby ◽  
Anthony Bawa
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Service Level Agreement ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Services ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Bandwidth Consumption ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Learning Institutions

This paper examines the availability of Internet services in Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) for developing countries such as Ghana, with respect to the cost and usage. We looked at the source of Internet services and the bandwidth package for some Higher Learning Institutions in Accra, Ghana. One of the key objectives of this study is to design and simulates an efficient Internet bandwidth usage for Higher Learning Intuitions. We examined the cost of bandwidth package offered by the Internet service providers to these higher institutions. In looking at the cost we also included the bandwidth packages offered, the type of Internet connection and the service level agreement with the ISPs. In the study, we looked at how the Internet is distributed to these institutions and the equipment used in the distribution of the Internet services. Ipswich Whatsup Gold software was used to monitor the network infrastructure for one of the institutions in the study. We went further to monitor the bandwidth consumption for Ghana Technology University College, one of the institutions in the study, to monitor their bandwidth consumption and traffic flow in the network. In designing an efficient bandwidth management for the Higher Learning Institution, we model and configured a network in Packet tracer using a proxy cache box. This technique allows for an efficient bandwidth planning capacity to manage the bandwidth consumptions. At the end of the study, we modeled a network using cache box to restrict and minimize bandwidth usage and thus making it less expensive for the Higher Learning Institutions.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document