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    Disaster Management in Digital Libraries: Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries
    (International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management Volume 5 • Issue 1, 2016) Ifijeh, Goodluck; Idiegbeyan-ose, Jerome; Segun-Adeniran, Chidi D.; Ilogho, Julie
    The role of digital libraries in information generation,organization, dissemination and storage cannot be overemphasized. This article articulates the importance of digital libraries and the need to preserve them from disasters. It highlights the causes and effects of disasters in digital libraries. Prevention and management of disasters were also discussed. Issues and challenges around information and communication technology (ICT), that has direct bearings on digital libraries and disaster management in developing countries were raised. In addition, recommendations were made on how to improve on disaster prevention and control.
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    Challenges of disaster training: implication for federal and state university libraries in Nigeria
    (Disaster Prevention and Management Vol. 28 No. 3, (Emerald Publishing Limited), 2018) Ilo, Promise Ifeoma; Ngwuchukwu, Margaret; Michael-Onuoha, Happiness Chijioke; Segun-Adeniran, Chidi D.
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges affecting disaster training in federal and state university libraries in Southwest Nigeria with a view to finding ways of overcoming them. Design/methodology/approach – Having adopted the descriptive research design, 14 university libraries (seven each of federal and state) were selected from the Southwest geo-political zone of Nigeria. The total enumeration sampling technique was employed. Questionnaire and interviewmethods were used for data collection. The three research questions that guided the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and ranking. Judgments were drawn using real limit of numbers and 2.50 as criterion mean. Findings – Results emanated from the study showed that university libraries in the studied region are more equipped to fight fire disaster than any other emergency which is why fire drills and exercises are the prevailing disaster training received by library staff. It was also found that inadequate disaster facilities and equipment as well as poor funding were the greatest challenges confronting disaster training. The provision of adequate disaster facilities and equipment with the constitution of disaster prevention and response team was found as the most potent strategy for addressing the identified challenges. Originality/value – The study lends strong empirical evidence for the underlining factors affecting disaster training in federal and state university libraries as well as academic libraries in general. The strategies for addressing the identified challenges are of more significance.
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    Post-Covid-19 Adaptation in Nigerian Universities: The Quest for Librarians’ Role in e-Learning Programs
    (NEW REVIEW OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP, VOL. 29, NO. 4,, 2023) Ifijeh, Goodluck; Segun-Adeniran, Chidi D.; Adebayo, Oyeronke; Olawoyin, Olajumoke
    This paper examines the role of librarians in e- learning programs, as a consequence of post-covid adaptations in Nigerian universities. Through a review of the relevant literature and of current practice in existing e-learning programs in Nigerian universities, a discussion is developed around the significant roles librarians can play. The embedded librarianship model was identified as the best practice to adopt in order to secure a place for librarians and libraries in Nigeria in the face of the current change in teaching approaches in the post Covid-19 environment. Furthermore, the paper describes the perceived challenges librarians and libraries may be confronted with in executing the embedded librarianship model with regard to online teaching and learning. The paper advocates that the identified challenges be addressed for the library to play a role in the evolving post-covid adaptations in Nigerian universities.
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    Research data management in university libraries: The need for data literacy and technological revamp
    (IFLA Journal Vol. 51(1) (Sage), 2025) Igbinovia, Magnus Osahon; Segun-Adeniran, Chidi D.; Okuonghae, Omorodion
    The implementation and delivery of research data management services (RDMS) in university libraries are at different levels of realization, most of which are far from satisfactory. There is therefore need for discussions around issues that will stimulate the success of RDM programmes in university libraries. Consequently, this paper discusses data literacy and technological infrastructure as prerequisites for the successful implementation of RDMS in university libraries. The paper discusses data literacy in the context of RDM implementation. It also reveals the various competency areas to focus on in developing a data literate librarian. Moreover, the study discusses the relationship between technological infrastructure and RDM in university libraries, hereby justifying the need for technological revamp. Some specific technologies are mentioned in the course of the discussion. The study concludes that data literacy and adequate technological infrastructure for RDM are required for university libraries to realize their full potential in the management of research data.
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    OPTIMIZING DIGITAL LIBRARY RESOURCES ENGAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF ACCESS METHODS AND INTERFACE DESIGN IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
    (LJISR VOL 3: NO:2, 2025) ALEGBELEYE, Bunmi Gabriel; Segun-Adeniran, Chidi D.; Owolabi, Ruth
    This study investigated the influence of access methods and interface design on the use of digital library resources by undergraduates in private universities in South-West, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to examine the individual effect of access methods, assess the influence of interface design, and determine their joint contribution to students’ utilization of digital library resources. A descriptive survey design was adopted, and data were collected from 343 penultimate and final-year students across selected institutions. Regression analysis was employed to test three hypotheses guiding the study. The results showed that access methods exerted a significant positive influence on use (R² = 0.024, Adj. R² = 0.022, F = 8.550, p < 0.05), explaining 2.4% of the variance. Interface design demonstrated a stronger positive effect (R² = 0.037, Adj. R² = 0.034, F = 12.993, p < 0.05), accounting for 3.7% of the variance. When combined, access methods were not statistically significant (B = 0.435, p = 0.170), but interface design retained its influence (B = 0.806, p = 0.013). The overall model was significant (R² = 0.042, F = 7.458, p < 0.05), suggesting that together, access methods and interface design explain a small but meaningful proportion of the variance in usage. The study concludes that optimizing both variables, with particular attention to interface design, can enhance students’ engagement with digital library resources
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    Newspaper Coverage of Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Nigeria: Implications for Prevention and Control
    (Communication and Health, 2016) ASAOLU, Aderonke; IFIJEH, Goodluck; IWU-JAMES, Juliana; ODARO, Osayande
    Ebola virus disease (otherwise referred to as EVD) broke out in Nigeria in July, 2014. The epidemic which raged on for nearly three months, came to an end with the World Health Organization declaring Nigeria Ebola free in October, 2014. This study analyzed newspaper coverage of the epidemic during the period. It examined the nature and extent of coverage of EVD in three widely circulated newspapers in Nigeria. Between July, 2014 and October, 2014, 1118 articles about EVD in The Guardian, The Punch, and Vanguard newspapers were indentified and analyzed. The study revealed that the most common EVD theme covered by newspaper articles within the period was Government/ Institutional measures and response (271 articles), followed by cases of EVD in Nigeria (270 articles). Most importantly, the study observed that newspaper coverage of the EVD epidemic had implications for prevention and control, as portrayed by the commendations of individuals, corporate bodies and the Government.
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    Library Exhibition: A Veritable tool for Promoting Collections and Services in Nigerian Libraries
    (international Journal of Academic Library and Information Science, 2015) ASAOLU, Aderonke Olufunke; FAGBOHUN, Michael Opeoluwa; OSINULU, Ifeakachuku
    This study investigated exhibition practices and challenges militating against it in Nigerian libraries. The study employed case study approach and 29 libraries were represented. Data collection instrument was a structured questionnaire which was administered at Nigeria Library Association (NLA) Cataloguing, Indexing and Classification Section workshop held in Makurdi, Benue State in year 2013, and method of data analysis was simple percentages. The study revealed that majority of Nigerian libraries (62.1%) were currently involved in exhibition and displays, 69% of libraries hold only physical exhibition, 45% frequently hold exhibitions between 3 – 6 months while others (58.6%) lasted between 1 – 4 weeks. The purpose of exhibition include: education, awareness, increased sense of aesthetic and promotion of available resources. Lack of exhibition policy (96.6%), lack of display equipment (93.1%), lack of formal training 86.2%, and inadequate resources – money, space (82.8%) were identified as inhibitors to library exhibition and displays in Nigeria. Physical exhibition and display is predominant. There is a need to explore the use of electronic resources, social networking sites and the Internet for online exhibition. The management of Nigerian libraries should provide exhibition guidelines, display equipment and materials needed for mounting exhibition, training for exhibit librarians and library schools should incorporate exhibition into the curriculum.
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    Handing Issues of Backlog: the Covenant University Library Experience
    (2014) ASAOLU, Aderonke O.; Idiegbeyan-Ose, J.
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    USE OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS BY POST GRADUATE STUDENTS I N SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA
    (Nigerian Library Association, Ebonyi State, 2016) ASAOLU, Aderonke O.; ANYANWU, Glory Ebataivohi; ADEBAYO, Oyeronke; ESSE, Ugwunwa Chinyere; ITSEKOR, Victoria 0.