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Item Retooling the Concept of Information Service Provision: Imperatives for Libraries in Developing Countries in Times of Pandemic(Review of Information Science and Technology, 2023-12) Izuagbe Roland; Ifijeh Goodluck; Ilo Promise IfeomaThe quest to adapt information services from the traditional library context to one that is digital for efficiency, relevance, and sustainability of the library profession in developing countries prompted the paper. From a comparative viewpoint, the competitiveness of two information provision models (traditional and digital— social media) was discussed, considering the mediating role of technology. The prospect and viability of the latter over and above the former as an efficient and responsive model of information service provision during and after pandemic were highlighted with the aid of statistics. The paper proposed that the identification of core library patrons, acceptance of the broken monopoly of the library as an information provider, the development of a variety of information services, implementing social media and making services audience and device-specific, the building of social media community, etc. as key strategies for transforming the surviving libraries into thriving ones. The paper concluded with some benefits accruing to libraries in less developed countries that are operating the traditional model if the proposed strategies are proactively implemented.Item Exploring librarians’ social media use intentions: Insight into university libraries online service readiness(Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2025) Izuagbe Roland; Babalola Oluwaseun Odunayo; Ajelabi Adebimpe Adenike; Lawal Folashade MuniratThe successful adoption of technology in organizations requires an adequate understanding of the end-user’s perception and intentions regarding the use of such a system, as ignoring these factors leads to avoidable resource wastage. This phenomenon underscores the overall objective of the current study, which is to examine librarians’ social media use intentions in university libraries, employing performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), and facilitating conditions (FC) from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) framework. The survey research design and multistage sampling procedure guided the study. Data were collected from 286 (88.8%) out of the 322 librarians surveyed in the selected university libraries in Southwest Nigeria. Findings revealed that PE had the strongest effect on librarians’ intentions to use social media tools in university libraries, while EE had the weakest effect. In between these two extremes is FC. While each construct moderately predicted librarians’ social media use intentions independently, the composite effect of the three constructs yielded a low prediction of the dependent variable. The study concludes that widespread adoption and use of technology by library stakeholders are more likely when individuals perceive the technology to have high-performance potential, find it easy to use, and benefit from adequate and sustainable institutional support.Item Enhancing Organizational Commitment Among Academic Librarians: Career Development Indicators as Facilitating Conditions(International Information & Library Review, 2024-06-30) Ezeudu Benedicta; Ifijeh Goodluck; Iroaganachi Mercy; Izuagbe RolandLibrarians’ commitment is crucial for the success of any library. However, this subject has become a concern to library management as it dominates recent library literature. Hence, this study examined the effects of career development indicators on the organizational commitment of librarians in university libraries in Southern Nigeria. Survey research design was used for the study. The population comprised 556 professional librarians from university libraries in Southern Nigeria. The total enumeration sampling technique was used and the questionnaire method was employed for data collection. A returned rate of 94.2% (n¼524) was obtained. Data analysis was done using multiple regression analyses. Findings revealed that career development indicators had both significance and insignificance influence on the dimensions of organizational commitment of librarians in Southern Nigeria. Consequently, the study concluded that investing in career development indicators like mentoring and training will help to boost the organizational commitment of librarians, ultimately leading to increased productivity.Item A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYSTEMS OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA(Journal of Applied Information Science and Technology 17 (2), 2024) Odaro Osayande; Mutula Stephen; Izuagbe RolandPurpose: This study was conducted to compare the impact of the usage of Electronic Security Systems (ESSs) in selected public and private universities in South-West, Nigeria. Design/Method/Approach: The survey research design of ex-post facto type was used for this study. Library personnel in South-West Universities in Nigeria constituted the study population. The study sampled four Universities (University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos (UNILAGi), University of Ibadan, Ibadan (UI), Covenant University (CU), and Babcocki University) in South-West, Nigeria, using purposive sampling technique. Sixtyseven Librarians and 130 Para-professionali library staff (62 in UNILAG, 51 in UI, 44 in CU and 40 in BU) were sampled using simple random sampling technique, totaling 197 respondents. Instrument used for this study was questionnaire. The ESSQ was used for data collection while a reliability coefficient of 0.83 was obtained through Cronbach alpha of testing reliability. Mean, standard deviation, frequency count, percentage and Independent Ttest were used for data analysis. Findings: The results showed that the impact of ESSs in academic libraries in South-West Universities, Nigeria was considered to be positive. The findings also indicated that the condition of the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera was good and it was ranked highest, followed by electronic security gate and RFID, whereas biometrics was poor in ALs. The result likewise confirmed that magnitude of loss of library materials through theft, mutilation and vandalism was extremely high. The result equally revealed that there was significance difference of ESSs in academic libraries across the selected public and private Universities in South-West, Nigeria. Implication: It is suggested that the various public and private Universities that are yet to deploy the use of electronic security systems in their libraries should embrace the systems, or they will always have theft, mutilation and vandalism of their library materials. Originality/Value: The study recommended that the academic libraries that are yet to deploy the use of ESSs should do so, because the manual methods of safeguarding library collections are inefficient. There is the need to carry out further study about the deployment of ESSs in other regions in Nigeria.