If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractThis article surveys the cybercafe  s in Delta State, Nigeria. By means of questionnaires and observation techniques, data were collected from the cybercafe  s. Frequency counts and percentages were used to analyze the data generated. Findings revealed where the Internet cafe  s are located, year established, type of ownership, number of daily users, categories of users, age of regular users, sex of users, previous users of information technology, location of their Internet service providers, number of systems connected to the Internet, staff strength, provision of non-Internet services, problems militating against Internet services business in the cybercafe  s, as well as suggestions for improvement of services to clients. Some recommendations that can facilitate the operations of the cafe Âs are also set forth.
Focuses on crop farmers’ access to agricultural information in rural areas of Delta State, Nigeria. Data were gathered by questionnaire from ten villages. Farmers of both genders experienced obstacles to information use, although findings revealed that there were also differences between male and female crop farmers with respect to their information needs and sources of agricultural information. Female crop farmers experienced greater problems in accessing agricultural information. However, the major information problems suffered by farmers are not gender‐specific problems. Concludes with recommendations to enhance all crop farmers’ access to agricultural information.
Purpose -To understand the impact of job rotation on Nigerian university libraries and in libraries in general. Design/methodology/approach -A survey of opinion in Nigerian university libraries. Professional librarians from seven university libraries were used as subjects for the study. Findings -That most of the respondents have spent an appreciable period of time working in the libraries; a majority of the respondents have been rotated; most of the respondents see job rotation as opportunity to learn new skills followed by those who see it as opportunity to be acquainted with other operations/services of the library; most of the respondents adjust to the new post by studying handover notes/files of new departments but a majority of them are of the view that job rotation is not regular enough in their libraries.Research limitations/implications -The focus of the paper is practical rather than researchoriented. Practical implications -Suggestions are made on how job rotation could be improved upon in libraries. Originality/value -There are few empirical studies of job rotation in the literature -this paper increases understanding of a little studied topic.
PurposeTo describe internet development and connectivity in Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachReviews the history of the internet in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, and surveys its current status.FindingsRecommendations are given on how use of the internet can be developed in Nigeria.Originality/valueIt will assist relevant authorities and stakeholders in Nigeria and in other developing countries to gain insights on how to improve internet connectivity. It also provides insights into the problems of developing countries for those from the developed world.
ABSTRACT:The emphasis placed on articles in foreign journals in the assessment of academics for senior posts in Nigerian universities is described and the policies involved are discussed and their consequences assessed.
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