Health Information Needs of First-Year Students in Nigerian Universities: A Case Study of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Nwezeh, Chinwe M. T.

doi:10.1080/15323260801928522

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“…Not only was the physical hardware in many cases seen as inaccessible, issues such as payment for the utilization of the Internet facilities within the library, as well as the relatively short opening hours of the libraries also contributed towards lack of access. Nwezeh's [16] study found that though students visit their library facilities to access the Internet during the library's opening hours they are forced to use cyber café's off campus one the library closes. As most of the libraries formalize their subscription registration using the IP address network of the parent organization [17] access to these resources is restricted once a student move offcampus.…”

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Serving Nigerian Law Students: E-readiness and Utilization of University E-Information Facilities

Mostert¹,

Olorunfemi²

2013

IJTIE

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During the last few years Nigeria invested substantially in their ICT infrastructure. Nigerian university libraries have acknowledged the need for the introduction of ICTs and e-resources for information retrieval. For a law faculty to exist a law library with e-resources is a requirement. The study aimed to determine the current position concerning the ability of the university and academic law libraries to provide access to ICTs and e-resources as part of their information service delivery. A secondary aim was to determine the e-readiness of the law students to search, retrieve and utilize eresources. Twelve universities offering law were targeted. Interviews were held with the librarians from both the university and law libraries and student opinions were sought through questionnaires and observation. One thousand two hundred and sixty students responded to the questionnaires. Observations of the available ICT facilities were also made. It was found that ICTs are available, but that the infrastructure is insufficient in most of the libraries. It was found that the university libraries were better resourced with ICTs than the academic law libraries. E-resources were also available in some of the law libraries, but not in all. Inaccessibility to ICTs was a major challenge. Many other challenges were identified impacting on service delivery and information seeking. Students were mostly e-ready but lacked general awareness of and easy access to e-resources. It was recommended that all law libraries improve on their ICT facilities and provision of e-resources. Also that the university managers actively search for ways to minimize disruptions such as erratic power supplies, low bandwidth, lack of computers, and payment of fees for Internet access.

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Serving Nigerian Law Students: E-readiness and Utilization of University E-Information Facilities

Mostert¹,

Olorunfemi²

2013

IJTIE

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“…However, the current state of the provision of health information is brought to the fore. While it is important to create platforms where information-seeking behaviours of youths would be considered (Shi & Luo 2019;Nwezeh 2008), a question is posed; 'what institution is responsible for the provision of health information? ' Esmaeilzadeh et al (2018) opined that the library among other agencies has a role to play in the provision of health information to young people.…”

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Health Information Seeking Behaviour Among Students in the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

2020

JIEA

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The study investigated the health information-seeking behaviour of students at the Federal University of Technology, Akure in Nigeria. Information resources exploited by university students to meet health information needs were also examined. The study made use of the descriptive survey design, randomly sampling respondents' opinions on reasons for seeking health information and factors that militate against the effective use of health information. Of 377 respondents, 239 (63.4%) of them were disposed to seeking information on physical fitness or exercise and cold or flu. Newspaper (283 or 75.1%) was identified as respondents' commonest source of health information. For university students, a major inhibitor of health information seeking outside the library is the high cost of accessing health information for personal use (318 or 84.4%). But within the library, the uncooperative attitude of library personnel (240 or 63.7%) was identified as respondents' major hindrance in accessing health information in the library. The study recommended adequate provision of health information resources for students' use and regular library personnel training to improve professional skills required for effective dissemination of health information, particularly to university students.

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“…Jones, Johnson-Yale, Millermaier, and Pérez (2009)) reiterated in their studies that males spent more time online searching for information and were more likely to go online overnight than females. Nwezeh (2010) and Rodríguez (2006) on undergraduates' frequency of ICT use indicated that students use computers daily. In a similar study by Fabunmi (2012) on undergraduates' perception of the effectiveness of ICT use in Ekiti State University, Nigeria confirmed that 70(35%) of the respondents used the computer once a week, 140(70%) used CD-ROM occasionally.…”

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Gender Inequality in the Usage of ICT Facilities in Academic Libraries: A Case Study of Presbyterian University College Library (PUCL), Ghana

Boateng¹,

Ameyaw

2019

2641-533X

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The purpose of the study was to find out gender inequality in the use of ICT facilities in the library among male and female students in the Presbyterian University College of Ghana-Asante Akyem Campus-Ghana. It was a case study which adopted the survey approach with questionnaires as the data collection instrument to solicit the opinions of both genders. The findings disclosed that ICT facilities are available in the library and a significant number of both genders have access to the facilities. However, there were slight variations in the use of the facilities in some domain.Poor internet services, as well as inadequate power supply, were identified as significant challenges that impeded the use of ICT facilities in the library; therefore, it is recommended that measures should be put in place to avoid persistent power failure in the library. Lastly, management of the university should acquire bigger broadband to improve the internet service in the library.

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Health Information Needs of First-Year Students in Nigerian Universities: A Case Study of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Serving Nigerian Law Students: E-readiness and Utilization of University E-Information Facilities

Serving Nigerian Law Students: E-readiness and Utilization of University E-Information Facilities

Health Information Seeking Behaviour Among Students in the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Gender Inequality in the Usage of ICT Facilities in Academic Libraries: A Case Study of Presbyterian University College Library (PUCL), Ghana

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