CAREER ORIENTATION AS A DETERMINANT FOR CAREER CHOICE IN LIBRARIANSHIP AMONG FINAL YEAR STUDENTS IN FEDERAL UNITY SCHOOLS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Choosing a career that aligns with student’s interests, skills and values considerably increases their chances of socio-economic accomplishment, personal satisfaction and overall happiness in life.  The study investigated career orientation as a determinant for career choice in librarianship among final year students in federal unity schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study populations were 937 final year students in Federal Unity Schools, Lagos State. 50 percent of the entire population was used bringing the sample size to 468 respondents. Questionnaire was the data collection instrument, data collected were analysed using SPSS version 24 and  results were presented in frequency table using percentage count, mean and standard deviation. The study found that the overall mean of career orientation of student was “33.37” and it was concluded that the level of career orientation of final year students in Federal Unity Schools in Lagos State, Nigeria was average. Also, the overall mean of career choice in librarianship was “28.39” which indicates average level of career choice in librarianship among final year students in Federal Unity Schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. The test of hypotheses showed a positive linear relationship between career orientation and career choice among final year students in Federal Unity schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study concluded that career choice in librarianship is dependent on extensive career orientation of secondary school students. It was recommended that qualified professionals in librarianship and guidance and counselling should be engaged to help the students take advantage of the numerous opportunities that abound in librarianship profession among others. &nbsp

Social Support, Work Motivation and Work Commitment of Library Personnel in Selected Private University Libraries in South-West, Nigeria

The study was designed to investigate social support and work motivation as factors affecting work commitment of library personnel in private universities in South-West, Nigeria. Descriptive research design of the correlational type was adopted. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Simple frequency count and percentage distribution, mean, standard deviation, ANOVA and correlation matrix table was used for the data analysis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings of the study revealed that respondents have moderate work commitment in their various libraries. The findings revealed that there is significant positive relationship between: social support and work commitment of the library personnel (r = .111*; p < 0.05), work motivation and work commitment of the library personnel (r = .032*; df = 205; p < 0.05). Hence, the main factors that hinder work commitment of the library personnel include: insensitivity to library staff welfare, inability to acquire state of the art working equipment, poor funding of the library, among others

Relevance of School Library Media Centre on social science subjects learning outcomes in senior secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria

The study detailed the vital nature of the school library media centre (SLMC) to any result oriented teaching-learning situation. The SIMC is seen as the hub on which the school curricula revolve. The place occupied by the SIMC in schools as provided in the National Policy on Education was carefully presented Efforts were also concentrated on showing the important nature of the social science subjects in senior secondary schools (SSS) while the needed resources were carefully identified. The study highlighted existing SIMC for SSS students in Oyo. State; determined the relevance of the available SIMC to the social science subjects and investigated the influence ofSIMC utilization on learning outcomes in these subjects. The findings revealed that use of SIMC has significant effect on social science curricula implementation in SSS in Oyo State, Nigeria. Recommendations made include the provision for the establishment of afunctional SIMC in all SSS should be made. Relevant resources supportive to curricula implementation should be acquired by relevant stakeholders and made available for use of the teachers and students in the SSS

An Assessment of Collaborative activities among Nigerian Librarians

This study investigated the positioning of Nigerian libraries in collaboration for library and information science development in Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted, using cluster sampling technique at the 2014 Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Library Association held at Owerri, Nigeria. One hundred and fifty (150) copies of the questionnaire were given to librarians from academic, public, special, national and school libraries, 144 copies of the questionnaire were returned out of the 150 copies distributed, interview was also conducted as instrument for collection of data. Recommendations were made towards improving the positioning of Nigerian librarians in collaborations for library and information science development in Nigeria based on the responses received from the various librarians

Pattern of access and ICT usage among science teachers in federal unity schools in Nigeria

This study investigates the pattern of ICT access and use among science teachers in Federal Unity Schools (FUSs) in Nigeria. A total of 464 copies of the questionnaire were administered on science teachers in 25 FGUSs that were systematically selected from the 104 FGUSs in Nigeria out of which only 353 copies were returned with useful responses. The findings of the study revealed a low level of access to laboratory-based ICT facilities (Mean = 2.18). Moreover, the findings of the study revealed specialized classroom/laboratory (Mean = 0.52), library (Mean = 0.52), and science laboratory (Mean = 0.25) as the most preferred location of ICT access by science teachers in FUSs in Nigeria. The study further revealed a low level of ICT use among science teachers while also revealing a low level of ICT use for laboratory-based/experiment-based activities. Also, positive relationships were established between location of access and ICT use (r = 0.186) and degree of accessibility and ICT use (r = 0.438). A positive relationship was also established between location of access and degree of accessibility (r = 0.374). Also, a joint significant relationship was established among location of ICT access, degree of ICT accessibility, and ICT use (F = 61.61,