Emotional Intelligence of Library Personnel and Library Work Productivity in Selected Academic Libraries in Oyo State, Nigeria

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a capacity that profoundly affects all other abilities in every human being, either facilitating or interfering with them. This study investigated emotional intelligence of library personnel and library work productivity in selected Academic Libraries in Oyo State, Nigeria. Responses were generated from 186 library personnel across eight (8) selected academic libraries in Oyo State, Nigeria. The questionnaire was used for data collection. Using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation, it was found out that Self-Awareness (r = .521**; P \u3c 0.05), Self-Management (r = .154*; P \u3c 0.05), Social Awareness (r = .192**; P \u3c 0.05), and Relationship Management (r = .790**; P \u3c 0.05) were positively correlated with Library Work Productivity. Likewise, Emotional Intelligence (r = .085*; P \u3c 0.05) has significant positive relationship with Library Work Productivity. The ANOVA showed that self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management jointly and significantly predict library work productivity by 52.1%. The paper therefore, recommended academic library Managements can therefore include quality EI training and coaching in their on the job training programs. Those who work extra hours to make up for yet to be realised goals should adequately be motivated. Finally, Emotional Intelligence Quotients should form part of the criteria for employing library personnel in Nigerian academic libraries

AVAILABILITY, ACCESS POINTS AND USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES BY SCIENCE STUDENTS IN SELECTED PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

This study examined the availability, access points and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by science students in selected private secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was used and four (4) research questions guided the study. Data was collected from one hundred and fifty six (156) science students from six (6) private secondary schools in Ibadan with the use of questionnaire. The data analysis was done with the use of SPSS. Findings revealed the ICT facilities that were made available to include: computers 125 (80.1%), scanning machine 120 (76.9%), interactive white board 118(75.6%), CD-ROMS 117(75.0%), Internet 116(74.4%), mobile phone 114(73.1%), television 102(65.4%), radio 102(65.4%). Most of the respondents frequently used interactive white board for learning 101(64.7%), television 98(62.8%), and mobile phone 98(62.8%). Similarly, the science students had access to television at school, home and cyber café. There was access to interactive white board at school and home. Similarly, most of the respondents had access to Internet and computers at home and cyber café. However, the challenges faced by the science students on use of ICT facilities in Ibadan Township were: fear of using ICT tools, time constrains, complexity of operating ICT tools and lack of electricity to power the tool(s). The study recommends that teachers should train science students on use of ICT; secondary school management/authorities should adequately supply sufficient ICT teaching equipment to schools; science students should have personal laptop and modem

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

SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS, PEER PRESSURE AND USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Social media are web-based services that allow individuals to construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. This study was designed to investigate socio-economic status, peer pressure and use of social media by undergraduates in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Four research questions were raised and four (3) null hypotheses were formulated alongside. The research design that was adopted for the study was descriptive research design of the correlational type. Data was collected from 232 students in University of Ibadan. Data analysis was done in an SPSS output format based on simple frequency count and percentage distribution, mean, standard deviation to answer the research questions. The Pearson’s Chi-Square was used to test he null hypothesis 1, the Pearson’s Correlation was used to test the null hypotheses 2 while, Multiple Regression Analysis was used to test the hypotheses 3 and 4. The findings revealed that the social media used by the undergraduates include: Flickr, Facebook, WhatsApp, Ebuddy, Twitter, Academia.edu, Netlog and Wiki. Socio-economic status that contribute more to the undergraduates’ use of social media include: parental occupation, parental educational qualification, among others. Socio-economic status has significant relationship with use of social media (i.e. Χ2 = 9.797, p \u3c 0.05); peer pressure significantly has relationship with use of social media (r = -.163**; P\u3c0.05); socio-economic status and peer pressure jointly and significantly influence the use of social media by the undergraduate students (r = .305 and a multiple R2 of .093; F [2, 229] = 11.730; p \u3c 0.05); and socio-economic status and peer pressure has joint effect on use of social media by the undergraduate students (B = .271; t = 4.208; p \u3c 0.05). The recommendations that were made include: university authorities should seek to appreciate the use of social media for academic purpose; researchers should focus more on studies of social media use in education, etc

AVAILABILITY, ACCESS POINTS AND USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES BY SCIENCE STUDENTS IN SELECTED PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

This study examined the availability, access points and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by science students in selected private secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was used and four (4) research questions guided the study. Data was collected from one hundred and fifty six (156) science students from six (6) private secondary schools in Ibadan with the use of questionnaire. The data analysis was done with the use of SPSS. Findings revealed the ICT facilities that were made available to include: computers 125 (80.1%), scanning machine 120 (76.9%), interactive white board 118(75.6%), CD-ROMS 117(75.0%), Internet 116(74.4%), mobile phone 114(73.1%), television 102(65.4%), radio 102(65.4%). Most of the respondents frequently used interactive white board for learning 101(64.7%), television 98(62.8%), and mobile phone 98(62.8%). Similarly, the science students had access to television at school, home and cyber café. There was access to interactive white board at school and home. Similarly, most of the respondents had access to Internet and computers at home and cyber café. However, the challenges faced by the science students on use of ICT facilities in Ibadan Township were: fear of using ICT tools, time constrains, complexity of operating ICT tools and lack of electricity to power the tool(s). The study recommends that teachers should train science students on use of ICT; secondary school management/authorities should adequately supply sufficient ICT teaching equipment to schools; science students should have personal laptop and modem