Awareness, Acceptance and Usage of Mobile Banking Services by Academic Librarians in Nigeria.

The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which academic librarians are aware and use mobile banking services in Nigeria. The study used the quantitative research design. Data was collected using online questionnaire designed using SurveyMonkey. The population of the study consisted of academic librarians in tertiary institutions in Nigeria who are customers to various banks in Nigeria. In total 210 academic librarians across Nigeria responded to the survey. The study found that the majority of the academic librarians are aware and mostly used mobile banking services such as buying airtime (self), transfer money, check account balance, get account statement, buy airtime for others, make transaction enquiry, and SMS alerts. Almost all the academic librarians agree and strongly agree that adoption of mobile banking services hasten funds transfer, makes enquiries on account faster, saves time of the customers, enhance prompt response, more convenient to customers, and saves cost. Network failure during transactions, chances of fraud, lack of information privacy, concerns related to non-delivery of transactions, system security is not guaranteed in case of loss of phone where identified as the challenges associated with use of mobile banking services in Nigeria. Adoption and use of mobile banking services will save the time of the customer by conducting their transactions quickly without having to queue up and to use paper documents. The study reported the present level of awareness, acceptance and use of mobile banking services by academic librarians who are customers to various banks in Nigeria

Citation analysis of most prolific authors in the field of Library and Information Science in Nigeria

The aim of the study is to carry out a citation analysis of ten most prolific academic scholars in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) in Nigeria and also determine their authorship pattern. Google scholar database was used in searching for articles published from 2000 to May, 2018. Ten academic researchers in the field of LIS in Nigeria were studied. Results from the analysis show that, Tella, Adeyinka with 72 articles had a total of 1,740 citations and is the most cited author among the ten most prolific authors in the field of Library and Information Science in Nigeria, followed by Adomi, E. Esharenana with 904 citations from 47 articles, and Nwagwu, E. Williams with 684 citations from 70 articles. The authorship patterns of the publications revealed that majority of the articles were co-authored papers. Further analysis showed that the degree of collaboration among the researchers was high. The correlation of the most cited articles with most cited journals revealed the Library Philosophy & Practice as the most cited journal. The study calls for authorities in institutions and editors of local journals to find solutions to the inclusion of local journals in international indexing and abstraction databases to present a realistic picture of scholarly publications

Citation analysis of most prolific authors in the field of Library and Information Science in Nigeria

The aim of the study is to carry out a citation analysis of ten most prolific academic scholars in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) in Nigeria and also determine their authorship pattern. Google scholar database was used in searching for articles published from 2000 to May, 2018. Ten academic researchers in the field of LIS in Nigeria were studied. Results from the analysis show that, Tella, Adeyinka with 72 articles had a total of 1,740 citations and is the most cited author among the ten most prolific authors in the field of Library and Information Science in Nigeria, followed by Adomi, E. Esharenana with 904 citations from 47 articles, and Nwagwu, E. Williams with 684 citations from 70 articles. The authorship patterns of the publications revealed that majority of the articles were co-authored papers. Further analysis showed that the degree of collaboration among the researchers was high. The correlation of the most cited articles with most cited journals revealed the Library Philosophy & Practice as the most cited journal. The study calls for authorities in institutions and editors of local journals to find solutions to the inclusion of local journals in international indexing and abstraction databases to present a realistic picture of scholarly publications

Use of Cloud Computing Technologies for Library Services Delivery: A Survey of Librarians in University Libraries in Africa

The study aimed to investigate the use of cloud computing technologies for library service delivery by librarians in university libraries in Africa. An online survey method was adopted to collect qualitative data from 315 librarians working in 67 university libraries in English-speaking countries in Africa. The study found that YouTube, Google Drive, OPAC, Google Form, Gmail, and Google Scholar are the most mentioned Cloud Computing (CC) technologies used by librarians in university libraries in Africa. The study also revealed that the librarians use CC technologies to store and share files, for sharing videos related to library orientations/other video contents, to collaborate with other librarians for research projects, to survey users’ level of satisfaction with library services, online document editing services, and provision of virtual/online reference services. The majority of the librarians mentioned lack of funds, no security and privacy of data, irregular staff training and development, and lack of CC knowledge and awareness as challenges associated with the adoption of CC technologies in universities in Africa. Solutions to the security of data threats in the cloud environment are offered in the study. The findings will contribute by aiding the providers and potential adopters to devise context-specific strategies for the penetration of cloud services and sound adoption decisions (ADs), respectively. The findings of the study will provide a better understanding and application of CC to advance the provision of library services to users of academic libraries in the African continent