Papers by Abubakar Kareto
The advent of information and communication technology (ICT), and electronic publishing has opene... more The advent of information and communication technology (ICT), and electronic publishing has opened new avenues for scholars to communicate and disseminate their findings to one another. The objective is to ensure that its benefits reach a majority of the society. The development of Internet technology has also provided academic and research institutions with a very high level of visibility on the web. As a result, teaching, learning and research is widely improved in the global society today.Open access institutional repository has become one of the ICT avenues through which academic and research communities make their research results and findings available to their peers.This paper is a desk study that examines the state of Institutional Digital Repository in Nigeria. General benefits provided by Institutional Digital Repository are given, and also identify Institutional Digital Repository as an option and panacea for Scholarly Communication. Impediments such as insufficient finan...
Senior academics in universities need various kinds of information resources for teaching and und... more Senior academics in universities need various kinds of information resources for teaching and undertaking high profile research. The aim of this study was to examine availability, accessibility and utilization of eresources by senior academics in MAUTech, Yola. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was guided by 5 research objectives. The population of the study consists of all the 172 Professors, Associate Professors and Senior Lecturers in Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola. The entire population was used for the study. Questionnaires was used to solicit data for the study. A total of 144 questionnaires were filled and duly returned, this indicates 84% response rate. The collected data in this research was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings of the study include unavailability, poor accessibility of some major E-Resources and unavailability of internet infrastructure among others. Recommendations were also made.
The Internet and web technologies created a new and unprecedented environment to governments, bus... more The Internet and web technologies created a new and unprecedented environment to governments, businesses, educational institutions, and individuals enabling them to webcast any information using multimedia tools. University libraries are nowadays using web environment to provide high quality information for their users mostly in digital format. The purpose of this study is to investigate the university library websites in Nigeria, to analyse their content so as to ascertain their strength and weaknesses and to give recommendations. Three objectives guided the study. Ten university libraries with functional websites were randomly selected for the study. Fourty three (43) item checklists were developed based on previous studies and critical extermination of standard library websites. The checklists were scanned and analyse in various intervals during the month of December 2013, the results are presented in tabular form. The study found among others that the general information about the selected libraries, about library services, about their physical holdings are all inadequate. Recommendations made include improvement of librarian skills in website development and enhancement of library curriculum in library schools to include website development among others.
The advent of information and communication technology (ICT), and electronic publishing has opene... more The advent of information and communication technology (ICT), and electronic publishing has opened new avenues for scholars to communicate and disseminate their findings to one another. The objective is to ensure that its benefits reach a majority of the society. The development of Internet technology has also provided academic and research institutions with a very high level of visibility on the web. As a result, teaching, learning and research is widely improved in the global society today.Open access institutional repository has become one of the ICT avenues through which academic and research communities make their research results and findings available to their peers.This paper is a desk study that examines the state of Institutional Digital Repository in Nigeria. General benefits provided by Institutional Digital Repository are given, and also identify Institutional Digital Repository as an option and panacea for Scholarly Communication. Impediments such as insufficient finance, inadequate manpower, lack of power are among the several problems that are brought to the fore of this discussion. Recommendations are also made to address the identified impediments.
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Papers by Abubakar Kareto