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Academic libraries worldwide provide knowledge management (KM) services to support university research activities, while some librarians are slowly implementing knowledge management practices. The paper examined librarians' perception of knowledge management in Nigerian university libraries and discovered that they perceived it positively. It also identified KM practices in Nigerian university libraries, such as brainstorming, knowledge sharing and mentoring. However, these practices were not recognized as KM practices and were not officially documented as such. Furthermore, the paper also revealed that the effects of KM on the professional development of academic librarians were positive. Therefore, the researchers proffer some recommendations to enhance KM practices in Nigerian university libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Globally, democratic principles revolve around transparency, accountability and greater involvement of the citizens in government programmes and activities for sustainable development. This can only be achieved if the people have access to government information and this is why agitations for freedom of information continue to heighten. Open government data (OGD) play major roles in democratization of information and a propeller of transparency and open governance. This paper adopted descriptive informatics and literature review approach to examine the websites of major government ministries and agencies in Nigeria including Nigeria Data Portal to determine the availability and status of open government data. Findings reveal that while some websites have presence of OGD, over 60% are yet to provide such data in the website. Also the data portal has several government data but they are hardly updated. The paper also identified several challenges of OGD in Nigeria and proposed recommendations to mitigate the challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper examined the relationship between mentoring, motivation, and achievement of organizational set-goals of the six public tertiary institutions in Lagos State, Nigeria at the time of this study. Structured and self-developed copies of questionnaires were used to obtain data for the study. The study reported a positive and significant relationship between mentoring and organizational set-goals (r = 0.353, p < 0.01) as well as a positive and significant relationship between financial motivation (r = 0.736, p < 0.01) and non-financial motivation (r = 0.687, p < 0.01) with achievement of organizational set-goals among libraries of public tertiary institutions in Lagos state. However, the study confirmed that mentoring: B = 0.415, t = 2.873, p = 0.01 < 0.05 and motivation: B = 0.652, t=-3.414, p = 0.00 < 0.05; contributed significantly to the achievement of organizational set-goals of libraries of public tertiary institutions in Lagos State but motivation (B = 0.652) contributed more than mentoring to the achievement of organizational set-goals. Against these findings, the study recommended that mentoring should be given priority in the studied tertiary institutions in Lagos State in particular and Nigeria as a whole while efforts should further be put in place to ensure continuous staff motivation as these two variables are capable of strengthening the achievement of organizational set-goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Leadership is vital to the accomplishment of librarianship in the modern era. This paper investigated academic library leadership in Nigeria and ICT adoption. A descriptive research design was used for the study. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) was used for data collection. The population of the study was 402 librarians in academic libraries in South-west, Nigeria. It was found that library leadership plays a significant role in ICT adoption in academic libraries in Nigeria. The study found that though both transformational and transactional leadership styles are good in an academic library setting, the respondents rated their leaders as more transformational than transactional. The extent of the adoption of ICT in performing library operations is high. The libraries benefited enormously from the adoption of ICT, even though the libraries face a lot of challenges in the adoption of ICT. It was recommended that Library leaders should imbibe transformational leadership practices in the management of their libraries as it offers effective leadership and is acceptable to the subordinates. The academic libraries should also make full-scale adoption of ICT in performing their operations due to the numerous improvements ICT brings to job performance and service delivery [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The entrepreneurs are considered as the bedrock of national socio-economic growth and development. However, many of these entrepreneurs quite while a number of them die within few years after their operations. The success or failure of any entrepreneur depends to a large extent on availability and accessibility of timely and accurate information that will guild them in decision –making. This paper investigates demographic variables and utilization of public library among entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The study is survey design anchor on positivism paradigm. The target population for this study comprised 200 registered entrepreneurs in Ogun State. Questionnaire was the major instrument for data collection. The study revealed that more males engaged in small-scale business enterprises than females. Majority of them were within the productive age and were educated. The study also established that the main reason for using public libraries by entrepreneurs was basically to seek for business information and they wished to see improvement in terms of effective power supply in the public libraries. The following recommendations were made there is need for governments at all levels to make funds available to entrepreneurs either through banks or other financial institutions and there is need for inclusion of entrepreneurship studies in schools' curriculum. The study provides fresh data that would assist policy makers in taking decisions relating to public libraries and development of entrepreneurship development particularly in the context of Nigeria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper identifies and recognizes information not only as a protean asset, but also as the ultimate powerhouse for any country. If information is power, then it follows that for Nigeria to go forward, it must be information-based and information-driven. In order to achieve this, however, the paper advocates that government should establish the basic, essential national information infrastructure. The paper also argues for Nigeria to be Internet-ready, as well as being Intranet- and Extranet-enabled, as a sine qua non for Nigeria''s successful participation in the global economy. Details on Nigeria''s information infrastructure and its weaknesses are described as well as plans for improving it. The paper also discusses the different types of information networks in Nigeria and the sectors of the economy that are already involved. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This paper makes a case for sustainable consortium building among University libraries in Nigeria. It examines critical issues involved in consortium building, identifies inherent problems and charts the way forward in dealing with identified problems. It further posits that if carefully planned and executed, consortium building could help Nigerian University libraries improve and sustain services to users. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This paper surveyed the users’ patronage of Nigerian academic libraries at two universities: Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) and Evan Enwerem University, Owerri (EEU). Four research objectives and five research questions were formulated by the researchers. statistical formula was adopted for the stratified sampling. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed by using tables and simple percentages. The results identified inadequate relevant current information material; a library environment not conducive to use; and inadequate reading accommodation as the major problems that hampered full patronage. The provision and acquisition of more current and relevant information materials and a comfortable and conducive reading environment would greatly improve the patronage of the libraries under study. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Indigenous knowledge (IK) and practices are usually unwritten, relying on oral transmission and on memory. This reliance often led to distortions. IK is relevant for development especially in arts, music, language, agriculture, medicine, crafts, theatre and natural resources management. It then becomes imperative that indigenous knowledge be documented and communicated as necessary to obtain its benefit where applicable. Nigeria needs to participate fully in the global exchange and dissemination of information to develop socially and economically. The paper reviews the documentation of IK for communication in print, audiovisual and electronic forms and highlights the challenges confronting libraries in documentation and communication of IK in Nigeria. It is suggested that libraries should coordinate their activities in this area and co-operate with other stakeholders, government and other funding agencies in tackling these challenges. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This work is an annotated bibliography that consists of articles, books, conference papers, dissertations, reports, etc., published in various library and information science forums on the subject of librarianship in Nigeria. The goal of preparing this work is to provide a list of citations with abstracts that librarians, library students, and library scholars can use to perform research within this subject area and further the body of knowledge. The research methodology that was used to find these citations involved searching the database versions of ERIC, Dissertations Abstracts Online, and Library Literature within the online public access catalogue of the Auburn University library system. It also involved searching the online databases of Library and Information Science Abstracts(LISA), British Education Index, andEducation Abstracts within the DIALOG database as well as the respective print copies of these resources. While this work is by no means an exhaustive analysis of the entire Nigerian library literature, it does strive to be comprehensive in terms of its treatment of this nation. All works cited in this text are alphabetically arranged based on the author''s last name from the letter A to the letter M and divided among a set of broad subject headings ranging from Academic Libraries to Multimedia. The subject headings that are used are the Broad Subject Headings that are presently in use by LISA. In providing a citation for a non-English language work, the English equivalent of the title of that work will be given next to the non-English title. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]