Browsing by Author "Ahmed Usman Abdulsalam"

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    Comparative Study of Koha Usage in Bowen University and University of Ilorin Libraries
    (Üniversite Araştırmaları Dergisi / Journal of University Research, 2020-12) Kamal Tunde Omopupa,; Ayansewa Adeleke Adedeji; Adetola Ayotunde Kehinde; Ahmed Usman Abdulsalam; Hajarat Abubakar
    T he study is comparative on Koha usage in Bowen University and University of Ilorin Libraries. It adopted a descriptive survey research design. The sample size for the was 50 professional and para-professional librarians who usually make use of Koha Integrated Library System (ILS) at the University of Ilorin library and Bowen University Library (Timothy Olagbenro Library). The questionnaire, interview and observation were used as data collection instruments. T he survey was validated while the reliability coefficient of the tool using Cronbach’s Alpha found to have 0.746 correlation coefficient. The IBM SPSS version 21.0 used for the analysis of the questionnaire with simple frequency counts and percentage in tables. Similar reasons were for the adoption of Koha software in both institution libraries, and those justifications could be summarised based on philosophical and ethical reasons. The extent of Koha usage at the University of Ilorin Library is low while its usage is very high extent Kohaat the Bowen University Library. Also, f indings showed that the usage of Koha software is effective and efficient in University of Ilorin library and Bowen University Library. Lastly, the two selected academic libraries are not without one or two challenges in the use of Koha. At the Bowen University Library, inadequate power supply and system crashing are the challenges affecting their usage of Koha. Whereas at the University of Ilorin library, insufficient workforce; high cost of maintenance; inadequate funding; lack of training and retraining of staff; and insufficient technical knowledge were the challenges faced in the practical usage of Koha ILS. Among other recommendations, the study recommended that university libraries should collaborate with ICT experts and bodies to develop personalised quality library software. Keywords: Koha, ILS, Software, Open Source Software, Library Software, University Library
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    Influence of smartphone usage on academic performance of students in the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
    (Journal of Library Services and Technologies, 2019) Kamal Tunde Omopupa; Abdulrasaq Abdulrauf; Ahmed Usman Abdulsalam; Hajarat Abubakar; Kabir Alabi Sulaiman
    Abstract The study investigated the influence of smartphone usage on academic performance students in the five departments of the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. The study was guided by five research objectives and descriptive survey design using questionnaire for data collection. Through convenient sampling techniqes to select 315 respondents for inclusion in the study. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 was used to analysed the data collected with descriptive statistics. Results from the data collected revealed that a majority the respondents were femaless while 60.1% were in the age range of 20-24; that 68.4%of the respondents used Techno smartphone, 88.4% of the respondents agreed that the use of smartphone enhanced academic performance, 76.4% of the respondents indicated that smartphone usage lead to fatigue and sleeplessness, though 80.1% of the respondents agreed that change in the attitudinal behaviour is the solution to the problem of use of smartphone among students. Finally the study recommended among others that the university authority should address the issue of inadequate power supply on campus and monitor the use of smartphones for enhanced academic performance among students in the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin. .Keywords: Academic performance, Communication and information science, Library and information science, Perceived influence of smartphone, Smartphones and academic performance, Students, University of Ilorin, Nigeria