Browsing by Author "Yahaya Ibrahim Olarewanju"

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    Assessment of ICT Utilisation Among Legal Practitioners in Kwara State
    (Ilorin Varsity International Journal of Library & Information Science, 2022) Yahaya Ibrahim Olarewanju; Aliyu Mamud; Abdullahi Mohammad Ibrahim; Nuhu Silifat
    Abstract This study examines the utilization of ICTs among legal practitioners in Kwara State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design, the population of the study was 772 consisting of all the registered legal practitioners in the Ilorin and Offa branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Total enumeration was adopted and a stratified sampling technique was applied. The study used a questionnaire as a data collection instrument and the data collected were analyzed. The study found out the available ICT resources include mobile phones, laptops, desktops, scanners, electronic court records, Internet and CD-Rom, which legal practitioners use on daily bases purposely to further knowledge on legal issues, for the work in progress and to defend their client in the court of law. The study also reported that revamping the nature of ICT resources, poor internet facilities, and epileptic power supply are some of the challenges that legal practitioners encountered while using ICT resources. The study concludes that ICT utilization is ponderous in the legal profession. Among the recommendations given is that a standby generator/inverter should be provided to curb the issue of power failure.
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    Factors Influencing the Use of Open Access Resources by Library and Information Science Postgraduate Students, University of Ilorin
    (Ilorin Varsity International Journal of Library & Information Science, 2023) Abdullahi Mohammad Ibrahim; Yahaya Ibrahim Olarewanju; Abubakar Lwal; Najeebat Opeyemi Abdulraheem
    Abstract The study investigated factors influencing the use of open access resources by library and information science postgraduate students at the university of Ilorin. The study adopted a total enumeration method to involve all 94 LIS postgraduate students at the University of Ilorin. A web-based questionnaire was designed using Google form and the generated link was shared among postgraduate students of Library and Information Science, University of Ilorin. The link was shared with various groups of postgraduate students of Library and Information Science via WhatsApp and Telegram. The responses were collected for two weeks. The study reported that awareness, attitude, performance expectancy and internet self-efficacy are factors influencing the use of open access resources The study also revealed a shortage of power supply, a bad network, poor awareness and poor searching skills as the challenges influencing the use of open access resources The study recommends that awareness of the use of open access should be increased to the postgraduate students