Awareness and Utilization of Scholarly e-Resources by Student-librarians: Implication for the Realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goal
Onwubiko Emmanuel Chidiadi
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2022
Pages:
1-9
Received:
1 February 2022
Accepted:
17 February 2022
Published:
15 March 2022
Abstract: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be realized through teaching, research and innovation and use of e-resources especially the scholarly type offers quality academic resources which contribute greatly to teaching, research and innovation This study therefore, investigated student-librarians’ level of awareness of the existence of electronic resources as well as the extent at which they utilize these resources and the implication for the realization of the UN set sustainable development goals. The study employed a descriptive survey design with a sampled population of 100 student-librarians derived from four universities in Southeast, Nigeria offering Library and Information Science while it was guided by four research questions formulated in line with the research objectives. The main instrument used to gather data for this study is a 4-point Likert scale structured questionnaire that had items on student-librarians’ level of awareness and extent of utilization of e-resources as well as challenges in the utilization of e-resources by the students. The data collected were analyzed using frequency and percentages. The outcome of this study brings to fore the importance of the awareness of e-resources to enhancing research and innovation among student-librarians. The result further revealed that despite efforts by academic institutions to make scholarly e-resources available, they seem to be under-utilized by student-librarians and by extension students. The study among others recommended more practical training for student-librarians as well as librarians so as to familiarize them with several scholarly e-resources and their functionalities as it will assist student-librarians, stakeholders and policy makers comprehend how to harness human capital by ensuring quality education through the optimal utilization of scholarly e-resources for teaching, research and innovation as well as need for academic libraries to carry out from time-to-time, publicity of their services that they know are beneficial to the student as well as current awareness services with a view to alerting the students of the availability of new e-resources.
Abstract: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be realized through teaching, research and innovation and use of e-resources especially the scholarly type offers quality academic resources which contribute greatly to teaching, research and innovation This study therefore, investigated student-librarians’ level of awareness of the existe...
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Conceptual Framework of Web 3.0 and Impact on Marketing, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain
Diptiben Ghelani,
Tan Kian Hua
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2022
Pages:
10-17
Received:
23 February 2022
Accepted:
5 May 2022
Published:
12 May 2022
Abstract: In web-based education and learning, the constant growth of the Internet has thrown up inconceivable opportunities and problems. Web 3.0, the most recent version of the web, is believed to be a technologically sophisticated medium that allows users to Read/Write/Execute and also allows robots to perform some of the thinking formerly reserved for human beings. Online marketing with web 3.0 is also known as intuitive Web, which is a Semantic Web that allows web services to communicate with one another. Individualized and behavioral Web 3.0 will be the norm. Web 3.0 has generated new tools and technology for aiding web-based education and learning in a short amount of time. To begin, this article addresses certain Web 3.0 concepts, development, and features. We explored the influence of web 3.0 on marketing in this study, as well as the many aspects that contribute to marketing uplift. Web 3.0 is a word used to describe the interaction that occurs as a result of the evolution of Web use and the transformation of the Web into a database. Smart web with intelligence analysis, personalisation, interoperable web, virtualization (virtual 3D environments), and multimedia are some of the most significant elements of these technologies. The broad adoption of Web 3.0 technologies in educational settings has resulted in the creation of e-learning 3.0. Web 3.0 is defined by facilitating cooperation and is powered by co-creation tools.
Abstract: In web-based education and learning, the constant growth of the Internet has thrown up inconceivable opportunities and problems. Web 3.0, the most recent version of the web, is believed to be a technologically sophisticated medium that allows users to Read/Write/Execute and also allows robots to perform some of the thinking formerly reserved for hu...
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