Organization Of Workshops Research Articles

The Preservation of Cultural Heritage in the City of Durrës as a Challenge for Local and Central Institutions, with a Focus on the Recognition and Practical Implementation of Legal Procedures and Normative Acts in Order to Preserve and Develop Cultural He

The damage done to the archaeological property of the city of Durrës is one of the major damages caused to our cultural heritage after the 90s. The reconstruction projects of buildings destroyed by the earthquake in Durrës, financed by the Albanian Development Fund, are being carried out without archaeological monitoring, destroying traces of ancient monuments. According to the law on cultural heritage, constructions that are carried out in areas with high archaeological intensity, such as the "Dyrrah" boulevard in Durrës, must be monitored by archaeologists, but in the case of the 6-story building, this control was missing. The creation of genuine scientific studies about all the archaeological materials and the very rich cultural heritage of the city of Durres, organizing publications, monographs, articles, inside and outside the country, of the cultural values that the city of Durres carries, the organization of joint workshops with universities different in the Balkans and wider, where the University of Durrës in cooperation with the relevant Departments to promote these studies, through the cooperation of pedagogues - specialists in the field of archeology and Cultural Heritage, in cooperation with the Institute of Albanian Albanology, to enrich the library of the city with studies Durrës and the National Library. According to the law on cultural heritage, constructions that are carried out in areas with high archaeological intensity, such as the "Dyrrah" boulevard in Durrës, must be monitored by archaeologists, but in the case of the 6-story building, this control was missing. Received: 12 August 2024 / Accepted: 30 October 2024 / Published: 3 December 2024

Relevance of recycling lithium-ion batteries

The methods of recycling these elements of energy-saturated self-propelled equipment presented in the article solve this problem to some extent. The considered methods of recycling lithium-ion batteries as a whole reflect the real possibilities of their implementation both in specialized enterprises for recycling equipment and its elements, and in organized workshops (sections) created at enterprises for technical support of machines.

Bridging Generations Through Movement: “How and Why” Intergenerational Programs Operate—A Systematic and Narrative Review

Well-being and social interaction are among the primary goals to be achieved for the elderly. Intergenerational physical activity (PA) has gained increasing attention due to its potential to encourage PA and social interaction, providing both social and physical benefits to both younger and older individuals. This review aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the potential roles of PA in facilitating intergenerational interactions and provide practical insights. Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, the systematic review identified specific keywords to search for articles that met the chosen inclusion and exclusion criteria (n. 5 RCT articles, selected between 2009 and 2024), conducted by three independent reviewers. Scopus, PubMed, EBSCOhost, and Web of Science were consulted to identify relevant articles. Risk of bias was assessed using Cochrane RoB 2. For the narrative dissertation, articles were identified across three key areas of focus: types of PA, age groups, and intended goals. Results: Few studies have specifically implemented PA protocols in intergenerational relationships, and most have planned remote activities without monitoring outcomes. The main advantages of intergenerational PA are oriented towards the social and relational sphere rather than simple PA involvement. Conclusions: For the elderly, these programs may help mitigate age-related deficits, while children and adolescents, when adapting to their older counterparts, experience greater effectiveness when provided with clear guidance during shared activities. Considering the characteristics and needs of individuals of different ages, different activities must be proposed to obtain different results. The organization of workshops and preparatory sessions will help in facilitating relationships and interactions among participants.

Collaborative design approach to identify research and innovation needs within the European smart building community.

Upgrading the level of smartness in buildings can significantly contribute to improve our quality and sustainability of living, through increased energy efficiency, optimised resource management, and improved air quality and comfort. However, the fragmented nature of the sector makes it challenging to identify what is technically, socially and economically achieved today in Europe in terms of building smartness, and what should be developed and financially supported tomorrow to accelerate the roll-out of smart and energy efficient buildings. This paper introduces the collaborative process developed to involve a large community of experts in detecting and formalising research and innovation gaps related to smart buildings. This process is composed of four successive steps: 1) a communication phase to invite volunteer experts to join the proposed task forces; 2) The organisation and facilitation of online brainstorming workshops to identify research & innovation (R&I) gaps; 3) the collective drafting of a white paper synthesising the brainstorming outcomes; and 4) an open consultation to collect additional external feedback before finalising the white paper. The collaborative process developed was tested over 18 months and implemented on 12 different topics relying on 27 brainstorming workshops. Building on the collective knowledge of 135 participants, it enabled identification a significant series of R&I gaps related to smart buildings. The collective sessions as well as the open consultation phases showed overall some clear convergence on the gaps identified. It can therefore be concluded the outcome of the collaborative process reached a consensus among the targeted innovation community. The feedback collected on the process, shows that the frequency, duration and attendance of the brainstorming workshops proposed were very relevant, while the selection of online participatory tools could still be improved. This process could be replicated in other frameworks where research and innovation gaps are sought for.

Enhancing Students’ Performance in Integrated Project Course through Collaborative Learning and Open Artificial Intelligence Chatbot

Numerous students faced challenges related to specific concepts, deeming it essential to seek supplementary guidance for the successful completion of their mandatory final semester projects within the Integrated Project Course. This need arose early in the project development phase, and these individuals consistently encountered difficulties in bringing their projects to fruition. The challenges stemmed from the intricate nature of the course material and the inadequacy of suitable guidance. As a result, some students occasionally delivered incomplete and below-par project outcomes. Consequently, this research endeavors to enhance students' final semester project performance by employing collaborative learning methods and integrating an Open Artificial Intelligence Chatbot as interventions. The study was conducted during the session II 2022/2023 in the Department of Information and Communication Technology at Polytechnic Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, involving 12 students enrolled in the Integrated Project Course and receive score mark below five during their Demonstration One presentation session. Data collection included rubric scores and reflective journals, which were analyzed based on rubric percentages before and after the intervention. The findings of the study indicated an improvement in rubric scores before and after the intervention, signifying an enhancement in students' project-related performance. Additionally, the reflective journal provided insights into the students' learning experiences with both interventions. This research contributes to educators' comprehension of effective methods for elevating students' performance in Integrated Project Course by leveraging contemporary technologies and approaches. Future research initiatives could further diversify teaching and learning methods in Integrated Project through the organization of workshops specifically addressing current technology and knowledge pertinent to the development of final semester projects.

مستوى معرفة معلمي الرياضيات العراقيين ومعلماتها حول اختبار TIMSS

This study aimed to find out the degree of mathematics male and female teachers’ knowledge about the TIMSS test. The researchers developed a test to measure the degree of teachers' knowledge about the TIMSS. The available sample was selected (664) male and female teachers. It represented (15.1%) of the population who teach mathematics in Iraq. The results showed that the degree of mathematics teachers' knowledge about TIMSS ranged from low to moderate, and about (21%) had a high degree of knowledge about it. The results also revealed statistically significant differences (α=0.05) due to gender, years of experience, academic qualifications and grades taught by the teacher. The differences favored females, individuals with 10 or more years of experience, those with master's or PhD qualifications, and teachers of intermediate and middle school grades. Based on these results, the researchers recommend the organization of workshops to raise awareness about the TIMSS test and to inform mathematics teachers about its content.

Lumina Eventix: OPTIMIZING EVENT MANAGEMENT THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS

The proposed project is a comprehensive web-based Event Management System (EMS) designed to streamline the organization and management of various events, including conferences, workshops, concerts, weddings, and other ceremonies. This platform aims to provide a user-friendly interface for both event organizers and customers, facilitating the entire event planning process from inception to execution. Customers will be able to specify their event requirements, such as sound systems, food management, and other services. The system will then provide an estimated budget and suggest cost-effective ways to allocate their resources. Additionally, EMS will recommend the best event organizers based on the customer's budget and specific needs, enhancing the planning process with tailored suggestions. The platform will integrate secure payment gateways to handle transactions efficiently, ensuring a smooth process for both organizers and customers. The platform will offer robust registration management capabilities, allowing organizers to track attendee registrations, manage waitlists, and generate comprehensive reports. Embedded communication tools will enable organizers to send updates and reminders to attendees via email and SMS, ensuring seamless communication throughout the event lifecycle. Security and data privacy will be prioritized, with measures in place to protect user data and ensure compliance with relevant regulations. The platform will be built with scalability in mind, capable of handling events of varying sizes and complexities. In summary, this Event Management System aims to simplify the complexities associated with event organization, providing a one-stop solution that enhances efficiency, improves attendee engagement, and ultimately contributes to the success of any event. Key Words: Event Management System (EMS), Event planning, User-friendly interface, Registration management, Payment gateways, Communication tools, Scalability

The Role of Typological Feature Prediction in NLP and Linguistics

Abstract Computational typology has gained traction in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in recent years, as evidenced by the increasing number of papers on the topic and the establishment of a Special Interest Group on the topic (SIGTYP), including the organization of successful workshops and shared tasks. A considerable amount of work in this sub-field is concerned with prediction of typological features, for example, for databases such as the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) or Grambank. Prediction is argued to be useful either because (1) it allows for obtaining feature values for relatively undocumented languages, alleviating the sparseness in WALS, in turn argued to be useful for both NLP and linguistics; and (2) it allows us to probe models to see whether or not these typological features are encapsulated in, for example, language representations. In this article, we present a critical stance concerning prediction of typological features, investigating to what extent this line of research is aligned with purported needs—both from the perspective of NLP practitioners, and perhaps more importantly, from the perspective of linguists specialized in typology and language documentation. We provide evidence that this line of research in its current state suffers from a lack of interdisciplinary alignment. Based on an extensive survey of the linguistic typology community, we present concrete recommendations for future research in order to improve this alignment between linguists and NLP researchers, beyond the scope of typological feature prediction.

Coaching Approach as a Sustainable Means of Improving the Skills of Management Students

The impetus for the development of coaching as a professional managerial activity is based on the needs and requirements of a modern sustainable society. This paper aims to explore the awareness of academic students about the coaching approach and to formulate recommendations for its application in the academic environment so that students are prepared for the requirements of practice. This article focuses on the views of experts in the field of the coaching approach as a means of improving communication in the academic environment, characterizes communication skills and the coaching approach, and describes coaching models and their benefits and barriers. This research aims to survey the awareness of the coaching approach among college and university students in Slovakia and the possibilities of its application in the academic environment. The primary research was carried out by the inquiry method with 689 students. An evaluation of the questionnaire and a statistical evaluation of the established hypotheses and assumptions concerning the coaching approach were conducted. According to the survey, 468 students, representing 68% of respondents, had knowledge about coaching. Furthermore, 68% of students had or have doubts about achieving their goals during their studies. According to the results of the survey, only 24% of students had experience with coaching. Cooperation with a coach was regarded as beneficial for 76% of the students who had already experienced coaching lectures who took part in the survey. The proposition of the students was the implementation of the subject “Foundations of coaching”, which could be offered to be taught to all students at the University of Zilina, Slovakia. The students of managerial fields would benefit by enhancing their leadership skills and providing support to their working teams, completing their final thesis, searching for professional job opportunities, and also coping with everyday life and stressful situations. Finally, we suggest the organization of introductory full-day workshops in specific areas of coaching for students of management, who are future managers. This will help to raise the awareness of the coaching approach at the University of Zilina in cooperation with the Counseling and Career Center and its activities.

Temporal Availability and Women Career Progression: Evidence from Cross-Time-Zone Acquisitions

This study investigates whether an increase in the demand for nonconventional work schedules helps explain the gender gap in career advancement. We look at employees of U.S. firms acquired between 2010 and 2014 and distinguish between same and different time-zone acquisitions. The idea is that time-zone differences between the headquarters and the newly acquired firm increase the demand for and value of working outside the standard working schedule. This, combined with social norms about women’s role as caregivers, puts female employees at a disadvantage relative to men. Based on Zephyr-LinkedIn matched data, our results show that women are about 9.5% less likely than men to be promoted in cross-time-zone acquisitions than in same-time-zone acquisitions. The gap rises to 10.6% for managerial occupations, and it is higher for time-zone differences of two and three hours. We discuss the implications of our results for the management, evaluation, and retention of human capital in organizations and, more generally, for gender equality in the workplace. Funding: The authors thank the Editor and three autonomous referees for their comments on previous drafts of the paper. The authors also thank participants to the Strategy Science Virtual Conference 2020, the Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SIE) Virtual Seminars held in December 2020, the Wharton Technology and Innovation Conference 2021, and the Work and Organization Workshop held in Madrid in May 2022. The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Invernizzi Center for Research on Innovation, Organization, Strategy and Entrepreneurship (ICRIOS) at Bocconi University. S. Breschi also acknowledges financial support through the MUSA – Multilayered Urban Sustainability Action [ECS 000037] and the GRINS – Growing Resilient, INclusive and Sustainable [PE00000018] projects, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). Supplemental Material: The online appendices are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2023.17685 .

Media Ombudsmen on the Scale in Africa: How Journalists Assess the Cameroon National Communication Council’s Sanction and Non-Suit Decisions of 2013-2015

This study is an assessment of the content of the Cameroon National Communication Council’s (NCC) sanction and non-suit decisions by journalists. The purpose is to determine the perceptions Cameroon journalists have of their National Communication Council and its decisions and to establish a correlation between the perceptions and the content of the decisions.” A survey of 108 journalists working in 40 media houses across four major regions in the country was conducted between the 11th of May and the 19th of June 2015. A textual analysis of 31 NCC sanction and non-suit decisions issued from the 5th of September 2013 to the 24th of February 2015 was also done. The results show that 59.3% of the respondents from the survey and 61.3% of data from the textual analysis indicate that NCC sanctions are protective of state officials and VIPs. Paradoxically, most of the respondents made positive assessments of the NCC decisions in relation to accusations that the decisions were biased, selective and politically motivated with 64.8% and 57.4 % in disagreement as compared to 35.2% and 42.6% in agreement, for the survey and textual analysis respectively. But the findings also reveal that there is a common opinion amongst sanctioned and unsanctioned journalists that the government has an influence on NCC decisions. The study, therefore, recommends that NCC should not focus only on sanctioning journalists and media houses but should also work to encourage journalists and press freedom through the organisation of capacity building workshops for journalists in order to build their capacity to respect professionalism. NCC should also communicate the justifications of their decisions to dispel the opinion that their decisions are influenced by the government.

Collaborative science in action: A 20 year perspective from the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) Cardiac Safety Committee

The Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to resolving global health challenges through collaborative scientific efforts across academia, regulatory authorities and the private sector. Collaborative science across non-clinical disciplines offers an important keystone to accelerate the development of safer and more effective medicines. HESI works to address complex challenges by leveraging diverse subject-matter expertise across sectors offering access to resources, data and shared knowledge. In 2008, the HESI Cardiac Safety Committee (CSC) was established to improve public health by reducing unanticipated cardiovascular (CV)-related adverse effects from pharmaceuticals or chemicals. The committee continues to significantly impact the field of CV safety by bringing together experts from across sectors to address challenges of detecting and predicting adverse cardiac outcomes. Committee members have collaborated on the organization, management and publication of prospective studies, retrospective analyses, workshops, and symposia resulting in 38 peer reviewed manuscripts. Without this collaboration these manuscripts would not have been published. Through their work, the CSC is actively addressing challenges and opportunities in detecting potential cardiac failure modes using in vivo, in vitro and in silico models, with the aim of facilitating drug development and improving study design. By examining past successes and future prospects of the CSC, this manuscript sheds light on how the consortium's multifaceted approach not only addresses current challenges in detecting potential cardiac failure modes but also paves the way for enhanced drug development and study design methodologies. Further, exploring future opportunities and challenges will focus on improving the translational predictability of nonclinical evaluations and reducing reliance on animal research in CV safety assessments.

Learning from conect4children: A Collaborative Approach towards Standardisation of Disease-Specific Paediatric Research Data

The conect4children (c4c) initiative was established to facilitate the development of new drugs and other therapies for paediatric patients. It is widely recognised that there are not enough medicines tested for all relevant ages of the paediatric population. To overcome this, it is imperative that clinical data from different sources are interoperable and can be pooled for larger post hoc studies. c4c has collaborated with the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) to develop cross-cutting data resources that build on existing CDISC standards in an effort to standardise paediatric data. The natural next step was an extension to disease-specific data items. c4c brought together several existing initiatives and resources relevant to disease-specific data and analysed their use for standardising disease-specific data in clinical trials. Several case studies that combined disease-specific data from multiple trials have demonstrated the need for disease-specific data standardisation. We identified three relevant initiatives. These include European Reference Networks, European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases, and Pistoia Alliance. Other resources reviewed were National Cancer Institute Enterprise Vocabulary Services, CDISC standards, pharmaceutical company-specific data dictionaries, Human Phenotype Ontology, Phenopackets, Unified Registry for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Orphacodes, Rare Disease Cures Accelerator-Data and Analytics Platform (RDCA-DAP), and Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership. The collaborative partners associated with these resources were also reviewed briefly. A plan of action focussed on collaboration was generated for standardising disease-specific paediatric clinical trial data. A paediatric data standards multistakeholder and multi-project user group was established to guide the remaining actions—FAIRification of metadata, a Phenopackets pilot with RDCA-DAP, applying Orphacodes to case report forms of clinical trials, introducing CDISC standards into European Reference Networks, testing of the CDISC Pediatric User Guide using data from the mentioned resources and organisation of further workshops and educational materials.

Student-driven teaching and educational action research combined: an approach to teaching development and student empowerment

ABSTRACT This paper presents an action research study in a student-driven context at a university. The study focused on students organizing and leading workshops for other students. We aimed to support students in their teaching, facilitate their reflection on their teaching experiences, and contribute to their self-esteem and empowerment. The basis for our research became reflection sessions with two student groups responsible for a series of workshops (six students in total), in addition to gathering data about our context – student-driven teaching in workshops. Context data included open questionnaires for students, staff interviews, planning group meetings and a focus group discussion with other students involved in workshop organization. Reflection sessions were intended to create awareness about students’ practices as well as provide a possibility to develop their teaching. Our data demonstrate how this student-driven context had implications for the educational approach in the workshops, organizing, and the educational action research project. Ultimately, we discuss how the educational action research contributed to student agency and empowerment and what we learned about developing supportive processes in a student-driven context.

Science and development: the action of François Gros at COPED

This article is a tribute to the action of François Gros within the COPED (Committee of Developing Countries) which he created in 1997 and led until 2017. The COPED aims to reflect on the major scientific problems posed to developing countries and to try to provide them with solutions in partnership with them. Its actions have resulted in the organization of mini-forums, workshops, international symposia and reports for governments and authorities. Without being exhaustive, a number of actions carried out by François Gros or on his initiative are described in fields as diverse as health, chemistry, agronomy, energy, applied mathematics, renewable resources management and biodiversity, or education, training and the role of women in the sustainable development of African societies. The diversity of these concerns is a good illustration of the range of areas in which François Gros saw a possible impact of science in the service of development.

Enabling participation in joint drumming within organizational workshops

Abstract Art-based interventions are increasingly employed in workplace settings for the purposes of organizational training and development. In this article, we examine the implementation of a workshop where hand drumming is used in two client organizations. Through the detailed analysis of the trainers’ actions, the article shows how the trainers use the combination of verbal and embodied means in order to instruct and encourage participation in joint drumming. In particular, the article demonstrates how the trainers’ instructive practice change across the instructional phases of the workshop and form a trajectory from pre-planned rhythm patterns to free collective improvisation in the pre-designed service product.

The Impact of Facilitators' Competencies and Characteristics on Faculty Enhancement Activities in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-Methods Research.

Background and objective Seminar-based workshops envision an active learning environment that creates opportunities for faculty to learn how to become effective workshop facilitators themselves. In this study, we employed a mixed-methods design focusing on an in-depth analysis of the data to examine the impact of the competencies and characteristics of a workshop facilitator on faculty development activities and programs. Methodology This study involved 159 faculty members and was conducted via a web-based survey and 13 in-depth interviews. Results The Pearson correlation coefficients between the three effectiveness ratings showed that all three correlations are significant at the 0.01 level, which signifies a statistically significant relationship between the three variables. The strongest relationship is between facilitator knowledge and facilitator communication, followed by that between facilitator communication and facilitator attitude, and between facilitator knowledge and facilitator attitude. This suggests that the three effectiveness ratings are positively correlated. Qualitatively, four themes emerged in our study: attributes of a good facilitator, participant engagement's role, feedback's impact, and workshop organization challenges. Knowledge, communication, and attitude were identified as effective facilitator characteristics, with knowledge being the most crucial. Conclusions Our findings highlight the importance of enhancing participant understanding, providing timely feedback, and bridging theory to practice. Ultimately, effective facilitators strike a balance in terms of knowledge, communication, and attitude, acknowledging the importance of participant engagement and overcoming workshop challenges. We believe our findings will help inform the revision of the currentfaculty development programs and the development of such endeavors in thefuture at institutions of higher education.

Laparoscopic surgery: My Journey

For 35 years, there has been a rapid spread and evolution of laparoscopic surgery in the developed world, where this modality is now regarded as a safe and first choice for up to 98% of all surgical interventions by adequately trained surgeons. The advantages of laparoscopic surgery are now well established. Surgeons must be encouraged to undergo the required training to provide safe laparoscopic surgery. Having pursued my Master’s in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Nairobi, I was posted to Kilifi District Hospital where I served for nine years. I later moved back to Mombasa and ventured into private practice. I developed an interest in and pioneered minimal access surgery in 1994. I developed an immense interest and passion in minimal access surgery and initially pursued a Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery at the Coimbatore Institute of Gastrointestinal Endosurgery (CIGES). Subsequently, I attended dedicated workshops and additional training in Kiel, Hamburg (Germany), Clermont-Ferrand and Strasbourg (France), and various institutions in Asia and Europe, attending over 40 dedicated workshops, including advanced laparoscopic and hysteroscopic procedures. In 2000, I moved my practice to Nairobi and worked at various private institutions. To increase the awareness of laparoscopic surgery in Kenya. I organized workshops and encouraged many gynecologists and general surgeons to embrace change. I was later fortunate to be invited to several African countries where I trained and mentored numerous surgeons. In conclusion, laparoscopic surgery faces many challenges but is a safe and effective alternative to the traditional open modalities of surgery. The training of surgeons and support staff should be made a priority. I pray that my journey will be an inspiration and encouragement to many in our fraternity in the years ahead.

Learning design thinking well: organizing (introductory) workshops for optimal participant experience

A better understanding of the implementation of design thinking (DT) as a means to increase the assimilation of its practices is an important concern for R&D and innovation managers because more frequent use of DT practices raises organizational innovative capabilities. Introducing DT practices in workshops is a common, but also challenging approach to learning DT. Participants often have little to no prior encounters with the tools, techniques and principles used to practice DT and often mistrust or misinterpret the DT concept after a bad experience during the first exposure. For that reason, a suboptimal experience in introductory workshops can prevent or reduce the assimilation of DT practices. This study investigates how participant experience during first exposure as a vital precursor to the assimilation of DT practices can be improved via the organization of introductory workshops. We examine flow as the core experience measure in a quantitative‐inductive, quasi‐experimental study of two 3‐day DT workshops and compare periods with step‐by‐step acquisition of DT practices under guidance, periods of flexible, independent application of DT practices and periods of recovery. Our research employs a segmented time series analysis on more than 1100 real‐time observations collected with the experience sampling method (ESM). This study contributes to the scarce empirical research on improving the implementation of DT practices by indicating that a positive initial experience depends on workshop length, the logic of guided periods, the combination of guided and unguided periods, timing and type of recovery, as well as on team formation. Our results lead to five organizing principles, which can be used as testable propositions for future research, as well as in the planning and execution of (introductory) DT workshops.

Effect of information and communication technology (ICT) literacy skills on information seeking behaviour of LIS undergraduates in Southwestern Nigeria

Information seeking behavior is considered very important as it entails how people interact with information, in particular, the ways in which they seek and utilise information. Studies have however shown that some people including students do not seek information appropriately. Several factors, one of which include information and communication technology (ICT) literacy skills, have been suggested to be responsible for this. This study therefore examined the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy skills on information seeking behaviour of Library and Information Science (LIS) undergraduates in Southwestern Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design of the correlational type was adopted for this study. The population consisted of 463 LIS undergraduates in three universities in Southwestern Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was used to arrive at the sample size of 277. Data was collected with the aid of questionnaire. Descriptive statistics such as percentages, mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics such as Pearson Product Moment Correlation and multiple regression analysis were used in presenting the data. The findings of the study revealed that the level of ICT literacy skills of the LIS undergraduates in Southwestern Nigeria is high ( ̅ ). The most prominent information sources used by the respondents were online databases ( ̅ . Majority of the LIS undergraduates sought information to be outstanding academically ( ̅ . Most of the respondentsaccessed the needed information on the Internet through their smart phones ( ̅ . The major factor affecting information seeking by majority of the respondents was slow internet connectivity ( ̅ . The study also revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between ICT literacy skills and information seeking behaviour (r = .432**; df = 248; p< 0.05). The study concluded that ICT literacy skills is critical to information seeking behaviour in this digital era, and therefore recommended that the level of ICT literacy skills of the students should be strengthened through continuous organisation of workshops to build their capacity in ICT literacy.