Provision Of Internet Facilities Research Articles

Awareness and Utilization of E-Resources to Support Academic and Research Activities

In the 21st century, the widespread adoption of ICT had a profound influence on every aspect of human life. The impact of modern technology has compelled libraries such as public, academic, research, and special to actively embrace the integration of new technologies for cost savings in operations and management of collections. In this era, Libraries are frequently using electronic resources to give teachers and students worldwide improved services for their research and educational activities. Basically, resources are electronic representations of information that are accessible through electronic systems and computer networks. Therefore, the current study needs to examine both students and faculty awareness and utilization towards E-resources. The quantitative research method was used, while using a closed-ended questionnaire. Moreover, for the collection of data a probability sampling method (random sampling method) was used. The data was examined using descriptive and inferential statistics to calculate frequencies and percentages and to discover correlations between variables. The findings revealed that the majority of the faculty demonstrated familiarity with E-resources, somehow, students’ familiarity level is low. Several obstacles were also highlighted in this study that prevent teachers and students from effectively using E-resources. Such obstacles included energy crises, slow speed of internet, and lack of trainings /orientations while accessing and utilizing E-resources. Based on the findings, it is recommended that improvements should be made in the provision of internet facilities, proper power supply and provide trainings in the institutions, to aware about the use of E-resources. This will encourage the utilization of E-resources in the institutions.

NETWORK ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION USING LOAD BALANCING TECHNIQUES

The Internet is currently growing rapidly. The needs and rapid developments in the use of the Internet network require a balance in the provision of Internet facilities. Internet standard service is the continuation of the connectivity of the Internet. Connection from the Internet is required to always be maintained under any circumstances, but connectivity will not always run smoothly, many obstacles or disturbances are encountered so that the connection does not run smoothly. Then backup management is needed from the continuity of the connection from the Internet so that if one connection is interrupted, there will be a backup. One thing that can be done is to use a load-balancing system. The subjects taken in this study focus on implementing backups from Internet network sources or backups from dependency on one Internet service provider. The method used in this study uses literature study and observation, namely direct observation of the network at the Benteng Village Village Office. the design starts with selecting the right ISP source to be used as a backup. The design is continued with the Mikrotik installation and the application of load balancing in Mikrotik. testing of the load balancing system is carried out by technical testing of the implementation that has been carried out. by testing the speed, load balancing function, and testing optimization of the load balancing. Based on the tests carried out in this study, it resulted in the optimal application of load balancing. The application of load balancing can run without changing the existing network and makes the connection run more optimally if there is an increase in network traffic due to the distribution of balanced connection lanes

Academic Libraries and Institutional Repository: The Nigerian Polytechnics Perspective

The study examined Academic Libraries and Institutional Repository in Nigeria: the Polytechnics perspective. The study pointed out that academic library has a significant role in the establishment of institutional repository in institutions of higher learning because academic libraries are best positioned to provide much of the document preparation expertise. Polytechnic libraries can most effectively provide much of the expertise in terms of metadata tagging, authority controls and other content management require in institutional repository that increases access to and usability of the data. The study highlighted the benefits polytechnics stand to gain from institutional repository to include visibility and show casing of the polytechnics to the research community. The study discussed some challenges militating against the establishment of institutional repository in Nigerian Polytechnics. The challenges discussed are lack of fund, lack of infrastructures, lack of automation and polytechnic management lack of interest in library development. The study therefore recommended that polytechnics management should ensure that library budget, library dues and other money meant for library are judiciously expended on library development such as establishment of institutional repository, library automation, and provision of internet facilities, information technology infrastructure, training and retraining of library staff. Polytechnics management should create or provide enabling environment for their libraries and librarians to embark on the establishment of institutional repository. Keywords: Academic, Libraries, Polytechnics, Institutional Repository, Nigeria. DOI : 10.7176/IKM/9-9-02 Publication date :October 31 st 2019

Pemanfaatan Youtube Sebagai Sumber Belajar Fisika

This study aims to determine the use of YouTube as a source of physics learning for high school (SMA) students in Lubuklinggau Timur District 1. This research is an exploratory survey research, which uses questionnaires as instruments for data collection and data analysis techniques using descriptive statistics. The sample in this study were 294 respondents, the sample was taken by accidental sampling technique. The results showed that more than half of respondents used YouTube as a learning resource in learning Physics, with details of 66% using YouTube as an additional learning source, 82% using YouTube for task completion and 72% using YouTube as a means of entertainment and information. Conclusion, YouTube is currently one of the alternative media that is widely used by most students as an additional source of learning, helping with completing assignments and as a means of information and entertainment which is also supported by the provision of internet facilities by schools.
 Keywords: Learning Resources, Physics and YouTube

Attitudes, Perceptions, and Barriers to Research and Publishing Among Research and Teaching Staff in a Nigerian Research Institute

The economic development of any nation is centered on research. Unfortunately, research activities had suffered serious setback in tertiary research institutions in Nigeria. This study explores the attitudes, perceptions and barriers to research and publishing among academic staff in Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology, (NILEST) Zaria Nigeria. A structured self-administered questionnaire was distributed among 130 research and teaching staff at the various Directorates in NILEST. Data are presented in frequencies and percentages for questionnaire responses. Exactly 93.85%of the questionnaires were validated for the study which included 81.15% male and 18.85% female. The participant were researchers (26.23%), lecturers (31.15%), Technologist (20.49%) and Instructors (22.13%). The majority of participant agreed that research is important for the institute (90.98%). A total of 81.15% believed that conducting research should be mandatory for all academic staff. Only 44.26% was self-reported to have ongoing research. Some of the obstacles reported to have prevented research activities included: lack of funding (72.13%), lack of professional mentorship (84.43%) and inadequate research facilities (89.34%). Participants without a single published paper were 54.545%. Some of the reasons given for not having published papers were “no writing experience (95.65%), high publishing fee (79.71%) and long waiting period for peer review (97.10%)”. The suggestions to improve research status by respondents included“ provision of research grants/funds (92.62%), provision of internet facilities (95.10%), mandatory publication (26.23%) and appropriate mentorship (34.43%). Majority of the respondents believed that research is relevant, only a few were engaged in active research and published articles as evidence. It is therefore recommended that policy makers should devise strategies to focus on active research activities in order to achieve the desire research mandate and goal of institutions in the development of the nation’s economy.

A Survey on the Use of Library Information Resources by Students of Ondo State School of Nursing Akure, Ondo State Nigeria

This study surveyed the use of library information resources by the students of Ondo State School of Nursing, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Descriptive research was employed to carry out the study. Random sampling was used to select one hundred and fifty (150) respondents. 150 copies of questionnaires were therefore administered to the students Nurses in the Institution library and one hundred and thirty-seven (137) copies were retrieved from the respondents. The study made use of descriptive statistics in analysing the data collected from the respondents. The findings revealed that female respondents were more than male respondents. Majority of the respondents agreed that they are having textbooks, encyclopedia, handbook, manuals, newspapers/ magazines, reports, and dictionaries and biography. It was also revealed that most of the respondents use the library information resources regularly. The various purposes of using library information resources by the respondents were revealed, and majority of the respondents agreed to the use of the library information resources for the purpose of research, information to supplement class notes, news update on their field of study, for assignment and examination. The study revealed that majority of the respondents 76 (55.5%) of the respondents were satisfied with the library information resources. However, some challenges encountered by the respondents in their use of the resources indicated. Among these; lack of adequate time, skills on how to effectively use the information resources and lack of internet access. This study therefore gave some recommendations that will assist the students Nurses in using the library information resources. These include: free periods should be included in the student lecture time table, provision of adequate skills in the use of the library information resources and provision of internet facilities in the library.

Awareness , Accessibility and Use of Electronic Databases among Academic Staff of Babcock University Business School

Previous researches on the availability and utilization of Internet Resources for teaching and research by Academic Staff of Babcock University (BU) have found out that there was low pattern of usage of library electronic databases. This paper investigates the further factors of the awareness, accessibility and use of electronic resources among academic Staff of Babcock University Business School. This study was carried out among one hundred and eighteen academic staff in the Babcock Business School (BBS). The BBS happens to be BU largest single school among a total of ten. They are also naturally the largest users of electronic resources. Questionnaire was the method used for data collection among academic staff while data was analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). One of the findings of the study was that information awareness on electronic resources among lecturers in BBS was inadequate and this affects the accessibility and use of electronic resources. This paper discusses the need to increase awareness on electronic resources subscribed to by Babcock University Library. There is need to increase the internet facilities on campus in other to facilitate the accessibility of electronic resources to lecturers and the entire library users. It is believed that awareness; accessibility will increase the use of electronic resources subscribed to by the library. The paper recommends regular training of academic staff on updating their knowledge of the many sources, and access to electronic resources from the University library. The University also needs to improve on the provision of internet facilities on campus.