...Ebikabowei Emmanuel Baro; Gabriel Ejiobi Bosah; Ifeyinwa Calista Obi Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which academic staff members in tertiary institutions in Nigeria access research grants, and to bring to light the factors that hinder their effort to accessing...

...Afeworki Paulos Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss Africa-based scholars’ publication citation at the global level. The study selected four countries – Botswana, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya. Design/methodology/approach The study analyzed citation data from Elsevier’s SciVal...

...Christian O. Enyia Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the problems which the library management at the National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN) encounter in accessing and utilizing library intervention money from the Education Trust Fund (ETF) in Nigeria. Design...

... Nigeria On Saturday, May 14, 2005, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, eminent personalities – mostly friends and political associates of President Olusegun Obasanjo – gathered to launch the new presidential library. Attending the ceremony were Vice President Atiku Abubakar and no fewer than 12...

... of funding for Nigerian academic libraries and identifies some alternative funding sources. On identifying these sources, the success of alternative sources of income is presented and suggestions are made for funding in the future. Findings Funding for libraries and information centers in Nigeria...

...Esharenana E. Adomi Purpose To survey the effects of a general price increase on cybercafé services in Abraka, Nigeria. The price increase introduced in September 2004 by the Association of Cybercafé Operators in Abraka (ACOA) failed due to customers’ responses to it. The collapse of the pricing...

... Nigeria increased its funding for universities and their libraries was through a loan from the World Bank. The federal government budgeted sizeable amounts of the loan for the purchase of books and journals. The funds were to support a program of policies called the Federal Universities Development Sector...

...Caroline E. Akporido Purpose To examine the budgetary procedures of Government ministry libraries in Delta State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire and interview approach was used to identify the various components of ministry libraries and determine the budgetary process...

... and explained the rationale for the fee which delegates were to pay for registration. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Conferences Fundraising Cost estimates Librarians Nigeria When in early 2002 the Department of Library and Information Science, Delta State University, Abraka received a letter...

...Esharenana E. Adomi This article surveys university library users’ attitudes towards overdue fines. Users of the libraries of the University of Benin, Benin City, and Delta State University, Abraka, both in Nigeria, were used as subjects for the study. A total of 143 users who responded...