Browsing by Author "Salubi, Oghenere Gabriel"

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    Analysing the relationship between undergraduate students’ information needs and collection development: A study of an academic library in the Western Cape
    (University of the Western Cape, 2024) Mnqwazi, Zenande; Salubi, Oghenere Gabriel
    The information needs of students play a critical role in shaping a library’s collection, making them an essential part of the collection development process. This study sought to identify gaps between the information needs of undergraduate students and the resources available to them in the library, while also proposing strategies to better align the library’s collection with these needs. The research objectives were threefold: to identify the specific information needs of undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, to evaluate the extent to which collection development practices at an academic library in the Western Cape consider these needs, and to recommend strategies for better alignment between the library’s collection and student information needs. A descriptive survey design was employed, utilising web-based electronic questionnaires distributed to 3,780 Arts and Humanities undergraduate students via email by the UWC research committee. The study adopted a positivist research paradigm and used a quantitative approach. Simple random sampling was applied to select undergraduate student participants, ensuring each had an equal chance of inclusion, while purposive sampling was used to select faculty librarians based on their professional roles. The findings underscore the importance of integrating student information needs into collection development decisions.
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    Digital media usage and prevalence of internet addiction among undergraduate students in South Africa
    (The Technical University of Kenya, 2019) Salubi, Oghenere Gabriel; Nekhwevha, FH; Oyediran-Tidings, Stella; Ondari-Okemwa, EM
    The use of Internet and digital media in the academic sector has significantly improved knowledge creation. The Internet has particularly proven itself to be a valuable resource in the enhancement of knowledge production and dissemination. The purpose of the study on which this chapter is based was to establish how excessive non-academic use of the Internet detrimentally affects daily lives of undergraduate students. A survey was conducted of 390 university undergraduate students, comprising mainly of adolescents or young adults, who were selected using stratified random sampling at two South African universities. The universities selected were Fort Hare and Nelson Mandela. Data was collected using the Modified Internet Addiction Test for Undergraduates (MIATU), a modification of Internet Addiction Test (IAT) questionnaire. 282 (72.3%) of the respondents indicated that they make use of the Internet daily with 34.8% spending more than 10 hours. More than 60% have access to at least two electronic devices. Most of the respondents stayed online longer than intended (x? 2.88), slept less at night due to Internet use (x? 2.63) and hence spent less time studying owing to Internet surfing (x? 2.27). Furthermore, the amount of time spent on the Internet had a significant relationship with the level of influence the use of the Internet had on respondents (B = 0.250, t = 4.850, p<0.05). The findings are indications that the excessive amount of time spent on the Internet served as a distraction from school work; a situation that disadvantaged students in academic productivity. These findings suggest that the uncontrolled use of new media is both a hazard and a potential danger to academic productivity. This is the first study in South Africa that empirically investigates Internet use pattern by undergraduate students, Internet use rate and problematic Internet use among undergraduate students. Keywords: Internet addiction, Internet use, Undergraduate Students, Problematic Internet use, South Africa.
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    Use of social media as a marketing and information provision tool by the City of Cape Town Libraries
    (AOSIS, 2022) Masizana, Fikiswa; Salubi, Oghenere Gabriel
    Social media use by libraries has facilitated communication and marketing of services to user communities. The City of Cape Town Libraries adopted social media usage in the 2015�2016 financial year. This study is set out to assess librarians� perception and response to the implementation and adoption of social media for library services. The research sought to appraise the City of Cape Town public librarians� experiences of social media use in the provision of information services, evaluate librarians� perceptions of social media use for information provision services and recommend ways in which social media information services provision can be improved upon.