Browsing by Author "Nwokeoma, Nwanne M."
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Item Adoption of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) for Librarians' Professional Development in Africa(Library and Information Science in the Age of MOOCs, 2018) Fagbohun, Michael O.; Nkiko, Chrisopher; Adetomiwa, Basiru; Asaolu, Aderonke O.; Nwokeoma, Nwanne M.; Esse, Ugwunwa C.; Usman, Kazeem O.Librarian development is the process of constantly strengthening professional attainment, broadening academic knowledge, and enhancing skills. This chapter explores how Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), can be used as continuing professional development of a librarian. This chapter narrates how MOOCs may offer a librarian an opportunity to upgrade their skills or further their education. It explains the benefits and challenges of the adoption of MOOCs for continuing professional development in developing countries and how this can be applied in developing economies. The major benefits of MOOCs to librarians are to help in professional and personal learning, but most librarians who wish to experience progressive career-development are yet to ascertain this fact. The chapter concludes that librarians have the opportunity to leverage this technology to improve their relevant professional skills in the 21st century. It is also established that the adoption and use of MOOCs among professional librarians in Africa is low as in advanced countries.Item Change Management in the Academic Library: Transition From Print to Digital Collections(IGI Global, 2018) Adebayo, Oyeronke; Fagbohun, Michael O.; Esse, Ugwunwa C.; Nwokeoma, Nwanne M.The introduction of ICT has no doubt changed and redefined the way and manner in which library operations are carried out. In this chapter, the phenomenon of change management was discussed and Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze model was adopted. The chapter also delved into the management of change in academic libraries, types of Digital library collections, access mode to digital collections, the need for transition from print to digital collections, the need to reposition library tools, resources and expertise, need for accessibility of collections by user, the need and benefits for preservation of digital resources, health and safety policies and prospect of change management. Despite the great achievements recorded in academic libraries due to change in operations, there is still another side to the coin. Issues such as techno stress which is a technology related health problem came to the fore. Other challenges such as increase in expenditure, staffing issues, etc. also surfaced.