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    Utilization of Internet as a Communication Media among Postgraduate Students of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.
    (International Organization of Scientific Research Community of Researcher, 2014-06) Suleiman, Hussaini; Abdulrahim, Abdulfatah; Goshie, Rhoda Wusa; Jimoh, Amina; Musa, Hayatu Muhammad
    This research work was carried out to determine the Utilization of Internet as a Communication Media among Postgraduate Students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The population of the study is the postgraduate students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Survey method of the research and stratified random sampling was used for the study to select 550 postgraduate students for the study. However, 502 respondents responded to the questionnaires distributed. The data was presented and analyzed in tables and percentages. The research discovered that majority of the postgraduate students use internet services for their academic programs. It also reveals that utilization of internet has positive impact on postgraduate students and also has influenced the accessibility of online information usage of postgraduate students in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. This implies that most of the postgraduate students are internet users.
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    Application of ICT in Digital Preservation Strategies in Academic Libraries
    (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Collaboration with Kwara State University, 2015-09-13) Jimada, Aisha; Esew, Micheal; Goshie, Rhoda Wusa; Jimoh, Amina; Abdullahi Mahadi, Bilkisu
    Facilitating teaching, learning and research is the major role of academic libraries, to do so effectively libraries rely on documented information resources born either as print or digital. The paper highlighted the various strategies employed by academic libraries in digital preservation of their scholarly publications by the application of the appropriate information and communication technologies. Identified strategies for digital preservation by academic libraries as highlighted by this paper include the followings, investment strategies,short-time and long-time strategies. The study identified the re-use of ICT, especially the software component play a vital role in the digitization and preservation of scholarly publications. The paper went further to highlight the technical know-how and the ICT requirements in the digitization and preservation of scholarly publications which includes among others, identifying the items to be digitized, pulling them into loose sheets and digitize, ICT requirements highlighted includes scanners, digital cameras, use of Abbyyfine reader and uploading the items to Dspace. In conclusion, digitization and preservation of scholarly publications has to deal not only with the maintenance of files but also ways of keeping them accessible bearing in mind the current trends in technology