University of Nigeria Nsukka Librarians get trained on Social Media Use

Practical Session

The Library Administration called for a training of all librarians and library officers, in line with the mandate of the University Administration, that all staff should engage in social media activities for academic purposes. The training which was an attempt to introduce the library staff to the online platforms of the library, held on 3rd March, 2017 at the Special IT Project Unit. The presentation, training and hands-on session was done by Mrs Helen Nneka Okpala, In attendance was the University Librarian in the person of Prof. Mrs C. N. Ezeani, all Deputy University Librarians, and other staff. . At the end of the training, many participants were able to create their blog. Some of the blogs that participants created after the training are (click on blog title to view):

Justina Ekere Blog                                                       Uche Igbo's Blog
Tonia Amaka Ejikeme's Blog                                         Reference Desk                        
Dr. .Michael Okoye's Professional Blog                          Nkem's Blog
Imo Nwabuisi's Blog

See pictures after the cut...

Left: Mr. Chukwuma Mgboji (ICT) addressing the trainees. Right: Prof. Ezeani & the Univ. PRO

 

A section of participants during the training session

Smiling faces of participants

participants listening attentively during the training

Mrs Helen Okpala, training the participants.

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COAL CITY ENUGU 2016 AGM/CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS

 

NIGERIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, ENUGU STATE CHAPTER

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Enugu State Chapter of the Nigerian Library Association (NLA) announces her 16^th Annual Conference/AGM for the year 2016 holding as follows:

 

Date: Tuessday 22^nd – Thursday 24^th November, 2016.

Venue: National Library of Nigeria, Independence Layout, Enugu

Conference fee:  Fifteen Thousand Naira (N15, 000).  The fee covers all conference materials, lunch and conference proceedings.

 

CONFERENCE THEME: “Library Services and the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals in the Digital Era”.

Sub-Themes:

1.      Evolving roles of Public Libraries in the digital age

2.      Academic Libraries in Nigeria and Sustainable Development Goals

3.      Makerspace in Libraries – gateway to collaborative learning in the digital age

4.      Information literacy and critical thinking for National development

5.      Enriching the lives of children for sustainable development through long vacation programme.

6.      School library services for Sustainable Development.

7.      Library services for the physically challenged in the digital era

8.      Building researcher-librarians for sustainable development.

9.      Libraries building digital collections for sustainable development

10.  Promoting indigenous knowledge for achieving Sustainable Development Goals

11.  Building strong Library Associations for National Development

12.  Libraries, Webinars, MOOCs and Online Learning: gateway for National Development

13.  Strategies for promoting Library Services to young people in the digital age.

14.  Building the Digital Literacy Skills of Librarians for National Development.

15.  Library Advocacy and partnership with NGOs for National Development.

 

Interested participants are hereby invited to submit full papers of not more than 18 pages double-line spaced with 12 point font size, processed in Times New Roman on any of the above sub-themes or any related topic under the general theme.

 

Deadline for submission of Full papers is Monday, October 31, 2016. Papers submitted after this date WILL NOT appear in the proceedings, but may be presented during the conference. Authors should include the name(s) and affiliations of the author(s) with functional e-mail addresses and submitted electronically to: enugu.nla@gmail.com with the subject: CONFERENCE PAPER! The file name should bear the author’s last name.

All submissions will be subjected to blind peer review by members of publication committee. Authors will be notified on the status of their submissions on or before October 15, 2016.

 

Format for Presentation: Accepted papers should be processed in not more than 20 slides for multimedia presentation during the conference.

Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings on payment of conference fee to the following bank account:

 

Name of Bank  First Bank Nigeria Plc

Account Name: Nigerian Library Association, Enugu State Chapter

Account Number: 2014867846

Find attached, please.

Helen Nneka Okpala (CLN)

helen.okpala@unn.edu.ng

07031030171 (State Chapter PRO)

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Promoting Children’s learning through technology literacy: challenges to school librarians in the 21st century

Abstract: In today’s world of technological revolution, children need to be encouraged to be ready to acquire lifelong knowledge and skills in the 21st century. This paper presents an overview of the application of technologies in children’s learning environment
which apparently will give them the opportunity of making use of their thinking skills in order to develop socially and emotionally. The paper also looked into various ways of using these technologies in developing children’s horizon, like using (CD –
ROM story books and picture books, mobile and makerspace technologies). The paper examined the roles of librarians in meeting the needs of children in the application of technologies in promoting children’s learning in the 21st century and challenges faced by librarians in meeting the demands of technology literacy development of children. Strategies on how to overcome these problems were provided. Recommendations that can help in promoting children’s learning through technology were also provided.

Keywords: Children’s learning, Technologyliteracy, School librarians, School libraries .
Information Age

To download this article, click on the URL

 

Article Info:  The article appeared online first on April 01, 2016

Article Metadata

Title of Journal: Education and Information Technologies

Authors: Anthonia N. Ejikeme & Helen Nneka Okpala  (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)

Publisher: Springer

 

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