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| author | Anunobi, Chinwe V. Emerole, Nancy |
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| contents | Motivation and Encumbrances to Research and Publication: The Case of Nigerian Library and Information Science (LIS) Practitioners Anunobi, Chinwe V. Emerole, Nancy Conferences (Gatherings) Information Science Education Opinions Research Methodology Motivation Government Libraries Professional Associations Information Science Foreign Countries Research Skills The survey was carried out to determine the research and publication output of Library and Information Science (LIS) practitioners in Nigeria; and their motivation and impediments to research and publication. It was aimed at providing the reality of the opinion on low research and publication output of LIS practitioners including the factors that motivate and hinder their research and publication efforts. A fourteen (14) item questionnaire was designed, trial tested and distributed to one hundred and eighty (180) of the four hundred and thirty seven practitioners who attended the 44th Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Library Association held at Abuja, 18th-22nd June 2006. One hundred and sixty (88.9%) of the distributed questionnaires were completed and returned. The results were analyzed and presented using means, percentages and tables. A 50% bench-mark was considered as positive opinion for responses on percentage scale. The results of the survey revealed that LIS practitioners in Nigeria are not conducting enough research and thus submitted and published 3.92 and 2.41 articles each in the last ten years respectively. Though they are more active research-wise in the last 2 years than the preceding 8 years, 83.43% of their articles were published in Nigeria than 16.58% published in foreign journals. The desire to get promotion, solve problems arising in the course of their work and inspiration are their major motivation for research Practitioners with Ph.D degree also consider availability of fund and self visibility important motivating factors for publication. Time constraints, poor research skills and lack of fund are the main impediments to LIS practitioners' research and publication. However employees of public and national libraries; and Ordinary National Diploma/Higher National Diploma(OND/HND) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) qualification groups regarded lack of inspiration and high rate of articles rejection as factors that impede their research and publication. (Contains 6 tables.) |
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| spellingShingle | Motivation and Encumbrances to Research and Publication: The Case of Nigerian Library and Information Science (LIS) Practitioners Anunobi, Chinwe V. Emerole, Nancy Conferences (Gatherings) Information Science Education Opinions Research Methodology Motivation Government Libraries Professional Associations Information Science Foreign Countries Research Skills Motivation and Encumbrances to Research and Publication: The Case of Nigerian Library and Information Science (LIS) Practitioners Anunobi, Chinwe V. Emerole, Nancy Conferences (Gatherings) Information Science Education Opinions Research Methodology Motivation Government Libraries Professional Associations Information Science Foreign Countries Research Skills The survey was carried out to determine the research and publication output of Library and Information Science (LIS) practitioners in Nigeria; and their motivation and impediments to research and publication. It was aimed at providing the reality of the opinion on low research and publication output of LIS practitioners including the factors that motivate and hinder their research and publication efforts. A fourteen (14) item questionnaire was designed, trial tested and distributed to one hundred and eighty (180) of the four hundred and thirty seven practitioners who attended the 44th Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Library Association held at Abuja, 18th-22nd June 2006. One hundred and sixty (88.9%) of the distributed questionnaires were completed and returned. The results were analyzed and presented using means, percentages and tables. A 50% bench-mark was considered as positive opinion for responses on percentage scale. The results of the survey revealed that LIS practitioners in Nigeria are not conducting enough research and thus submitted and published 3.92 and 2.41 articles each in the last ten years respectively. Though they are more active research-wise in the last 2 years than the preceding 8 years, 83.43% of their articles were published in Nigeria than 16.58% published in foreign journals. The desire to get promotion, solve problems arising in the course of their work and inspiration are their major motivation for research Practitioners with Ph.D degree also consider availability of fund and self visibility important motivating factors for publication. Time constraints, poor research skills and lack of fund are the main impediments to LIS practitioners' research and publication. However employees of public and national libraries; and Ordinary National Diploma/Higher National Diploma(OND/HND) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) qualification groups regarded lack of inspiration and high rate of articles rejection as factors that impede their research and publication. (Contains 6 tables.) |
| title | Motivation and Encumbrances to Research and Publication: The Case of Nigerian Library and Information Science (LIS) Practitioners |
| topic | Conferences (Gatherings) Information Science Education Opinions Research Methodology Motivation Government Libraries Professional Associations Information Science Foreign Countries Research Skills |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ893920 |