Ehikhamenor FA "Internet facilities: use and non-use by Nigerian University scientists" Journal of Information Science 29(1):35-48 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

F.A. Eikhamenor : fehikh at yahoo.com; arcis at infoweb.abs.net

TITLE    Internet facilities: use and non-use by
         Nigerian university scientists

AUTHOR   Ehikhamenor FA

JOURNAL  JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE  29 (1): 35-48 2003

 Document type: Article    Language: English
 Cited References: 54      Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
The Internet culture is creating a new scientific communication system with
new facilities that are competing with, and might replace, the present
printed information sources. The use and non-use of these facilities by
Nigerian academic scientists were investigated, using data collected from a
survey of academic staff of selected disciplines in 10 universities. It was
found that the scientists are still heavily dependent on printed information
sources, especially journals, indexes and abstracts. The study reveals that
64.4% of them have a computer at their disposal, while 50.4% have access to,
and are using, the Internet. Besides e-mail, very little use is made
of other Internet facilities. Non-use of the Internet is attributable to
problems of accessibility, ease of use and cost. Most of the non-users are
aware of the information and communication potential of the Internet in
their disciplines, and believe that the Internet will become indispensable
in their research in the future.

KeyWords Plus:
SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION, ELECTRONIC JOURNALS, INFORMATION-SEEKING, NETWORKS,
SCIENCE, LIBRARY, IMPACT, WEB,
ASTRONOMERS, DISCIPLINES

Addresses:
Ehikhamenor FA, Univ Ibadan, Africa Reg Ctr Informat Sci, Ibadan, Nigeria
Univ Ibadan, Africa Reg Ctr Informat Sci, Ibadan, Nigeria

Publisher:
BOWKER-SAUR, E GRINSTEAD

IDS Number:
653AY

ISSN:
0165-5515


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