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This paper aims to determine the impact of knowledge creation and sharing on use by librarians in federal universities in Nigeria. The study adopted the survey method of the correlation type, where 518 librarians were surveyed through a close-ended questionnaire, descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient and multiple regression were used to test the hypotheses. Findings indicate that significant relationships exist between knowledge creation and knowledge sharing (r=0.52), knowledge sharing and knowledge use (r=0.63) and knowledge creation and knowledge use (r=0.52), respectively. Knowledge created and shared by the librarians is used for better work performance. The paper adds value to the existing body of knowledge by proposing the need to understand the importance of knowledge creation and sharing as facilitators of knowledge use by librarians. This will, in turn, enhance service delivery to library patrons, thereby improving library patronage. This paper is limited to knowledge creation and sharing and its impact on knowledge use. Types of knowledge created and channels through which knowledge is shared are outside the focus of this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Purpose/Significance] In order to better realize the goal of digital transformation of education and digital transformation of university libraries, university libraries should strengthen the team building of high-level and high-quality librarians, so as to improve librarians' digital literacy levels and serve the independent training mode of high-level talented professionals in universities. Most of the existing digital literacy research studies farmers, college students, and teachers, whereas few studies focus on the digital literacy of librarians in teaching assistant positions. With the gradual deepening of the digital transformation of libraries and the application of educational technology, the improvement of librarians' digital literacy is particularly important. Therefore, this study aims to establish the correlation between educational technology and librarians, and explore the ways to improve librarians' digital literacy from the perspective of educational technology application, in order to fill in the gaps of current research. [Method/Process] Based on the literature analysis and research background at home and abroad, this paper comprehensively explored the connotation of digital literacy, and the connotation and characteristics of educational technology; through the combination of "online + field", this paper reviewed the practical application of educational technology at home and abroad in university libraries from two aspects of similarity and difference, and discussed the necessity and correlation of librarians to improve their digital literacy. From the three aspects of media literacy, data literacy and ethical literacy, the pathway for librarians to improve their digital literacy was constructed. [Results/Conclusions] This paper extracts three important qualities needed in the application of educational technology, and constructs the way to improve the quality of librarians, so as to improve the effective utilization rate of educational technology and find out the position of educational technology in the library service. Due to the realistic factors such as time and research object, this study still remains in the theoretical aspect, and we need further verify our method's feasibility and practicality. In the future, we will further study the influencing factors of how to improve the digital literacy of librarians, and then improve our method of improving the digital literacy of librarians from the aspects of digital literacy education object, education content, education method, education mode and education evaluation, so as to realize the feasibility of our method. educational technology; university libraries; librarian; digital literacy [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study was meant to examine electronic theses and dissertations' development in Nigerian federal university libraries. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The study population comprised forty-eight institutional repository librarians in eighteen Nigerian federal university libraries. The sample consisted of forty three librarians. A questionnaire was used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed with mean and standard deviation. Findings reveal that the policies available for developing electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in the libraries require submission of electronic copies of theses and dissertations by students, participation of digital/IR librarians in ETD development and provision of free access to ETDs; the libraries comply with standards of Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting and Search/Retrieval via URL using DSpace for building ETDs and taking advantage of such available ICT facilities as computers, scanners, CD-ROM, LAN, internet connectivity and printer. The libraries achieve ETD through digitisation, mandating submission of electronic versions of TDs by students and creation of IR. However, the process is hindered by technological obsolescence, financial problems, absence of clearly-defined ETD development policy, required ICT facilities and trained staff, copyright, irregular power supply and unstable internet connectivity. This study represents a fresh empirical investigation into electronic theses and dissertations' development in federal university libraries in Nigeria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and aim: One of the factors that affects the aesthetics of a website and attracts more users in the web environment is "visual complexity". The present research analyzed the correlation and regression between the SEO score and the level of visual complexity of the library websites of the top Iranian and international universities. Materials and methods: A comparative evaluation approach was adopted in this research. 41 library websites of top international universities (based on University Ranking 2023) and 41 library websites of top Iranian universities (based on ISC database 2021) were analyzed and compared. AIOSEO Analysis tool and Athec Python library were used for data extraction. SPSS was used for data analysis. Figures were generated using Excel. Findings: There was no significant correlation and regression between SEO and visual complexity on library websites of top international universities (p=0.125). However, on library websites of top Iranian universities, there was a weak correlation (p=0.045; Pearson correlation coefficient=0.362) and a significant regression (p=0.045). According to the Mann-Whitney U test, a significant difference was seen between the two groups of library websites of top Iranian and international universities from the standpoint of visual complexity (p=0.019). Conclusion: While top international academic libraries can rely on their strong branding, Iranian university libraries need to focus on both aesthetics and SEO to improve their visibility. Thus, using the experiences and knowledge of expert librarians in the fields of "SEO" and "aesthetics" is recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]