Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on describing the experience of occupational psychosocial stress among librarians in Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. It further seeks to identify the various psychosocial stress components and how they interact to determine the stress level of librarians. Design/methodology/approach Using the Effort-Reward Imbalance scale, this descriptive study employed a web-based data collection tool (Google Form) to design and solicit data from respondents. Convenient sampling technique was used to employ 153 librarians from Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa with at least a diploma in any library-related programme, who work in either academic, public or special libraries. Findings This study established the prevalence of occupational psychosocial stress among librarians from Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. It was realised that gender, country of residence of respondents, age, work experience, workers with children under 13 years of age and work roles were the main factors that influenced the occupational stress among the respondents. Research limitations/implications The response rate for this study was low. As a result, undertaking any inferential statistics to explain relationships was not possible. Originality/value The value of this study lies in the depth of narrative data collected and the insight it affords with regards to contemporary work within libraries in Africa and beyond. The results presented may provide both a starting point for further discussion and may also promote an increased openness about issues of employee safety in the library environment.

The use of ICT in learning is critical in development of any society. Today's learning has emphasized its importance as basis for 21st century knowledge acquisition. This study investigated the availability and utilization of ICT facilities in Madonna University, Nigeria with particular reference to the Okija campus. It employed the descriptive survey design with self structured questionnaire and observation checklist for data collection. Three hundred students made up the population of the study. The data was analysed using simple frequency, percentages and mean scores. A benchmark of 2.5 was used for acceptance or rejection of data collated. The findings showed that the ICT section has resources and facilities that are available which the students utilized to certain extent. It also showed the frequency of use by the users. Although there are issues as some ICT facilities are not available, thereby not utilized by the students. Other challenges are inadequate assistance from staff, epileptic power supply and irregular internet connectivity among others. Recommendations were given to include provision of more ICT facilities, regular updates and trainings on use of ICT, among others.

This study investigated student's satisfaction in the utilization of Electronic Information Resources in Rivers State University for National Digital Development. The study adopted a survey research design and the population of the study consisted of 6,344 students. A total of 450 registered students constitute the sample of the study. A structured questionnaire was the instrument for data collection, titled Students satisfaction in the utilization of Electronic Information Resources (SSUEIRS). The reliability of SSUEIR was established using Cronbach Alfa method to obtain an index of 0.87.The mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data collected while regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance.. The overall mean rating of the respondents over satisfaction of EIR was low. The regression shows that the mean difference between the male and female students over satisfaction in the utilization of EIRs was not statistically significant at .05 alpha level (t=.000, df =390, p > .05) and there is no significant difference in the satisfaction of students over utilization based on age (t=.011, df=390, p>.05). The study recommended that departments should be adequately equipped with modern ICT facilities and more skillful staff be employed.

Wikimedia as a foundation is the mother of all Wikis. “It supports hundreds of people around the world in creating the largest free knowledge projects in history” (Wikimedia foundation, https://wikimediafoundation.org). Its resources give benefits that can emerge from the collaboration of librarians and Wikimedia. However, despite the rich contents and vast availability of information on Wikimedia, many scholars refute the credibility of Wikimedia contents. This chapter addresses the benefits and values of African academic libraries partnering with Wikimedia projects and gives a brief definition on the concepts of Wikimedia and Wikipedia. How academic libraries directly improve Wikimedia resources for a reliable information; particularly, it highlights the need to rightly posit librarians as custodians of knowledge, relating the campaigns of 1Lib1Ref and other related projects where librarians in Africa through the African Library and Information Associations and Institution (AfLIA) collaborated with Wikipedia to add reliable sources, edit articles, and write stories to promote the quality, authority, and reliability of intellectual contents in Wikipedia. It demonstrates the engagement of academic libraries in the development of information resources to aid access to information for all citizens through linking of institutional repository materials to wiki articles in line with the UNESCO policy of ensuring public access to information (UNESCO, 2017). It also discusses challenges associated with the use of Wikimedia resources in some institutions and draws conclusion that Wikipedia promotes discoverability of library resources, librarians improve the reliability of its contents as an important tool to leverage on, in pursuit of academic endeavors, thus providing an interception between Wikipedia and academic libraries.