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The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of government and private sectors in information society. Using relevant literatures; the paper examines information society, World Summit on Information Society, features or characteristics of information society, implementation of World Summit on information Society in Nigeria, the role of Government and private sector. The role of government in information society among others include; Creation, Generation, Production, Dissemination of information, Infrastructure Development, Creation of an enabling environment, regulation of information, developing human capacity etc. Based on the findings, the paper recommends the followings among others urgent need for the country to have a single comprehensive ICT policy, development of infrastructure, capacity building etc

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This study investigated the influence of librarians’ ICT skills, institutional factors on use of OER in the Nigerian university libraries. The descriptive survey design of a correctional type was adopted; total enumeration technique to capture all 247 librarians in the selected university libraries in South-West Nigeria. 247 copies of questionnaire were distributed and 201(81.4%) were retrieved and used for the study; data were analysed using frequency count, percentages, mean, standard deviation and multiple regressions. The result revealed that both Librarians ICT skills ( =2.20) and availability of ICT training ( =2.20) were low, while level of availability of infrastructure ( =3.01) is moderate. Poor or unreliable power supply ( =1.80), were the major challenges faced by librarians. Librarians ICT skills (r = 0.376, p < .05) and institutional factors (r = 0.535, p < .05) had a positive linear relationship with the use of OER, these two variables jointly influenced librarians’ use of OER which accounted for 40% variance in the dependent variable (R2 = .40, F (1;66) = 66, p < .05). It was found that librarians’ ICT skills and institutional factors jointly determine the use of OER. Librarians ICT skills and institutional factors are essential factors to be put in place for effective and efficient use of OER in university libraries. Therefore it is recommended that university libraries under study should be well-equipped with the necessary infrastructure and adequate ICT trainings for the use of OER.