Assessment of Environmental Consciousness among Patrons in Selected Academic and Public Libraries in Lagos Metropolis

Alabi, Adefunke O.

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“…During the modernization of the national governance systems, the improvement of public environmental awareness has gradually become an important indicator in the performance assessment of government departments. Previous studies have focused on macro-and mesoscopic analyses of public environmental awareness, including the construction of indicator systems [6] and surveys of environmental awareness among specific groups [7]. Additionally, the source [8] and presentation [9] of information services can affect the impacts of information, and the existing cognition or capability [10] and value preferences [11] of the public can affect their understanding of information.…”

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How Does Government Information Service Quality Influence Public Environmental Awareness?

Wang

Liu

Hou

2022

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The development of public environmental awareness has been an essential part of environmental governance in China and a prerequisite for the emergence of conscious environmental behaviors. However, the deeper factors influencing Chinese public environmental awareness are not yet fully understood. In this study, the perception of environmental pollution and the sense of political efficacy were introduced as variables to establish a public environmental awareness model, at the perception level, from the perspective of government information service quality. The correlations between different variables, as well as the working principles, were analyzed based on national environmental survey data. The results demonstrate that both external (the government information service quality) and psychological (the perception of environmental pollution and the sense of political efficacy) factors have significant positive influences on public environmental awareness, with the sense of political efficacy outperforming the perception of environmental pollution and the government information service quality. Analysis of the mediating effect reveals that government information service quality directly influences public environmental awareness; it also indirectly influences public environmental awareness through a chained mediating effect of the perception of environmental pollution and the sense of political efficacy. The results of the multiple-group analysis, with gender and urban–rural attributes as moderator variables, further show that, compared with men and urban residents, the impact of government information service quality and environmental pollution perception on women and rural people's political efficacy is not significant. Therefore, it is suggested to optimize the government information service, improve the public's perception of environmental pollution, and then promote the public's sense of efficacy in the environment governance situation. Furthermore, the government should formulate differentiated strategies for different types of public to guide them to form a proactive awareness of environmental protection.

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How Does Government Information Service Quality Influence Public Environmental Awareness?

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2022

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Sustainable Development Goals and Academic Libraries in Nigeria

Okonkwo

Chukwuma²

2022

Advances in Library and Information Science

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Besides the objectives of academic institutions involving research, learning, and teaching, the role of academic libraries taking the centre stage in Nigeria's development is of paramount importance. The existence of academic libraries in developing nations like Nigeria is important to ensure the well-being of the people. It is established that there is a link between academic libraries and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. A survey around the Sustainable Development Goals set up by the United Nations was taken, and it was established how academic libraries can meet them through environmental sustainability approaches. It is imperative to note here that the concept of environmental sustainability is linked to the concept of green libraries and their practices in academic libraries. This work relies heavily on previous works of literature, policies and proposals that have earlier existed, and a critical analysis of the practices observed in academic libraries.

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Assessment of Environmental Consciousness among Patrons in Selected Academic and Public Libraries in Lagos Metropolis

Cited by 2 publications

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How Does Government Information Service Quality Influence Public Environmental Awareness?

How Does Government Information Service Quality Influence Public Environmental Awareness?

Sustainable Development Goals and Academic Libraries in Nigeria

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