James Oluwaseyi Hodonu-Wusu

Purpose: This feature article aims to examine the low adoption of effective e-book management systems within Nigerian university libraries, despite technological advancements. It highlights the transformative potential of the Calibre application and discusses the need to overcome key barriers to its implementation. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative assessment was carried out to identify challenges hindering the deployment of Calibre adoption, including limited staff expertise, infrastructural shortcomings and low user awareness. Strategic recommendations are proposed to promote adoption and improve digital resource management. Findings: The feature article shows that the poor uptake of e-book management systems has led to underused academic content, restricted access and disengagement among users. Solutions such as capacity-building workshops, increased ICT funding, collaborative policy frameworks and supercentre design can substantially improve digital access and operational efficiency. Originality/value: This feature article presents Calibre adoption as a practical, open-source solution to transform digital service delivery in Nigerian academic libraries. It offers actionable strategies that align with educational standards and foster inclusive distribution of information within the digital environment.

This article investigates perception of postgraduate students towards open access publication in two research institutions in Malaysia. A descriptive survey was used in the study which involves 121 respondents from 500 sample population sent instrument to from both Universities. A simple random techniques was used for the study. Data were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation, independent sample t-test and One-way analysis of variance tests (ANOVA) was employed to determine if there is a statistically significant mean differences in perceived usefulness and perceived effectiveness of OA publications between ages of postgraduate students. The findings revealed why postgraduate scholars should embrace Open Access publication for wider visibility and reproducibility of academic research and development. The results also shows that majority of the respondents were of mean age of 2.67 and highest age bracket was between 26-35 years. However, the sample size of the survey was quite small and further research is needed to determine if similar findings are obtained when other researchers are included in the sample.