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The paper bridging the digital divide, review the multifaceted problem which has made Africa nations to lag behind the western developed countries. It traces the origen, causes and consequences which includes socioeconomic factors, connectivity, technological access and literacy, and digital repositories. The efforts and initiatives by world leaders, international, regional, national, and non-governmental organizations, research Institutes and Industries to bridge the digital divide is examined. The author posit that African nations are a consuming nations historically and hence the continued flow of information from the west to the south resulting in low visibility of African research output. It is recommended that in addition to improvement on the technological infrastructures, telecommunications policies, infrastructures, as well as education and technology training in particular, the spread of digital literacy-are prerequisites for the transition to the knowledge based network society, the digital inequalities can be reduced through self-archiving in a net-worked Institutional Repositories (IR) to increase Africans research visibility on the global village.

Purpose-The study aims to investigate the level of awareness and use of Web 2.0 tools by librarians in university libraries in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach-A questionnaire was used to collect data from 176 librarians in 49 university libraries in Nigeria. Findings-It emerged that the librarians were more familiar with social networking sites, instant messaging, media sharing sites, blogs and wikis. The popularity of these Web 2.0 tools made them the most frequently used by the librarians. Web 2.0 tools like Flickr, RSS feeds, podcasts, social bookmarking, were among the least used. The study revealed that librarians use Web 2.0 tools mostly for reference services online, library news/events, training resources, and image and video sharing. Lack of facilities such as computers with internet access, lack of skills, and lack of time were indicated as some of the barriers in the use of Web 2.0 tools by librarians in university libraries in Nigeria. Practical implications-These research results can be consulted by interested librarians as they plan to implement Web 2.0 applications in their libraries. Originality/value-This study draws an overall picture of Web 2.0 applications in Nigerian university libraries and attempts to provide helpful information to better understand how librarians elsewhere are utilizing Web 2.0 technologies in rendering library services.

This) study) investigates) the) influence) of) library) value) on) students') education.) Library) physical) infrastructures,) library) information) resources,) library) personnel,) library) information)services)were)independent)variables)related)to)the)overall)library)value)to) students')education.)Descriptive)survey)design)method)was)employed)in)this)study)and) the) population) was) the) regular) students) of) a) federal) university) in) Nigeria.) Simple) random)and)equal)allocation)sampling)methods)were)used)to)select)500)students)from) 10) faculties) in) the) university.) PreQtested) questionnaire) with) a) reliability) coefficient) of) .95)alpha)was)used)to)collect)data)from)the)students)in)their)faculty)libraries)during)the) 2013/2014) academic) session.) Data) collected) were) subjected) to) descriptive) and) inferential) statistics) using) SPSS17.0.) Results) indicate) that) the) students') perceived) the) library) to) be) of) great) value) to) their) education) and) it) impacted) on) their) academic) pursuits) and) studies,) academic) performances,) productivity,) and) career.) All) the) independent) variables) significantly) influenced) the) overall) value) of) the) library) individually) and) collectively.) While) the) relative) contributions) of) the) library) physical) infrastructures,) library) personnel) and) library) information) services) to) the) value) of) the) library) value) were) significant) library) information) resources) was) not.) Recommendations)for)improvement)were)also)provided.))