Rhodah Diyoshak is an academic librarian and educator in Nigeria. She serves as a Lecturer and Librarian at the University of Jos, Plateau State, and is an expert in library and information science — noted for her work enhancing digital accessibility and promoting a reading culture among Nigerian students.
Her career centres on academic librarianship, information literacy and student research practices, tackling the integration of technology and information services within Nigerian universities.
Areas of expertise
- Internet connectivity & accessibility — research on how university students (e.g. the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos) access and use library internet services for academic work.
- Promoting reading culture — improving reading habits among Nigerian adolescents and children through school libraries, book talks and storytelling, countering the distractions of social media.
- Information literacy — helping students become skillful, critical users of modern library resources and databases.
Selected research
- Internet Connectivity and Accessibility in University Libraries
- The Role of School Libraries in Promoting Reading Culture among Secondary School Students
- The Implications of COVID-19 on the Publication of Library and Information Science Literature in Africa
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