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From Traditional Libraries to Learning Commons: A Need for a Shift

 in Nigerian Library Space Design Philosophy

H.T. Gwary, W.B. Brisibi, F.F.O. Daminao and I.B. Girku                                  1-19

Democracy and Party Politics in Langtang North

Local Government Area of Plateau State 1978-2008

Samaila Simon Shehu                                                                                      20-44

Formalities and Administration of Copyright in Nigeria: Enforcement

of Copyright

Olabode Bashir Olakunle                                                                                45-56

Migrating from Stage to Screen: Challenges and Prospects

Ola–Koyi, S. Joseph Bankola                                                                            57-77

MIGRATING FROM STAGE TO SCREEN: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

Department of Performing Arts

Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye

Email: sundayolakoyi@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

It is on record that theatre arts had survived over the ages due to its capacity to reinvent by embracing, new tool and languages, new style and form.  It is a fact that when a discipline reinvent its techniques of impartation and training in line with modern demands, the standard of performances is enhanced and the quality of the practitioner is tremendously improved.

Over the years, Nigerian theatrical performances had gone through many stages (i.e. ritual, court/church, traditional travelling theatre, professional travelling theatre, academic drama, radio drama, television drama, celluloid film, and video film), reinventing itself in order to keep up with the requirement of each era.  

In reviewing the essence/spirit of the 50 years of Theatre in the African academy through the University of Ibadan experience, which our eminent and erudite Professor Olarinle Bamide is an integral part of, one could not but to wonder why a film school has not developed out of the old Ibadan school of drama. Or question why the central mode of training the theatre artistes in academia stocked to the stage despite the various innovations that had taken place over the years.  

Using a post modernist theory within an historical perspective and a participatory observation approach, the paper explored the challenges and prospects of migrating from stage to video screen in academic training cum practices and offers plausible solutions to some of the identified problems.

FORMALITIES AND ADMINISTRATION OF COPYRIGHT IN NIGERIA: ENFORCEMENT OF COPYRIGHT

Olabode Bashir Olakunle

Faculty of Law

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

DEMOCRACY AND PARTY POLITICS IN LANGTANG NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF PLATEAU STATE 1978-2008

Samaila Simon Shehu

Department of History,

University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri

Email: shehusamaila34@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The conduct of free, fair and credible election is one of the features of democracy in the world. Unfortunately, this is not the case in Langtang North. It is against this backdrop that this study examines the causes and impacts of the manipulation of the electoral process in Langtang North local government area of Plateau State. It focuses on the local government chairmanship elections which has recorded the highest number of cases of electoral manipulation over the years. The research was carried out through a field work that involved interviews and telephone conversation with the electorate, politicians and other relevant stakeholders from Langtang North. Other scholarly works were used in a corroborative manner to throw more light on the focus of the study. The Marxist theory of democracy was utilized to unearth the principal role played by the political elite in perpetuating electoral manipulation before, during and after the local government chairmanship elections in Langtang North. From the data collected and analysed, we identified poverty, clannish sentiment, lack of voters’ education among others as the factors responsible for the manipulation of the electoral process in Lantang North. And thus, we highlighted the impacts of electoral manipulation on democracy and party politics in Langtang North to include mistrust of the electoral commission, imposition of undesired leadership, disunity among others. Conclusively, recommendations were made towards ensuring the conduct of free, fair and credible elections so as to consolidate democracy in Langtang North and by extension Nigeria.

FROM TRADITIONAL LIBRARIES TO LEARNING COMMONS: A NEED FOR A SHIFT IN NIGERIAN LIBRARY SPACE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

H.T. Gwary¹, W.B. Brisibi², F.F.O.Daminao³ and I.B. Girku⁴

¹ Researcher, Master of Science Architecture,

²Department of Architecture, Rivers State University, Nkpolu – Oruworukwo, Port Harcourt

Email: htgwaryhart@gmail.com¹ , ferdydaminabo@yahoo.com³ and Ibroplan84@gmail.com⁴

ABSTRACT

A library is a building or space attached to any level of educational institution which serves two complementary purposes to support the school’s curriculum, and to support the research in the institute and for students. While Learning Commons is a student-centered physical and virtual learning space designed under the guiding principles of openness, flexibility, comfort, inspiration, and practicality, it is aimed at fostering collaborative and independent active learning by providing technology, resources, and services that help to engage students in the learning process. Library space designs in Nigeria are rigid, too formal and not designed and configured to meet the students’ needs and demands for motivated learning and research purposes that fosters collaborative and independent learning. Every appropriate space in the library should be reconfigured for the researchers and students to take any relaxed position appropriate to assist high assimilation as well as allow for the use of electronic devices within the library spaces. This study is meant to assess the need for adopting a new design philosophy for the redesign of Nigerian library spaces into Learning Commons. This is with the view to catch up with high level international standards and also to negotiate with the traditional library space designs of Nigerian learning institutions. This study methodology employed the case study approach to compare the extent to which some foreign libraries shift from the traditional paradigm to the Learning Commons paradigm and the need for our local libraries to adopt this transforming world class approach. This attempt will be useful to recommend an upgrade in the design and layout of spaces for future libraries. This study is expected to be useful in providing architectural design guidelines to create more comfortable and convenient study spaces for researchers and students or library users in Nigeria from an architectural point of view.

Keywords: Library, Space design, Learning Commons, Collaborative