Staff Profiles

B.A. (ED), University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University); Master of Library Studies (MLS), University of Ibadan; Master of Information Science (MIS), University of Pretoria and PhD, University of Botswana

Olugbade Oladokun currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Botswana. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Education) degree of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), a Master of Library Studies, University of Ibadan, Master of Information Science (MIS), University of Pretoria, and PhD, University of Botswana. He has previously worked as a Senior Librarian, Principal Librarian, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. He was also a Senior Librarian and Manager, Learning Commons, University of Botswana before joining the Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Botswana.

LIM 100 Introduction to Information Science

LIS 100/LIM 102 Introduction to Organising Information

LIS 100 The Information Environment

LIS 200 Organising Information

LIS 305 Advanced Organisation of Information

LIS 401 Organising Internet Sources

LIS 621 Theory and Practice of Cataloguing and Classification

Information service in open and distance learning (ODL)

Social media application in information environment

Document description and coding

Information organisation

Learning commons

Scholarly communication and open access

Ethical use of information

Information service in open and distance learning (ODL)

Social media application in information environment

Document description and coding

Information organisation

Learning commons

Scholarly communication and open access

Ethical use of information

1. Oladokun, Olugbade and Saul F. C. Zulu. (2020). "Document Description and Coding as Key Elements in Knowledge, Records, and Information Management." Information Diffusion Management and Knowledge Sharing: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 155-173. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-0417-8.ch009

2. Oladokun, O. and Jorosi, B. (2019). Incorporation of information ethics into the curriculum at the University of Botswana. Information Development, XX (X), pp.1-15. Available online at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0266666919871097

3. Oladokun, O. (2016). Distance Education in Botswana and Library Service: Matters Arising Since the Colonial Period for the Records. Botswana Notes and Records Volume 48, pp. 116-136