Information Use and Decision Making by Market Women in Lagos, Nigeria
The purpose of this study was to investigate how the use of information assists market women in making informed decisions. It is well documented in literature that businesses that boom in the 21 st century are businesses that are information driven. However, it’s not clear if market women do make information a priority to make business decisions. A survey research design was used with disproportionate stratified sampling technique. Four hundred market women  in Alade market Lagos participated in the study. A self developed questionnaire  Out of 400 copies of questionnaire distributed, 300 (75%) of them were returned. The findings indicated that there was  a significant relationship between information utilization by market women and their  decision making practices. The use of  newspapers,  information about distributors, radio and television were among the key sources women consulted in order to make their decisions concerning their businesses. The study recommended that information professionals and the Ministry of Commerce should work together to conduct and sponsor research on trends in the market and  make them available to market women in formats such as daily and business newspapers. Keywords : Information sources, Information use, Decision making, Market women
An Investigation into Health Information Environment of Market Women in Offa, Kwara State Nigeria
The study examined the health information environment of market women in Offa, a semi-urban area in Kwara State of Nigeria. The aim of the study was to identify the information needs of market women, to investigate the information sources, information seeking behaviour and the challenges associated with the use of information sources. Data was collected through a questionnaire. The return rate of the questionnaire administered was 93.5 percent. The findings revealed that the market women have diverse health information needs which include among others malaria fever, hygiene, anti-natal/post-natal care. The main sources of health information used by the market women include family / neighbours and radio. The study made recommendations such as the state government supporting the state library board. The public library should also assist to provide unlimited access to information through the audio-visual materials. Keywords : Health information environment, market women, Offa Metropolis
The World on Paper: The Conceptual and Cognitive Implications of Writing and Reading
1. Demythologising literacy 2. Theories of literacy and mind from Levy-Bruhl to Scribner and Cole 3. Literacy and the conceptual revolutions of Classical Greece and Renaissance Europe 4. What writing represents 5. What writing doesn't represent 6. The problem of interpretation 7. A history of reading 8. Reading the Book of Nature 9. A history of written discourse 10. Representing the world in maps, diagrams, formulas, pictures and texts 11. Representing the mind 12. The making of the literate mind.