Prof. Adeyinka Tella
Professor
Library & Information Science
Prof. Adeyinka TELLA is a Full Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He has 13 years of professional and academic experience comprised of university teaching, research, and community services. He is a Research Fellow in the Department of Information Science and a Professor at the University of South Africa. Tella is a C2 Rated Researcher by the South African National Research Foundation, NRF. Tella was a Commonwealth scholar who finished his Ph.D. at the University of Botswana in Sept 2009. He is a Three times winner of the Dr. TM Salishu Most Published Librarian Award by the Nigerian Library Association (2015, 2017, and 2018), a 2007 winner of the CODESRIA small grant for thesis writing for the African PhD students’ category; and a 2023 EMERALD LITERATI Award for the Most Outstanding Paper; and also the University of Ilorin, Best Researcher of the Year for 2021/2022 academic session. He has authored so many articles in high-impact Web of Science/Scopus-rated journals. He was the Sub-Dean, of the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin from December 2012 to August 31st, 2015. He is presently the Head of Department, in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. Library and Information Studies
- Masters in Library and Information Studies
- Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology
- Bachelor’s Degree in Guidance and Counselling/Political Science
- Nigeria Certificate in Education (N.C.E) Guidance & Counselling/Social Studies
- West Africa School Certificate (G.C.E)
- West Africa School Certificate (WASC)
- Certificate in Database Management
- Certificate in E-learning
- Certificate in Cybersecurity
Professional Affiliations
- Nigerian Library Association (NLA)
- Nigerian Association of Library and Information Science Educators, NALISE
- Nigerian Association for Information Science and Technology
- Asian Council of Science Editors
- Informing Science Institute (ISI), USA
- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).
- The LikeMinds Africa Info Research Network
Undergraduate Teaching
- Introduction to Information Profession
- The Information Users
- Information Sources in Social Sciences
- Web Technologies
- Knowledge Management
- Information Ethics
- Automation in Library and Information Centres
- Information Retrieval
- Internet and Web Design
- Research Methodology in LIS
Postgraduate Teaching
- Research Methodology in LIS
- Knowledge Management
- Software Packages
- Internet and Web Design
- Foundation of Information Profession
- Issues in Information Communication Technology
- Computational Tools in LIS
Research Interests
- Advanced Technologies and Libraries
- ICT4Dev
- Information Systems Evaluation
- Scholarly Publishing/Communication
- Indigenous Knowledge
Research Affiliations
- University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
- University of Zululand, South Africa
Links to Publications
Get in Touch
For enquiries or collaborations, please use the contact details below.
Office Address
Room 5, 1st Floor, CIS Building, University of Ilorin
Department of Library & Information Science, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
07069793211
hodlis@unilorin.edu.ng