Browsing by Author "Nunoo, Francis Kofi Nimo"

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    The awareness, access and usage of electronic journals among academic staff in KNUST
    (2014) Nunoo, Francis Kofi Nimo
    The escalating prices of printed journals and the dwindling resources of many libraries have forced libraries across the globe, to take a reflect on how to stay abreast of time. The introduction of electronic journals provided an avenue for the restocking of periodicals by many libraries. This phenomenon has however provided an avenue for studies to be conducted around the globe to investigate the perception, reaction and use of these electronic materials among scholars. It was in this light that this study was situated. The study sought to access the level of awareness, access, usage and challenges users of electronic journals (academic staff) faced. The study reviewed literature relating to the definition of electronic journal, its historical development and elaborated on various studies aimed specifically at faculties across the world. The study was quantitative in design. A questionnaire was used to collect primary data from academic staff from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The survey yielded 109 usable questionnaires, with a response rate of 49%. The study showed a high level of awareness of the existence of electronic journals on the Internet, as well as electronic journal services provided by the University by the respondents. Majority of respondents used these electronic materials mainly in writing articles for publication. Issues of slow Internet speed and the frequent electrical power outages on campus were some of the challenges hindering usage of electronic journals.
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    Exploring street graphics: Strategies and challenges for city branding in Kumasi, Ghana
    (Taylor and Francis, 2023) Anane-Antwi, Eric; Nunoo, Francis Kofi Nimo; Marful, Alexander Boakye; Duah, Daniel Yaw Addai
    Street graphics are the main feature of urban areas providing opportunities for advertising, wayfinding, visual stimulation, and other activities while adding to the quality of the urban area. Street graphics can potentially affect a city’s overall brand and appeal. Many cities are experiencing visual pollution as a byproduct of unregulated street graphics. Due to its unique categorisation as a historical and commercial centre, Kumasi, the second largest city in Ghana, provided the opportunity to investigate the use of street graphics for branding. The study through a constructivist-interpretive perspective approach, utilised visual survey and philology to gather data and analyse the street’s graphic composition and establish the reasons for its presence. It became obvious through the results of the study that the clatter of the street graphics has affected the process of identifying and agreeing upon a relevant set of city brand attributes Kumasi require. The mixture of street graphics which is strongly skewed towards Funerals, Religious programs, and Herbal Medicine, suggest that Kumasi may want to be identified with that but that is not the core objective of the City of Greater Kumasi Area. Kumasi does not seem to have a clear identity, although it is home to wonderful tangible and intangible cultural heritages (the Golden Stool and the Ashanti Kingdom). Although the city has seen significant structural development and modernization without any direction for identity, the managers of the city have not sought to define the identity of the city, and the street graphics have also compounded the identity crisis. An assessment criterion was developed to compare the various street graphics on the streets with recommendations regarding the type of street graphics employed and their overall effect on the host street that can have significant impact on its branding.
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    Improvement of computer-aided book layout design in book publication in Ghana
    (2005-11-08) Nunoo, Francis Kofi Nimo
    Books are the basic sources of knowledge and a storehouse of the world’s knowledge. Owing to this, they remain a vital part in the development of any country. They act as one of the vital tools for the transfer of knowledge. A well laid-out book encourages reading while the opposite may lead to poor reading habit. The development of book layout design has seen growth from hand- composition to computer-aided. The technological age has improved book layout design globally. However, the use of the computer as an aid in book layout design in Ghana is faced with some problems. It is for this reason that this research set out to find some of the flaws that are associated with computer-aided book layout designs produced in the country. The researcher reviewed related literature, identified and discussed some of the flaws existing in Ghanaian Computer-aided book layout design and came out with a User-Guide that could serve as a teaching and learning material. The User-Guide is based on two layout software application packages namely Adobe PageMaker 7 and QuarkXPress 5. This guide is contains relevant basic book layout design principles and conventions and provides step-by-step information for using the software packages for book layout design. Qualitative method was used for this research. The whole study was descriptive using observation and interviewing as instruments for eliciting data. Some of the flaws identified in the study include: rivers of white space, exaggerated tabs and indentation, and use of too many typefaces. It was also observed that many of the flaws identified have come about as a result of the fact that many book designers in Ghana are not professionally trained or lacked the basic understanding of book layout principles and conventions or an understanding of the various software applications. Out of the study, it is recommended that Book Design and Typography (the hallmark of quality book publication), be given serious attention in the various institutions where they are studied to help bring up professionalism in book layout designs in the country.