AI-Mediated Information Seeking

Projects

AI 2026

Multilingual AI Chat Assistant

Personal project (NaijaTalk) NaijaTalk is a chat assistant that actually answers in Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa, built because most AI tools quietly assume everyone thinks in English. View project

Publications & talks

• Peer-reviewed article2022

  Undergraduates’ use of online forums in a Nigerian University of Education

  Ilorin Varsity International Journal of Library and Information Science A study of how undergraduate students at a Nigerian university of education use online forums as part of their academic information seeking, and what that reliance on informal, peer-driven channels means for library and information services. Read the details

Studies

1. 2026 - Present • Research Team Member

   Investigation of Accurate Boolean Searching in AI-Enhanced Databases

   Grainger Engineering Library, UIUC

   Systematic testing of Boolean search strategies across AI-enhanced academic databases following a standardized protocol, with collaborative data collection in Zotero group libraries.