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Use Of Information And Communication Technology In Academic Libraries In Nigeria
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1.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY NNAMBDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA
Following
the split of the former Anambra state into two states, Anambra and
Enugu states the Awka and Nnewe campuses of the former Anambra state
university of etchnology, were by the Anambra state Edict No 5 of
November 26, 1991 constituted into Nnamdi Azikiwe University. The Edict
up hold Awka and Nwewi as campuses of the university.
The university was taken over by the federal government with effect from September 1, (1992, by Decree No 34 of July 15, 1992).
The
RT. Hon. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the Owelle of Onitsha after whom the
university is named was in the vanguard of the fight against colonialism
in Africa and was the doyen of the independence struggle in Nigeria.
Believing in the use of education was a veritable tool in the liberation
struggle and in the enthronement of the dignity of man. He founded the
autonomous Nigerian university. His choice of a name for that university
the university of Nigeria, is an eloquent testimony to his belief in an
commitment to Nigerian unity.
The main campus of the university is
located at Awka sited thirty-five kilometers to the South-West of Awka
and the second campus is at Nnewi.
The university has a population of
twenty-four thousand seven hundred and six (24,706) for the full-time
and twelve thousand, four hundred and seventy-six (12,476) students for
the part-time programmes during the 2004/2005 academic year.
THE UNIZIK DIGITAL LIBRARY
“A GIGANTIC VISIONâ€
The
UNIZIK Digital library has been described as the foremost and biggest
on-line library in the country. UNIZIK bulletin crew was informed of
this fact when they visited the Digital Librarian, Dr. Chinwe Anunobi,
at her office on the 8th of February 2011.
The Digital library is a
unit of the university library. The library is located at the centre of
the university called Prof. Festus Aghagbo Nwako library.
The purpose
of the visit was to find out how staff and students make use of the
digital facility as well as the challenges facing it. Dr. Anunobi, who
called the digital outfit “a gigantic vision†spoke volumes about the
indispensable position of the library to modern scholarship and research
in the life of any university that must reckon with the global
challenges of the 21st century.
1.3 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
There are
copious studies and opinion on the use of ICT facilities for library
functions in general. In Nigerian university libraries, ICT facilities
were primarily used fro serials functions and are still in use. However
not much has be found in literature as regards the areas of functions
they are used and the facilities is use. Hence the survey tends to
address this gap by identifying the extent of ICT use in the academic
libraries operations.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Academic libraries play a prominent role in providing information services in various forms to researchers, scientist, policy makers, planners etc. a well organized academic library should have ICT to assist both patrons and information professionals in the libraries. This research work highlights the use and problems of I.C.T in Nigeria academic libraries particular interest on the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. ICT facilitates access to electronic information which has become invaluable and c ... Continue reading---
