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Peer reviewedNkereuwem, E. E. – Information Services and Use, 1988
Discusses the need for emerging information technologies to be integrated into the Nigerian academic library environment for the improvement of existing systems and services, and the threat to the role of the academic library if new technologies are not embraced by the year 2000. (15 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedIfidon, Betty I. – World Libraries, 2000
Identifies major problems that affect reader's services departments in Nigerian university libraries. Highlights include the functions of the reader's services department, including circulation, collection management, user education, and interlibrary loan; student population explosion; funding shortages; staffing shortages; and suggested…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation
Peer reviewedDaniel, James O. – International Library Review, 1989
Discusses library education in Nigeria and the areas that the curriculum for library automation must cover to enable developing countries to implement automated systems. Topics covered include systems design and planning; technology; critical judgment; terminology; cooperation with peers; and an integrated approach to education for library…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedOnonogbo, R. U. – International Information and Library Review, 1994
Discussion of developments in Nigerian higher education focuses on library services and user expectations. Topics include library automation; currency and timeliness; physical environment; preservation and conservation of library materials; information management; user education; translations to overcome language barriers; and the role of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Management
Peer reviewedAjibero, Matthew Idowu – Public & Access Services Quarterly, 1995
Examines the present services offered by university libraries in Nigeria, future users' expectations, the role of information technology, the type of staff needed, and the impact of computers on acquisitions, circulation, interlibrary loan, serials control, and online information retrieval. Finances, staff development, and the need for library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Peer reviewedAdeniran, Olatunde R.; And Others – Electronic Library, 1994
Reports on a study of CD-ROM products in Nigerian libraries and information centers that gathered information about funding sources, users, hardware configurations, and training facilities through a survey of research, public, and academic libraries. Recommendations for future CD-ROM use are included, and a copy of the survey is appended.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAgboola, A. T. – International Information and Library Review, 1993
Examines the development of Nigerian University libraries and the political factors that created them and continue to effect their development, with a focus on those established between 1980 and 1984. Users, governance, finance, buildings, staffing, collection development, services, cataloging and classification, and automation are described.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
