APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) TO MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARY INFORMATION RESOURCES IN SELECTED NIGERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

📄 Project Abstract

Digital media have revolutionized information sources and advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and have dramatically enhanced information provision. The process of information management has become very challenging and complex. Libraries as centres for learning, teaching and research can no longer cope with information management through the use of traditional methods. To this end, the study was aimed at examining the application of ICTs to management of library information resources in selected Nigerian Federal University Libraries(NFUL) with regards to type of library information resources, type of ICT facilities available and being used, where these ICT facilities are applied in libraries operations and routine, staff ICT competence in the management of library information resources and challenges of ICT facilities utilisation in the management of library information resources in NFUL studied. Survey research method was adopted. Three hundred and thirty six ...