E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship
Date of this Version
Fall 2004
Document Type
Article
Citation
Electronic journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (Fall 2004) 5(2-3). Also available at http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v05n02/ogunsola_l01.htm.
Abstract
Abstract
The main aim of this paper is to examine the importance, implications, and opportunities opened to Nigerian libraries in the current Information Age as related to the concept of globalization. This paper shall attempt to address possible areas of importance and advantages that can propel Nigerian universities and their libraries into being a respective player in the global IT revolution and enhance their status in what is now widely called as Global Village. This paper stresses the necessity for Nigerian universities to be part of the new and emerging technologies which are challenging the traditional process of teaching and learning and the way education is managed. Strategies of leap-frogging Nigerian libraries into an enviable position of Information Technology will be carefully articulated in this paper.
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Comments
Copyright 2004, the author. Used by permission.