REPOSITIONING OF KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE CENTRES FOR EFFECTIVE DIGITAL SERVICES
REPOSITIONING OF KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE CENTRES FOR EFFECTIVE DIGITAL SERVICES
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2021-04
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Suleiman, Hussaini
Sambo, Suleiman
Shehu, Mohammed Kokami
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Information Communication Technology has changed the way Knowledge Resource Centers
operate today. This has led most of the KRC to move from the old way of providing services to
users to the modern method due to Information Communication Technology which gave birth to
digital services. The aim of this article was to reposition the Information Resource Center for the
effective dissemination of information through digital services. The need to reconfigure the KRC
for an effective digital library was also explored. It highlights the concept of a digital library by
studying the basic requirements and equipment needed to restore KRC for effective digital
services. The article examines some of the opportunities and issues associated with creating a
KRC digital library, such as: Better accessibility, faster information retrieval, copyright /
license, and power outages, to name a few. It concludes that KRC, which relies heavily on print
resources, should rethink and incorporate digital services to effectively serve its remote users
and also figure out how to maintain digital services so that library services are effective. Some
recommendations were made which included that KRC should try to persuade and obtain a
copyright license from publishers / authors. This would help them provide a better service to
their users. KRC should continue to improve users' digital services by ensuring that users can
access resources anytime, anywhere, and any day, It will help them change their way of thinking
to take advantage of the latest digital technologies / services
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A PAPER PRESENTED AT (CUCRD) NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRACY, GOOD
GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZED BY CENTRE FOR UNITY,
CONFLICT RESOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT AND COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES SALEM UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE. 26TH – 27TH, APRIL, 2021