AUTOMATION OF LIBRARY SERVICES FOR ENHANCED USERS’ SATISFACTON OF INFORMATION RESOURCES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN NIGERIA
AUTOMATION OF LIBRARY SERVICES FOR ENHANCED USERS’ SATISFACTON OF INFORMATION RESOURCES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN NIGERIA
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2017-09
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Suleiman, Hussaini
Rajeev, Vashistha
Jimoh, Amina O.
Hassana, Jimah
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The advancement of Information Communication Technology has brought change to the operations of library services in many academic libraries in Nigeria, from traditional methods to a modernized way with the computerization of library activities. The paper looks into library automation for enhanced users’ satisfaction of library services via acquisition, circulation, online Public Access catalogue, Catalogue and serial control. The paper would help academic libraries in Nigeria who have partially automated or those that have not yet automated their library activities to fully embrace it so as to satisfy the information of needs of the users by providing efficient library services. It also highlighted some rationale and requirement for the successful implementation of library automation in academic libraries in Nigeria and how best to tackle the challenges confronting libraries in an academic setting. It concludes by urging the management/Stakeholders of all the academic libraries in Nigeria to carefully plan and implement high quality library and information services due to the growing demand of users and the changing social and technological environment of the present era.
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