PRESERVATION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION RESOURCES IN THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN THE NORTH WESTERN STATES OF NIGERIA
PRESERVATION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION RESOURCES IN THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN THE NORTH WESTERN STATES OF NIGERIA
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2015-10
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JIMADA, Aisha
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Abstract
This study investigated preservation of digital information resources in Federal University
Libraries in North Western States of Nigeria. To achieve the objective of the study, four research
questions were constructed. A qualitative research methodology was used; purposive sampling
was used for the study, the instrument used for data collection was the structured interview. The
responses from the respondents who are staff of the digitization unit were analyzed descriptively
using tables. The result of the findings showed that the most popular information resources
generated and preserved are theses dissertation, preprint and post print journals. External hard
drives, CD-rom/DVD and computer hard disk are the common storage media used for
preservation in the libraries studied. It was also discovered that migration and use of standard
are the popular strategies used for preservation. The study discovered that the major
challenges in preservation of digital information resources include; lack of infrastructure,
technological obsolescence, poor maintenance culture, inadequate power supply and inadequate
fund. The study concludes that even though some form of preservation is carried out on digital
information resources in libraries studied but yet not effectively and efficiently done. In view of
this a number of recommendations were made including providing different types of digital
information resources such as record inventions, technical report, use of mirror server, use of
strategies such as emulation, refreshment ,constant upgrades of hardware and software.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER IN ARCHIVE AND RECORD MANAGEMENT (MARM)
DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA.
Keywords
PRESERVATION,, DIGITAL INFORMATION RESOURCES,, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES,, NORTH WESTERN STATES,, NIGERIA