DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL MANUSCRIPT REPOSITORY

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2010-07-15
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MOHAMMED, Zakari
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The paper examined the place of manuscripts as primary sources of information service delivery and socio-political, economic and knowledge acquisition in various subject areas of academic disciplines. It highlighted the need for their digitization, establishment of Digital Manuscript Repository (DMR), taking note of its structure, content, services, systems requirements and sustenance. It concludes by emphasizing the need to digitize and house manuscripts in networked digital repositories to prevent them from extinction and unduely inaccessible and also ensure their local, national and global access and use.
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DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT,, DIGITAL MANUSCRIPT,, REPOSITORY
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