CLOUD COMPUTING PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR NIGERIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
CLOUD COMPUTING PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR NIGERIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
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2013-06
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Gbaje, Ezra Shiloba
DAUDU, H.M
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Abstract
There is a rapid growth in the development and use of Information Technology in Nigeria resulting to digital
savvy library patrons, who expect that library resources and services to be automated so that they can enjoy
the library services remotely. With poor Information Technology infrastructure, servers, storage application,
inadequate IT skilled librarians and cost, library automation has been a challenge for many academic
libraries. Cloud computing offers the opportunities to provide library patrons with library and information
services hereto would have been impossible This paper examine the prospect of cloud computing particularly
Software as a Service (SaaS) a nomenclature of cloud computing and challenges in its adoption for the
management of Library resources. The paper concludes that adoption of cloud computing for library •
automation is will no doubt make library automation cheaper and more affordable to many academic
libraries, hence the recommendation for its adoption.
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PROCEEDINGS OF MULTICULTURAL AFRICAN CONFERENCE
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CLOUD COMPUTING,, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES,, NIGERIAN,, ACADEMIC LIBRARIES,