Assessing Library Automation and Virtual Library Development in Four Academic Libraries in Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria

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Main Author: Gbadamosi, Belau Olatunde
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Published: 2011
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contents Assessing Library Automation and Virtual Library Development in Four Academic Libraries in Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria Gbadamosi, Belau Olatunde Foreign Countries Library Automation Library Services Electronic Libraries Academic Libraries Library Development Librarians Internet Professional Training Online Catalogs Questionnaires The paper examines the level of library automation and virtual library development in four academic libraries. A validated questionnaire was used to capture the responses from academic librarians of the libraries under study. The paper discovers that none of the four academic libraries is fully automated. The libraries make use of librarians with background training in computer applications coupled with in-house and sponsored conferences and workshops. Again, none of the automation and internet equipments in these four institutions is assessed to be adequate. The paper recommends that parent institutions should give priority to the development of library automation and virtual library development through internet connectivity by voting adequate fund to this project. (Contains 7 tables.)
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spellingShingle Assessing Library Automation and Virtual Library Development in Four Academic Libraries in Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Gbadamosi, Belau Olatunde
Foreign Countries
Library Automation
Library Services
Electronic Libraries
Academic Libraries
Library Development
Librarians
Internet
Professional Training
Online Catalogs
Questionnaires
Assessing Library Automation and Virtual Library Development in Four Academic Libraries in Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria Gbadamosi, Belau Olatunde Foreign Countries Library Automation Library Services Electronic Libraries Academic Libraries Library Development Librarians Internet Professional Training Online Catalogs Questionnaires The paper examines the level of library automation and virtual library development in four academic libraries. A validated questionnaire was used to capture the responses from academic librarians of the libraries under study. The paper discovers that none of the four academic libraries is fully automated. The libraries make use of librarians with background training in computer applications coupled with in-house and sponsored conferences and workshops. Again, none of the automation and internet equipments in these four institutions is assessed to be adequate. The paper recommends that parent institutions should give priority to the development of library automation and virtual library development through internet connectivity by voting adequate fund to this project. (Contains 7 tables.)
title Assessing Library Automation and Virtual Library Development in Four Academic Libraries in Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
topic Foreign Countries
Library Automation
Library Services
Electronic Libraries
Academic Libraries
Library Development
Librarians
Internet
Professional Training
Online Catalogs
Questionnaires
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED520686