OGUNMODEDE, THOMAS A and NWOKEOMA, NWANNE M. and APATA, MABEL E. (2014) Influence Of Automated Cataloguing System On Manual Cataloguing System In The Library: A Case Study Of Selected Academic Libraries In South-West, Nigeria. The Information Tecnologist An International JournalnOf Information And Communication Technology (ICT), II (2). pp. 61-75.
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This study examied the automation of cataloguing and classification practices in academic libraries in South-West Nigerian and what effect the automated cata/o~uin~ systme has on manual catalo~uin~ in the the libraries. The stifdv population 1 comprised II 0 library professional and paraprofessional personnel working in the cataloguing section oft he {en jetJeral and state university libraries in South-West Nigeria. Total enumeration technique was used to randomly se,fect the study population for this study. Data for this study was collected using questionnaire. A 5-point Likert scale were' used with 1-5 representing 'strongly agree', 'agree', 'undecided', . 'disagree' and 'strongly disagree ' respectively, ·to e/idit information .from the respondents. A total of II 0 copies of the questionnaires were distributed to the respondents. 85 copies of the questionnaires were retrieved and valid for analysis. Data were analysed using charts, table, frequencies, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The result of the study find out that automation is. changing positively the way bibliographic details are being created and displayed. Cataloguing is now quicker with the automated system and that automated system is preferred to the manoa/ system. The study highlighted various benefits of cataloguing automation such as automation · improve inter-personal relationship, saves time, easy feedback/rom library user, etc.The study recommends that libraries should not be satisfied with the little benefits derived from the partial automation of the cataloguing and other sections of the libraries but should fully automate the systems and continuously upgrade the automated systems especially as technology unfold
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Academic libraries, cataloguing, automation, automated systems. |
| Subjects: | Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z719 Libraries (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2015 11:56 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2016 08:55 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/5407 |
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