Ifijeh, Goodluck and Iwu-James, Juliana and Osinulu, Ifeakachuku (2015) From Binding to Digitization: Issues in Newspaper Preservation in Nigerian Academic Libraries. Taylor and Francis online, 41 (4). pp. 242-249.
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Abstract
This article examines the importance of newspapers to research, education, and economic development for Nigeria and advocates the need to preserve newspapers. The authors discuss critical preservation issues related to newspapers and emphasize the urgent need to address their deteriorating state in Nigerian academic libraries. The article also examines the binding preservation method practiced among academic libraries and observes that the method is not adequate. It recommends that academic libraries in Nigeria should adopt the digitization model for newspaper preservation. The article identifies the digital divide, poor technological infrastructure, inadequate funding, lack of expertise, and copyright prohibitions as challenges of digitization and makes recommendations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | academic libraries, • digitization, • Nigeria, • newspapers, • preservation |
| Subjects: | Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2016 16:03 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Feb 2016 16:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/6131 |
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