Abstract: The paper discusses the implementation of digital technology by academic libraries in the age of knowledge and information society, highlights the problems faced by the polytechnic libraries in Nigeria on the implementation of digital technology and how much has been achieved in overcoming them. This paper is based on primary sources of analysed questionnaire and observation. The findings shows that while polytechnic libraries are already advanced in the implementation of digital technology, their sustenance is still faced with some challenges that are either common to all or peculiar to some. This paper concludes that some of the identified challenges have been surmounted. It also offered some specific suggestions for sustaining the successes that have been recorded and also for overcoming the remaining challenges, such as creation of back-ups for electronic resources in form of ‘’ change media’’ which involves printing out digital materials and preserving the hard copy or storage in external hard disk, among others.
Keywords: Challenges, Digital Technology, polytechnic libraries.
Title: OVERCOMING CHALLENGES TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: THE CASE OF TWO POLYTECHNIC LIBRARIES
Author: OLOWOFILA, M.O., OBAFUNMISO, C.K.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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