Advancing the role of ICT in Nigerian university libraries

Abstract

This paper examines the importance, implications, and opportunities of ICT in Nigerian University libraries in the Information Age. It addresses possible areas of importance and advantages that can propel Nigerian universities and their libraries into being key players in the global IT revolution thereby enhancing their status in the Global Village. It examines the need for Nigerian universities to be part of the emerging technologies challenging the traditional methods of teaching and learning and the way education is managed. The problem of learning in this Information Technology age can be minimized through the effective application of ICT. Strategies of leap-frogging Nigerian university libraries into enviable position in Information Technology is carefully articulated in this paper.

The Information Technologist Vol. 2(2) 2005: 96-105