Digital Resources Management: A Panacea for Digital Information Service Delivery in Nigerian Academic Libraries

Abstract

Rationale of Study – The purpose of this study was to examine the concept of digital  resources management as a possible enabler of effective digital information  service delivery in Nigerian academic libraries.   
Methodology – A descriptive survey method was adopted for this study. The  population of the study comprised of eight hundred and forty-one (841) librarians  from 84 university libraries in Southern Nigeria. The entire population of 841  librarians was used in the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data which  was analysed using descriptive statistics. 
Findings – The study found that, the types of digital information resources  available for use in university libraries in Southern Nigeria are e-books, e-journals,  e-newspapers, e-magazines, websites, and OPAC; the digital information services  being rendered to users in university libraries in Southern Nigeria are e-mail and  Internet based service among others.  
Implications – This submission is a work by the researcher and to the best of the  researcher’s knowledge contains no materials previously published or written by  another person. 
Originality – Proper management of digital information resources using strategies  such as normalisation, encapsulation, technology preservation, refreshing,  replication, migration and emulation will help to keep library digital information  resources in good shape and will also assist the university libraries to deliver  effective digital information services to their users.