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Volume 40, Issue 5
1 May 1991
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Research Article| May 01 1991

Prospects for New Information Technology in Nigerian Libraries

Georgina Dien Ekpenyong
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-793X
Print ISSN: 0024-2535
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Library Review (1991) 40 (5)
https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539110136968

The importance of information for national development is highlighted, and the desire of many libraries in Nigeria to automate their services is explained. The problems being faced by libraries in Nigeria in this process are discussed and suggestions are offered which might help to make their plans a reality despite economic constraints.

Keywords: Information systems, Libraries, Nigeria, Information technology
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