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Volume 98, Issue 3
1 June 1997
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New Library World
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Case Report| June 01 1997

Automating a large library in Nigeria: the story so far

Georgina D. Ekpenyong
Deputy University Librarian (Technical Services) at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6909
Print ISSN: 0307-4803
© MCB UP Limited
1997
New Library World (1997) 98 (3): 106–110.
https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809710164604

The University of Ibadan Library is the first largest library to automate its library services in Nigeria. It is now a focal point for library automation in the country. Highlights the span of library automation in this library and also reflects the impact of the World Bank Book Project started in 1991 in research and teaching in the university.

Keywords: Automation, Nigeria, University libraries
© MCB UP Limited
1997
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