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From Binding to Digitization: Issues in Newspaper Preservation in Nigerian Academic Libraries

Authors :
Ifeakachuku Osinulu
Goodluck Ifijeh
Juliana Iwu-James
Source :
Serials Review. 41:242-249
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2015.

Abstract

This article examines the importance of newspapers to research, education, and economic development for Nigeria and advocates the need to preserve newspapers. The authors discuss critical preservation issues related to newspapers and emphasize the urgent need to address their deteriorating state in Nigerian academic libraries. The article also examines the binding preservation method practiced among academic libraries and observes that the method is not adequate. It recommends that academic libraries in Nigeria should adopt the digitization model for newspaper preservation. The article identifies the digital divide, poor technological infrastructure, inadequate funding, lack of expertise, and copyright prohibitions as challenges of digitization and makes recommendations.

Details

ISSN :
1879095X and 00987913
Volume :
41
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Serials Review
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........0305a93c1cd522cbc40530e8c40b086d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2015.1103153