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INTRODUCTION
information resources to their libraries and these can be reflect many academic
and research libraries such as that of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Library, Yobe
and Mututla, 2005). One can also say that it is the information that can be
format are called digital born format resources, while those that were originally
in paper form then converted into e-form are termed as digitized resources,
there are various types of electronic resources which are available; some of the
popular ones that are gaining grounds are electronic books, electronic journals
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A library is a repository of wisdom of great thinkers of the past and the
ages and directions. The past recode constitute a natural resources and
electronically becomes not only the academic commitment but also the moral
resources are in good and usable condition. This demands for the proper
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The term preservation also includes all the managerial and financial
Despite the fact that academic libraries play a vital role in promoting
students education through preserving material that support their learning, they
The noble idea to establish a state university in Yobe state was first
provide sound and qualitative education in the state. It aims establishing a good
tertiary institution for thousands of our senior secondary school competition for
Alh. Bukar Abba Ibrahim decided to establish a University name Bukar Abba
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committee under the chairmanship Prof. Muhammad Nur Alkali in January
2006, to plan and prepare the takeoff of the university, the committee
immediately commenced action. The academic brief, the law establishing the
university and the master plan were produced and approved by the National
in 2006 with four faculties which include; Faculty of Science, Art Social and
The Goodluck Ebele Jonathan library was establish together with the
university with various departments and unit, that includes Cataloguing and
Circulation Division, Short Term Loan and E-library with Hajiya Adama
Dahiru AG as first university librarian. The aims and objectives of the library is
to support the teaching and learning of both staffs and students of the
university, the Yobe state university which is formally known as Bukar Abba
scholarly capacity of the university under governor Ibrahim Geidam the current
governor of the state decided to expand the course offering and research
activities in the university, the governor also added a Faculty of Law to the
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university, making it the second university in the northeast to offer Bachelor
Professor Yakubu Muktar as the second and current Vice Chancellor of the
university.
i. To identity the level of ICT skills amongst the staff that preserve
information resources;
library;
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vi. Recommend solution to address problems of electronic information
resources preservation.
iv. How does Goodluck Ebele Jonathan library acquire its electronic
information resources?
v. What is the level of support given by the library management for the
information in resources?
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information resources. The study could also be significance by either providing
foundation for a new policy or feeding into present policy with regard to
identified at the end of the study. Furthermore, the finding will fill in the gap
and help Goodluck library Yobe state university, Damaturu and other stake
The study was limited to Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Library, Yobe State
University, Damaturu. The focus of the research was to assess the electronic
or danger.
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Hardware: electronic apparatus used in processing information which are not
Microform: the general term for various types of information storage, media
CD-Rom: a compact disc used in computer as a read only device for data.
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CHAPTER TWO
2.1 Introduction
In this chapter literature relevant to the research topic has been organized
the year 1935, in the United States of America, the University of Texas, Boston
public library Montclair and New Jersey in 1941 till date. Nwaje (2007), stated
that during the late decades, computer processing and electronic information
other electronic devices are applied for the generation, storage and retrieved of
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information from manuscript preparation (using word processors) through
Aina et al., (2008), indicated that the foundation stone for electronic
information resources may have laid in 1945 when Vannerar Bush envisioned a
used to automate symbol-handling tasks and this help people think faster better
with experimental computer systems developed for the storage and retrieved of
bibliographic data during the 1960s. Buy the end of the decade, some major
(2009) the internet use the result of some visionary thinking by people in the
early 1960s who saw great potential value in allowing computers to share
1962m and move over to the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency
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However, during the 1970s and 1980s the availability of machine
information.
information delivery vehicles. Both OPAC and CR-ROM enabled the searching
electronic information resources during the 20th century was intended to make
essence of information is to preserve them for all future generation and also to
see that the state of the materials at any period in time is to endenger the
archieve the later end. He also argued that problem of deterioration of library
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services (2009) stresses that
preservation has been described as any action that effectively extends the life or
or otherwise reduce the risk of damage or loss. It also points out that it deals
with the formatting or reformatting to provide access without the physical use
of original object.
loss, decay, injury or violation. In the same view, Alhassan (2002) defined
worms, termites, beetles, cockroaches etc. inspite of this Kenny et al., (2002)
preservation reforming but until the concern associated with maintaining long-
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term accessibility to material stored in digital image form can be resourced
However, McCarry et al., (2002) maintained that with the advent of high
with increasing ease. They said that digital preservation involves the retention
of both information object and its meaning in the same view. Madu (2004) also
observed that libraries serve to preserve for those who follow us, our thoughts,
monitoring temperature, humidity, light exposure, air pollution, dirt and mold, it
training and outreach programs for staffs, patrons, the university community
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Madu (2010) explained that preservation connotes for more than keeping
a material in its original form or being familiar with all reforming technologies
available. He said that it means accessibility, when a user needs it, he get it.
Hence, he further explained that the whole process of security shelving, shelf-
explain the preservation from abuses like mutilation, defacing and/or stealing of
materials are preservation tenets. He said that all these things are done to ensure
explained that the concept of preservation is not only with protecting the
keeping them in conditions that could ensure their preservation in the most
favourable atmosphere away from anything likely to cause slow but continuous
deterioration.
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2.4 Electronic Information Resources
newspaper, full text database, statistical, reference and indexing and abstract
databases and any other material available electronically that are likely to other
essential part of modern society. This is because they play a very important role
important to any educational that is line with the present day global best
range of product that may exist in different forms such as CD-ROMS and
resources available on the internet such as online Database, WebPages etc. and
they provide libraries with vast resources for their user population (Gupta,
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The information on the web is structured facilitate browsing, it provide
resources during the 20th century was intended to make access to resource more
libraries become necessary of large number of user. He also stated that growth
in data usage leads errors and delays when manual systems are applied. The
resources are vital and they are currently the backbone of any dynamic
databases and electronic books not publicly available free of charges and
therefore they are expensive. Today librarian are very much concern about their
effective use.
content, which is in different electronic media such as tapes, floopies, radio etc.
which can be retrieved with the help of other electronic device like computers
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possible to develop the special gifts and talents hidden in reach student, thereby
assisting him/her to build a career. Also Lynch (2000) states that electronic
information resources in libraries saves time and effort than resources in manual
ways;
electronic formats.
accessible through the network anytime, anyplace and could be tailored to meet
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Science, it is possible to recognize the Ranganathans five laws of library
into services and collections. Paraphrased to better suit electronic resources, the
law reads; resources are for use, every person his or her resources, every
resources its user, save the time of the user, and the library is a growing
(2006), said that technical knowledge for the digital preservation strategies is
vein, Okoyo and Ugwuanyi (2012) suggested that there is need for staff to be
information resources preservation have been ongoing for several fear now. The
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2011). There are two preservation strategies; Migration and Emulation
strategies.
from one technology to another technology whilst trying to keep their properties
(Borghoff et al., 2006) they continued by saying that migration focuses on the
information resources in such a way that software and hardware updates will
According to Ngoepe and Van der Walt (2009) emulsion is the process
be like the original environment that used to create the electronic information
preservation that are widely recognized and shared by many other libraries
globally.
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Cornel University Library (2000-2003) in its arctic moving theory into
storage or obsolescence.
applet.
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1- Fragile storage media: information resources are vulnerable to loss and
destruction because they are store in fragile magnetic and optical media
that deteriorate rapidly and that can fail suddenly from exposure of heat,
other cultural institutions have limited and uncertain right to copy digital
Technology (IT) staff skills for them to keep up with the technological
obsolescence is needed (Moloi and Mutula, 2007). Kanyengo (2006), stated that
in preserving these resource, on the same point, Emmanuel and Sife (2008) and
from having low ICT skills also lack skills in digital preservation. In addition,
Lefuma (2004) available in the field as well as other professionals who are
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Asongwe and Ezema (2012) indicated that in third world countries there
are very few places where one can obtain formal specialized training in
added that most of the African information professional who walk in libraries
resources. Furthermore, Emmanuel and Sife (2008), in their study reported that
some of the information centres have manage to recruit staff and train them but
at the end they have fail to keep them. This indicates that necessary approaches
resources.
centres the right approaches needed to initiate ways which vital for the
protection of electronic information. Despite the fact that these policies are used
resources, Ogbebor (2011) in his paper reported that most African countries
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accord with Ogbebor above, Satish and Umesh (2005) stated that most of
got week policies while some do lack. In his investigation on preservation and
not have national information policies, the lack of policies means that in the
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CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction
This chapter discussed the method adopted for carrying out the research
it explained the research type, population of the study, procedure for research
collected and the sources of data collection procedure the research type was the
survey type.
phenomena with the intent of using the data to justify current condition and
The target population of the study comprises the entire staff of Yobe state
University Library.
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3.4 Research Instrument
In this sample method, the researcher purposely targets the entire staff of
The mode of the collection of the questionnaire was the same as with the
available in the library for the purpose of ascertaining the authenticity of the
research question and objectives of the study. After the research data collected,
data was edited to ensure adherence of the data collection protocol and avoid
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actions that would lead to missing and questionable data. The data was
explained that each question was and values represent and each value assigned
to it. Both Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software and manual
data analysis was used to manage, analyzed and display the data, tables, graphs,
and charts and percentages. The analysis and interpretation of data was done
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