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The Virtual Library is currently developing, as the society becomes more dependent on technology to store and obtain information quickly and effectively, there has been increasing concern in how easy access can be made to books for research, or having unhindered access to store information about research work or knowledge. The Internet is its ever-evolving state is becoming a serious method of business communication and data transfer […]
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The influence of colonialism on Nigeria cannot be over emphasized. The influx of white explorers, traders and missionaries led to the development of settlements that differed from the traditional domestic environment. These new settlements were designed to reflect the norms, values and economic policies of the colonial masters.Africa, the land of blessed race, where the opportunists came to dev […]
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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY To understand the meaning and scope of preservation and conservation of library materials in public library, the definition of public library in digital age becomes relevant. That is for discussion to be intelligible; it must start with definition of terms. Therefore, library has defined by many writers and many Authors have attempted to define a library without success. Elmer D. Johnson (19 […]
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The internet plays a fundamental role in organizations and societies. The basic fact justifies the information revolution that has been taking place across the globe in recent times. The term internet, according to Cawkell in Ogedegbe (2006, p.152) is a large computer network formed out of some thousands of interconnected networks, and it supports a whole range of services such as electronic, fi […]
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Schools, be it nursery, primary or secondary, are established with a view to achieve the following objectives. 1) To improve positively on the civil life of the students 2) To impart on the cognitive ability of the students 3) To impart on the moral life of the student 4) Affects the vocabulary building of the student 5) To prepare each student for higher education Thus, schools establish libraries that partner them in […]
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 LIBRARY SYSTEM A library can be defined as a room or building where books are kept and referenced. It is an area of multifarious activity on book management. A library as a repository of knowledge, houses collections of books, both reference and general, technical reports, periodicals, journals, conference proceedings and the likes. Consequently, truth and knowledge can be found and acquired from the library through th […]
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INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Education is considered as an agent of human processing where human beings like raw-materials, are processed through schooling and converted to finished product as a result of good teaching by the professional teachers. However, Carter (1995) described the education as the aggregate or totality of all the process by means of which a personal develops ability, attitude, skills and forms of behavior t […]