LIBRARY COURSES

Digital Librarianship in Technical and conventional Libraries

N275,000

Date and Venue

March 13, 2023 - March 17, 2023
Top Rank Hotels Galaxy, Ikeja, Lagos
June 26, 2023 - June 30, 2023
Premier Hotel Ibadan, Oyo State
Sept. 18, 2023 - Sept. 22, 2023
Zaranda Hotel, Bauchi, Bauchi State
Dec. 4, 2023 - Dec. 8, 2023
University of Ibadan Guest Houses

Description

About the Course: This course is designed to provide an understanding of the issues related to the management of digital libraries. The course will focus on the development of digital collections and on the technical requirements for storage and dissemination of digital materials. Related issues such as collection development, licensing, intellectual property, access services, organization, and use of digital libraries will be introduced. Participants will identify and use varied techniques and technologies for digitizing materials, evaluate the strengths and limitations of current efforts in collecting and organizing digital materials, and explore the concepts, problems and limitations of digital libraries.

Course Objectives:

  • To provide participants with an overview of current applications of computer and communications technology in libraries and information centers.
  • To examine management issues related to application of computers in library environments.
  • To analyze trends and study new computer technologies which may be important in libraries of the future.

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1       Special Library Management And ServicesNature of special library; Objectives of special library; Special library users; Technical and readers’ service; Management of special libraries

Module 2      Information And Communication Technology (ICT)

Application in libraries and information Centers

  • Definition of ICT; Advantage of ICT; Overview of ICT applied in libraries and information centre; Networking – LAN, MAN and WAN; Problems and prospect of ICT use in Nigeria libraries

Module 3      Digital Libraries: Definitions, Issues and Challenges

Module 4:        Digitization in Libraries

  • -       What is Digitization?
  • -      Process of digitization; planning the digital library
  • -       Feasibility study
  • -     Acquisition of hardware and software
Module 5:  Administration and Users’ Service        The system administration; Technical support (maintenance); Supplies; troubleshooting; Subscription and licensing; upgrade         User education; Information and retrieval and reference service; Monitoring and evaluationModule 6:      Issue In Digitization Of Libraries In Nigeria                  Copyright; Consortium building; User fee; Budgeting and finance; networking security; Staff training and retraining                   -    Power supply
 
Module 7:     Study tour of  Library and document centre