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Preparing Academic Libraries for Service Delivery in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Era
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Author(s): Ademola Ferdinand Omosekejimi (Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Nigeria), Osaze Patrick Ijiekhuamhen (Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Nigeria)and Angela Chiwendu Nweke (Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos, Nigeria)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 18
Source title:
Handbook of Research on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Librarianship
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Innocent Isa Ekoja (Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria), Esoswo Francisca Ogbomo (Delta State University, Nigeria)and Omorodion Okuonghae (Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Nigeria)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9094-2.ch015
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Abstract
This chapter focused on preparing academic libraries for effective service delivery in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) era. The chapter discussed issues relating to various services rendered by academic libraries to their users and how these services are being rendered (primitively and the use of ICT facilities). The chapter also discussed various developments in 4IR era and the technologies that are associated with 4IR that are useful to libraries. The chapter also discussed how libraries can be prepared to adopt advanced technologies associated with 4IR and how they can be utilized for effective service delivery in libraries. The chapter also discussed types of training needed by academic library staff to be able to function and render effective services to their user in the 4IR. The chapter reviewed relevant literature on the topic of discussion, and the researchers utilized Google search engine to gather scholarly articles from databases that are open access and are relevant to the study, which formed the basis for all the literature that was reviewed in the study.
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