Adoption of Digital Preservation Methods for Theses in Nigerian Academic Libraries: Applications and Implications
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Graduating students of higher institutions in Nigeria usually write and submit theses, as a requirement for the
award of diplomas, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. This paper examines the importance of students'
theses to research, industrial and economic development of the nation and therefore advocates the need to
preserve them. It discusses the intricate dimensions of the preservation of theses in academic libraries and
notes the urgent need to address the worsening deteriorating state of students' theses in academic libraries in
Nigeria. The paper also discusses the current traditional preservationmethods practicedamong academic libraries
and observed that these methods are not adequate. It recommends that academic libraries in Nigeria should
digitize theses and adopt the cloud computing preservation model through the operations of institutional
repositories. The paper further identified digital divide and poor technological infrastructure, inadequate funding,
data security breaches and issues revolving around copyright as challenges of digitization and cloud computing,
and made recommendations.
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Z665 Library Science. Information Science