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- Title
Digitization of Archival Collections In Africa For Scholarly Communication: Issues, Strategies, and Challenges.
- Authors
Asogwa, Brendan Eze
- Abstract
The article discusses the digitization of archival collections in Africa, with a focus on its effect on communication in academic research. Topics include the high percentage of analogue materials in library archives in Africa as of 2011, the transition to electronic print and online public access catalogues (OPACs) as the result of advances in computer technology and how this contributes to the accessibility and preservation of materials, and challenges for archivists posed by the increase in pressure for digital resources.
- Subjects
AFRICA; DIGITIZATION of archival materials; DIGITIZATION of library materials; ARCHIVES; ONLINE library catalogs; ELECTRONIC information resources; ANALOG data; DIGITAL preservation
- Publication
Library Philosophy & Practice, 2011, p1
- ISSN
1522-0222
- Publication type
Article