Information Communication Technology (ICT) Intervention in Library and Information Services

Abstract

The emerging and fast growing Information Communication Technologies (ICT) and their application in libraries especially academic libraries have continued to revolutionize the pattern and scope of library services. The ICT facilities as applied to library functions, virtual and the digital library concept are examined as well as constraints militating against the effective utilization of them. The new roles of libraries and information managers and the challenges facing them as well as measures to make them relevant in the new dispensation are highlighted.