IJALIS

ISSN: 2360-7858

 International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science
 

Vol. 7(3), pp. 74–81, April, 2019. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2019.025

Full Length Research

This study investigated the Adoption of UNESCO Digital Preservation Guidelines for measuring Preservation Policies of Digital Materials in University Libraries in South East, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research method. The population was made up of 160 librarians in university libraries in South East, Nigeria. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire adapted from the UNESCO Digital Preservation Guidelines. Data were analysed, and simple percentages were used to answer the research questions and chi-square was used to test the hypotheses. The study revealed that 83.2% of the librarians in the university libraries in South-East, Nigeria agreed that they do not have preservation Policies yet for their digital materials based on the UNESCO Digital Preservation Guidelines. Based on the UNESCO Digital Preservation Guidelines, the existing preservation policies do not differ significantly based on the university ownership. The study recommends strongly that university librarians in South- East Nigeria should adopt the UNESCO Digital Preservation Guidelines as their working guide in preserving the digital materials in their libraries.

Keywords: Digital Materials, Digital Preservation, Policies, UNESCO guidelines, Nigeria
 

Cite This Article As: NWORIE, J.C., NWOSU, O. (2019). Adoption of UNESCO Digital Preservation Guidelines for Measuring Preservation Policies of Digital Materials in University Libraries in South East, Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 7(3): 74-81