The study surveyed digital skills and technologies for digital preservation in academic libraries in Nigeria. Descriptive research survey was used. The population comprised librarians in academic libraries in Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the librarians. Online questionnaire was used to gather the respondents. 200 responses were valid for analysis. The study was analyzed using mean scores and simple percentages. The result shows that librarians in Nigeria lack skills for digital preservation, libraries in Nigeria rarely digitize its collections; academic libraries acquire digital materials through born digital collection and consortium/resources sharing. The technologies and techniques used for digital preservation are integrated library management system, institutional repositories, CD/disks and data migration. The challenges affecting digital preservation includes lack of fund, lack of facilities, inadequate skills, copy right issues and lack of policy. It was recommended that libraries should be automated and undergoes digitization of library collection; librarians should be trained on digital preservation skills and preservation policies.
1.1 Introduction
In this section, Survey of Digital Skills and Technologies for Digital Preservation in Academic Library is discussed, with relevant and recent citations. As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the aim and objectives of the study. Others are significance of the study, scope of work, research hypothesis and questions, limitation of the study and definition of terms.