This study investigated the factors hindering information resources preservation and the extent to which information services are affected in academic libraries. The population consisted of 170 library staff who were conveniently selected from the seven academic libraries under study. The researchers prepared a well-structured questionnaire for data collection and the responses were subjected into SPSS version 20 and content analysis. Findings revealed that lack of awareness, inappropriate building, and lack of preservation plan and being unsure on how to get started, being unsure on how to protect digital information resources and inadequate funding are the factors hindering effective preservation in academic libraries in Tanzania. The study also revealed that lack of information resources preservation affects library services to a great extent. The study concludes that damage of information resources affected information services. The study recommends that academic libraries management in collaboration with other stakeholders should establish a preservation consortium that will oversee the preservation issues in academic libraries country wide that may reduce the extent to which the barriers of information resources preservation affects the information services in the country. Through this consortium experts in the field of preservation will share skills on how they could tackle the preservation challenges together.

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信息资源保护：瓶颈及其对图书馆信息服务的影响

这项研究调查了阻碍信息资源保存的因素以及大学图书馆中信息服务受到影响的程度。人口包括170名图书馆工作人员，这些工作人员从正在研究的七个大学图书馆中方便地选出。研究人员准备了结构良好的调查表以进行数据收集，并将回答纳入SPSS 20版和内容分析中。调查结果表明，缺乏认识，建设不当，缺乏保存计划，不确定如何上手，不确定如何保护数字信息资源以及资金不足是阻碍坦桑尼亚学术图书馆有效保存的因素。该研究还表明，缺乏信息资源保护在很大程度上影响了图书馆服务。研究得出的结论是，信息资源的损害影响了信息服务。该研究建议，高校图书馆管理部门应与其他利益相关者合作，建立一个保存财团，以监督全国范围内高校图书馆的保存问题，这可能会减少信息资源保存障碍影响该国信息服务的程度。通过该财团，保护领域的专家将分享如何共同应对保护挑战的技能。该研究建议，高校图书馆管理部门应与其他利益相关者合作，建立一个保存财团，以监督全国范围内高校图书馆的保存问题，这可能会减少信息资源保存障碍影响该国信息服务的程度。通过该财团，保护领域的专家将分享如何共同应对保护挑战的技能。该研究建议，高校图书馆管理部门应与其他利益相关者合作，建立一个保存财团，以监督全国范围内高校图书馆的保存问题，这可能会减少信息资源保存障碍影响该国信息服务的程度。通过该财团，保护领域的专家将分享如何共同应对保护挑战的技能。