Purpose

The continuous advancement in technology has disrupted practices in many sectors, including education. Thus, this study aims to examine digital librarianship practice and open access technology use for sustainable development in Nigeria.

Design/methodology/approach

The survey type of descriptive research design was adopted in this study while the population of the study comprised librarians in universities in Delta State. A total of 38 randomly selected librarians from four universities in Delta State were used for this study, and the data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics.

Findings

This study revealed that the level of digital librarianship practice in university libraries in Delta State for sustainable development is low; just as social media tools, open source integrated library systems and Google Cloud Platforms are the most commonly used open access technologies in the libraries. Furthermore, this study showed that perennial factors such as poor funding of education, inadequate quality educational infrastructure, mismanagement of education fund among others are hindrance to sustainable development in the country’s educational sector.

Research limitations/implications

This study is limited in its use of only one state (out of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja) in Nigeria for this research. Also, social desirability bias on the part of the respondents could have influenced the pattern in which the respondents reacted to items in section D.

Practical implications

This study has practical implications for the sensitization and training of librarians towards leveraging on the various open access technologies in delivering effective library and information services required in the Fourth Industrial revolution.

Originality/value

This study seeks to pioneer a new area of focus by examining digital librarianship practice and open access technology use as enablers of sustainable development.

中文翻译：

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数字图书馆实践和开放获取技术用于尼日利亚的可持续发展

目的

技术的不断进步扰乱了包括教育在内的许多领域的实践。因此，本研究旨在研究数字图书馆实践和开放获取技术在尼日利亚可持续发展中的应用。

设计/方法/方法

本研究采用了描述性研究设计的调查类型，而研究的人口包括三角洲大学的图书馆员。本研究共使用了来自三角洲四所大学的 38 名随机选择的图书馆员，并使用描述性统计分析收集的数据。

发现

该研究表明，三角洲州大学图书馆的可持续发展数字图书馆实践水平较低；与社交媒体工具一样，开源集成图书馆系统和谷歌云平台是图书馆中最常用的开放访问技术。此外，本研究表明，教育资金不足、教育基础设施质量不足、教育基金管理不善等长期因素阻碍了该国教育部门的可持续发展。

研究限制/影响

本研究仅限于使用尼日利亚的一个州（36 个州和阿布贾联邦首都直辖区中的一个）进行这项研究。此外，受访者的社会期望偏见可能会影响受访者对 D 部分项目的反应模式。

实际影响

这项研究对图书馆员的宣传和培训具有实际意义，以利用各种开放获取技术提供第四次工业革命所需的有效图书馆和信息服务。

原创性/价值

本研究旨在通过研究数字图书馆实践和开放获取技术作为可持续发展推动力的应用，开拓一个新的关注领域。