SURVEYING THE FUNCTIONS OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE PROMOTIONS OF LIBRARY MATERIALS AND SERVICES IN TARABA STATE UNIVERSITY, ACADEMIC LIBRARY JALINGO

Abstract

Surveying the functions of information technology in the promotion of library materials and services in Taraba state university, academic library. Computing technology, communication technology, and mass storage technology are some of the areas of continuous development that reshape the way libraries access, retrieve, store, manipulate, upgrade, advertise, and disseminate information to users. ICT has impacted on every sphere of academic library activity especially in the form of library collection development strategies, information services, library building and consortia. Information communication technology (ICT) has brought unprecedented changes and transformation to academic library and information services, conventional LIS such as OPAC, user services, reference services, bibliographic services, current awareness services, document delivery, interlibrary loan, audio visual services, and customer relations can be provided more efficiently and effectively using ICT, as they offer convenient time, place, cost effectiveness, faster and most up-to-date dissemination and end users involvement in the library and information services process. The impact of ICT characterized on information services by changes in format, content and method of production, and delivery of information products and services. Emergence of the internet as the largest repository of information and knowledge, changed the role of library and information science professionals from intermediary to facilitator, new tools for dissemination of information and shift from physical to virtual services environment and extinction of some conventional information services and emergence of new and innovated web based resources.