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What is Resource Sharing

Handbook of Research on Digital Devices for Inclusivity and Engagement in Libraries
Resource sharing refers to the sharing of library resources by certain participating libraries among themselves on the basis of the principle of co-operation. This is applicable in sharing of documents, manpower, services, space, and equipment.
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Resource Sharing: Vehicle for Effective Library Information Dissemination and Services in The Digital Age
Adeyinka Tella (University of Ilorin, Nigeria), Femi Quardri (Federal Polytechnic, Nigeria), Sunday Segun Bamidele (Kwara State College of Education, Nigeria), and Olubukola Oluyemisi Ajiboye (University of Ilorin, Nigeria)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9034-7.ch004
Abstract
The chapter examined resource sharing as vehicle for effective library information dissemination and services in the digital age. In relation to this purpose, studies have shown that the global information explosion, the cut in library budgetary allocations, the rising costs and complexities of information resources, as well as the need to provide the user community with optimal access to needed information make resource sharing initiatives indispensable particularly among academic libraries for effective information dissemination and service delivery in the digital age. However, certain questions remain unanswered in the literature regarding resource sharing. They include: How can libraries engage in effective dissemination of information to the clientele through resource sharing? How can resource sharing result to effective service delivery in academic library? Is there a reflection of resource sharing in Nigeria? What is the nature of resource sharing in this digital age? What does the future hold regarding resource sharing in academic libraries and what are the issues/challenges associated with resource sharing by academic libraries in the digital age? It is expected that this chapter will provide answers to all these pertinent questions.
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Resource Sharing and Networking in Library and Information Centres in Africa
“A term used to describe organized attempt by libraries and Information Centres to share materials and services cooperatively so as to provide one another with resources that might otherwise not be available to an individual institution. It represents an attempt to expand the availability of specialized, expensive, or just plain not-owned resources beyond the bounds of a single institution.”
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