Abovyan (2013:7) argues that the
digital age is “the rise of
digital technologies that allow more efficient processing, transmission, stor
age and review of information.”
Digital technologies include telecommunication, broadcasting, computer and software to process and communicate information by increasing the flow of information and the dissemination of knowledge (Abovyan 2013). The
digital birth converts analog contents or originals into bits and bytes thereby opening new vistas and extended horizons in every direction, providing access and opportunities for both new and old audiences, enlightenment, entertainment and education in ways unimaginable years ago (Degan and Tanner 2006: 1). The
digital age indeed has gradually moved into libraries which are sometimes called
digital libraries. Increasingly,
digital libraries have a major function to enhance our appreciation of our eng
agement with knowledge and often led the way in this new
digital domain in which higher learning institutions find themselves. In the
digital age, it is expected of academic libraries to enhance library services via
digital tools. In Europe and even Africa, a vast majority of academic libraries now use
digital tools to rapidly serve library patrons better. The effect of the
digital age has dramatically changed the education and library environment presenting continuous discussions and research studies. A glance in the literature on the
digital age seems to depict greater research in the educational environment than before.
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