Retrospective Conversion of Bibliographic Records in Nigerian Academic Libraries: An Empirical Study of Libraries using KOHA ILS
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2019
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CATALOGING & CLASSIFICATION QUARTERLY
Abstract
Retrospective conversion of bibliographic records is not a
recent practice among Nigerian academic libraries. However,
the end product of this process, which is a functional Online
Pubic Access Catalogue (OPAC) has been underwhelming. This
is due to various challenges that have hindered the libraries
from achieving a successful retrospective conversion. Some of
these challenges include unreliable software, lack of a union
catalogue, and sheer absence of exchange of information
among the libraries. This study therefore measures the practi ces and experiences of twenty Nigerian University Libraries in
the course of carrying out retrospective conversion of their
resources using the KOHA library software. The study adopted
a survey method of research with a self-developed question naire as the instrument of data collection. Data analysis was
with the aid of the SPSS software and the presentation was
done using simple frequency and percentage. Findings show
that erratic power supply and low Internet bandwidth are the
major challenges facing Nigerian libraries in the course of
retrospective conversion.
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Retrospective conversion, library automation, OPAC, academic libraries, KOHA