The study investigated the state of digitization of library resources in the University of Ilorin Library, Nigeria intending to make the resources available online in its institutional repository.The literature on the state of digitization of library resources in academic libraries worldwide is rich and elaborate in developed countries but there is a dearth of study on the state of digitization of library resources in Nigerian academic libraries. This current study, therefore, attempts to add to the body of knowledge by bridging the yawning gap observed in the literature. To achieve this set objective, the University of Ilorin) was selected. The University of Ilorin is governmentowned in Nigeria. The questionnaire, relevant literature and personal observation constitute the major instruments for data collection. The questionnaire was collected, coded and analyzed. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for the analysis. Descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentages were also used to analyze each research question.The study found out that the University of Ilorin Library is making efforts in digitizing its local contents for easy access, preservation and to improve on digital contents availability for their online users on certain subjects and resources. However, provisions are not made for the digitization of certain materials which could be of immense benefits to their online users. The low scale digitization of its resources is hindering access to some of their intellectual outputs on its institutional repository. Recommendations were made that more conscious effort should be made to digitize more of relevant library materials and the various useful intellectual properties of the institution so that user can gain access to a wider range of resources. Digitization policies should be formulated and implementation should be hastened. Users' education/digital literacy programs, as well as conscious training programs on ICT skills and competencies for university libraries' staff in Nigeria, should be introduced.

Purpose An institutional repository has become a new way of making the intellectual outputs of academic and research institutions electronically accessible in the online public domain. The outcome has led to users gaining remote access to varieties of digitized information that is hitherto locally resident before digitization in hardcopy form in the various information centre and libraries without users’ restrictions. This initiative has helped to enhance the open access inventiveness. Nigeria libraries are therefore taking up the challenge of computerizing their libraries and some have taken some steps to source the requisite funds to digitize and archive their library resources for easier Web-based access. Consequent upon this development, the University of Ilorin, embarked on digitization of its local contents such as Convocation Ceremonies; Government Publications; and Staff Publications and Theses and Dissertations, and making these local resources available online. This paper attempts to give a detailed account, step-by-step procedures and the various challenges faced in the process of building its online institutional repository and the way forward. The report in this paper gives insight into academic libraries intention to digitize their library resources, on the best way to go about it and also to avoid unnecessary hurdles. Design/methodology/approach To provide a thorough breakdown of the building of institutional repositories in the University of Ilorin, Library, webliography sources were consulted. Findings Some areas in service provisions need to improve upon, and these areas are search engine optimization by subscribing to handle.net, integration of Google analytics to check performance, sitemap features and highly secured (SSL and public key encryption. Originality/value This paper attempts to give a detailed account, step-by-step procedures and the various challenges faced in the process of building its online institutional repository and the way forward. The report in this paper gives insight into academic libraries intention to digitize their library resources, on the best way to go about it and also to avoid unnecessary hurdles.

Purpose The development of an institutional repository for academic and research libraries makes possible the visibility of localized scholarly contents on web platform and also provide open access to restricted resources. This paper aims to explore the relevance of developing institutional repositories for open and unrestricted access to confined resources, and discusses academic and research libraries roles in developing institutional repositories; the types of software to be used for the development; and the hardware requirements for server setup and copyright issues. With more establishment of institutional repositories, access to localized information domiciled in the remote institutions can be easily accessed by visiting the institutional library online to retrieve the material. Design/methodology/approach To provide a thorough breakdown of the building of institutional repositories in the University of Ilorin, Library, webliography sources were consulted. Findings It has been established by the OpenDOAR which is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories that only 30 repositories have been created by some academic and research libraries in Nigeria. There is a need for more academic and research libraries in Nigeria to key into the initiative of developing online institutional repositories to give online visibility to their intellectual contents that have no copyright restrictions in meeting the researcher’s information needs. Originality/value This study revealed a thorough approach and various steps that should be followed in developing institutional repositories for academic and research libraries.

The paper examines the evaluation of collection management and student’s use of Arabic materials in the four selected Academic Libraries in Nigeria. A descriptive survey research was used to carry out the investigation. The population was randomly sampled and covered all the matriculated student of the selected institutions that were registered as a library user. The questionnaires were thereafter sent to each of the institutions surveyed to facilitate prompt, high and accurate response from target population. Data were analyzed using frequency and percentages. Findings of the study showed that all the tertiary institutions libraries under study found Arabic materials readily available. Another finding in this study showed that students use the library for seeking their information needs. It has been revealed that facilities are organized for easy use. The finding showed that acquisition and collection polices were evaluated mainly to cater for students information needs. In addition, Arabic students were significantly satisfied with the library collection policy. There is a significant relationship between the libraries Arabic based services/facilities and students educational development. The study concludes that Arabic based services/ facilities can, to a considerable extent, satisfy the information needs of users. The study will benefit researchers, Arabic studies teachers, students and Islamic organization, nation-wide and internationally.