Abstract:
This paper is an attempt to document the preservation of information
resources in academic libraries. After the introductory part the paper begins by
explaining the rationale for preserving information resources in academic libraries.
The preservation of both print and non-print information resources were well
explored. Factors for considerations in preserving information resources like
policy, fund, skilled labour, infrastructure and management support were
explained so that they could be simply understood. The study suggests that
universities offering library science programs should consider making the subject
of preservation compulsory so that every librarian could have skills on how to
preserve the library information resources. The study further recommends that
modern preservation strategies need to be adopted by all libraries in order to safely
guide the information resources for current and future generation.
