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DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP PRACTICES IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

AUTHORS EZRA SHILOBA GBAJE,Ph.D. SARAH DAUDA YANI,Ph.D. & IMOISILI OJEIME ODIGIE DEPARTMENT LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LOKOJA, KOGI STATE. INTRODUCTION  Digital scholarship is a product of the advancement of digital and communication technology as well as its use in scholarly endeavors. A growing number of scholarly activities over the past two decades have included digital tools, massive data sets, simulation, visualizations, and even virtual worlds, expanding the sources of information beyond the written word (Wolski & Richardson, 2014;& Mulligan, 2016). Lippincott (2017) made the argument that academics from all disciplines are increasingly using digital tools and methodologies in their research and instruction to support these claims. This has had a big impact on the library as well, with new positions arising and others shifting. The acquisition of digital information resources, the encouragement of the production of digital scholarship out...