Development of Mobile Access to FUTA Digital Library

Abstract

Intellectual research findings and output of patent constitute a great impetus to national wealth creation and the development of the world at large. This can only be achieved through great access to a wealth of knowledge and experiences of past scholars that have contributed immensely to the intellectual bank. In the past, accessibility was only through entrance into a physical structure called “library” with books purchased with huge amount of money, arranged on a shelf.  The advent of Information and Communication Technologies has made accessibility and sharing of the wealth of experiences by scholars much easier. This wealth of experiences could now be powered by organizations, government, institutions and even individuals. But this technology is also limited in wider global coverage due to lack of infrastructure and non-exploitation of standard ICT policies especially in developing countries like Nigeria.  This paper develops a mobile platform that provides access and reuse of digital library to enhance academic findings and output of scholars in Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Nigeria.

Keywords: mobile computing, digital library, information, university