The Advent of the Internet Versus Library Usage in the Nigerian Library of the 21st Century

Abstract

The paper examines the  advent of the internet versus library usage in  the Nigerian library of the  21st  century,libraries are service organizations where individuals, organizations, and societies are provided unhindered access tosubstantial quantities of information;   the   internet can   be  broadly   defined  as world  wide network   of   computerscommunicating via an agreed upon protocol (rules for exchange of information), it provides access to the mostdiversified source of information hosted by individuals and various organization worlds wide on a vast network ofservers; the internet improves on the service delivery of libraries and cannot replace the library for the followingreasons: Not everything is available on the internet, the internet is not free, the internet compliments the libraries,but does not replace them, library collections employ a well-formulated citation system; the following need to bedone  to make   internet more functional in   the Nigerian   libraries:   Provision of funds, provision of stable powersupply, training, and making cost of internet materials affordable.

Keywords: Advent of the Internet, Library Use, Nigeria