Awareness of Internet of Things and its potential in enhancing academic library service delivery in a developing country
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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The potential benefits of Internet of Things (IoT) to academic library service delivery have
been identified as enormous. Through sensing devices such as radio frequency identification
(RFID) devices, infrared sensors, global positioning systems, laser scanners and various
other devices, objects are enabled to “think”, “feel” and “talk” thereby facilitating
interconnection of all objects and humans, objects and objects leading to ease of
communication, monitoring and control. It is however not certain if academic librarians in
Nigeria would be able to explore these benefits due to their level of skills in relation to
information and communication technology and availability of enabling infrastructure that
could facilitate maximum use of new and emerging technologies that are consequential to
Internet of Things. The broad objective of the paper was to ascertain the level of awareness
of IoT among librarians as well as perceived benefits it holds for enhanced library service
delivery in academic libraries in Nigeria. Future pathways for librarians in Nigeria were
also discussed.
Keywords
IOT, Internet of Things, Service Delivery, Academic Library, Developing Countries