Global Journal of Library and Information Sciences Vol. 1(1) pp.001-007,February 2012 Available online Available online http://www.globalresearchjournals.org/journal/?a=journal&id=gjlis Copyright ©2012 Global Research Journals. Case Study. Electronic Resources Provision and Internet Accessibility Challenges in Nigerian Academic Libraries By Idowu, Adetoun Omolola 1 . (PhD) and Oduwole, Adebambo Adewale 2 (PhD) 1 University Librarian, Lagos State University Ojo, Nigeria E-mail :librarian@lasunigeria.org 2 Medical Librarian,Lagos State University College of Medicine Ikeja, Nigeria E-mail : bambose26@yahoo.com Accepted 2 nd November 2011. The paper describes issues and challenges facing academic libraries in accessing electronic journals and internet resources in Nigeria. The scope of the presentation include: the evolution of resources in the library; an overview of library and information sciences; services available in the library today; the challenges facing Librarians and, the future of Libraries in Nigeria. Some of the challenges identified include: problem of access control, personnel and workload, overlapping of coverage of same titles by providers, high cost of e-resources subscription, complexity of virtual library and funding. Recommendations were made which include the training and retraining of professional and the supporting staff in web technology skill and acquisition of special software like SFX to link e-journals. Keywords: E-Resources, Internet accessibility, academic libraries, Challenges, Library Service , Nigeria INTRODUCTION The evolving information and knowledge-based economy has resulted in a climate of transition and change especially in academic libraries around the world, including Nigeria. As universities, polytechnics and colleges make the transformation to learning organizations, academic libraries as constituents of their larger parent organizations are rethinking and exploring new ways to reposition themselves in the campus environment in view of higher expectations of their various stakeholders, pervasiveness of information technology, increased availability and focus on electronic resources and services, and the need to become learning and research centres to support a wide range of educational initiatives Library is an indispensable organization in every tertiary institution. It is the heart of a University or College that provides access to the various resources: print, non-print and digital. All the services rendered impose certain challenges on the library. Maintaining a balance between the technologies and the conservative role of libraries becomes expedient. The traditional services rendered by the library include, readers’ services, reference services, reprographic services, current awareness services (CAS), selective dissemination of information (SDI), etc. However, the advent of ICT has expanded the scope of these services and the tools of information delivery. Today we have e- library and virtual library which provide access to electronic books and journals, online references, web- resources, web-catalogues etc. This “Web-eccentricity” poses a lot of challenges to librarians and information scientists as well as the traditional library users. The challenges are both operational and strategic. The attitudinal challenge is another dimension that needs to be addressed. The questions being asked are as follows; Are we e-ready in Nigeria? Are the youths which form about 40% (Ovia,2008) of the population empowered to move into the information age? How about the future of library and librarianship in Nigeria? Where would library service be in the next 10 years? Objectives This paper examines the challenges faced by academic libraries in accessing electronic journals and internet resources in Nigeria. DIGITAL AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Digital resources are those resources whose deal with both digital and digitized materials which can either be accessible from library’s in house database or from the world wide web. Digitized materials means e-journal, e- newspapers, e-magazine (Academia.com, 2011). These files that can only be accessed by a computer. The files are generally kept as floppy diskettes. Other electronic resources storage formats include CD-ROM discs as well as internet resources (Aina, 2004)