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Information And Communication Technology Projects And Nigeria's Academic Libraries: A Design-Reality Approach, Odomero E. Omohwovo, Wole M. Olatokun, Ifedapo R. Ojutawo
Information And Communication Technology Projects And Nigeria's Academic Libraries: A Design-Reality Approach, Odomero E. Omohwovo, Wole M. Olatokun, Ifedapo R. Ojutawo
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Instances of information communication technology project failure are being recorded in Nigeria. This paper focuses on a design-reality gap to assess the selected information communication technology (ICT) projects in federal universities, South West of Nigeria. We determine the success and failure rates of the selected ICT projects based on the design-reality gap model dimensions: information, technology, processes, objectives and values, staffing and skills, management systems and structures. The outcome of the study showed that, of all the ICT E-library projects assessed, only FUTA E-Library was a success, while the rest E-Library projects were partial failures and only FUNAAB E-Library project …