CHALLENGES OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION DISSEMINATION IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN THE ERA OF COVID49 PANDEMIC

Abstract

Information dissemination is a vital tool of creating awareness and exposing preventive
measuresfor guiding against a pandemic such as Covid-19. This paper therefore discusses
the challenges of information and communication technologies in information
dissemination in academic libraries in the era of Covid-19 pandemic. To achieve this,
major concepts are identified, discussed and analyzed. It also discusses the importance of
ICTs in information dissemination in the era of covid-19 pandemic as well as challenges
such as cyber insecurity among others. The paper recommends that strong network
securities be provided and mountedfor enhanced use of ICTs in information dissemination
during Covid-19 pandemic. It concludes that academic libraries utilized ICTs to eJJ'ecti vely
and efficiently disseminate information in the era of Covid-19 pandemic.
Keywords: ICTs, Information dissemination, Academic libraries, Covid-19, Pandemic