Innovative Technologies for Records Management in Ministries, Departments and Agency Libraries in Nigeira

Abstract

In the era of digital governance, effective records management is essential for transparency; accountability and efficient service delivery in public sector. With the increasing demand for open government and e- governance, ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) are under pressure to enhance their records management capabilities through the integration of digital innovations. To this effect MDAs, libraries are adopting technology driven systems to manage their records. This paper explained the different innovative technologies used by the libraries in MDAs to be; cloud computing technologies, artificial intelligence, electronic document and records and record management syyems (EDRMS), blockchain technologies, mobile technoogies, optical character recognition and scanning technology (OCR), redio frequency identification technology (RFID), institutional repositories and digital archives. This paper also highlights the key challenges facing the adoption of innovative technologies to records management in the libraries to be infrastructure and technical issues, inadequate funding and slow policy implementation. However, the way forward to this challenge is to provide adequate funds through budget allocation to the library, there should be provision of more infrastructures and regulatory bodies on records managements should endeavor to implement policies that will encourage effective records management using modern technology