Theses Digitisation and fight against plagiarism in Nigerian varsities, By Rahma Oladosu

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The importance of digitisation of theses for researchers, universities and libraries is quite obvious for storage and easy access.

Digitisation would increase the global presence of Nigerian tertiary institutions and improve their global ranking and boost the rating of our universities. It would also go a long way in the detection and curbing of plagiarism, which is a serious breach of academic integrity that seeks to detract from the value of original and honest works of scholarship.

It is no longer news that most higher institutions all over the world are battling with the ‘plague’ of plagiarism and are working round the clock to device means to curb the ugly trend. Bogoro said plans were also underway to ensure the full digitisation of libraries in tertiary institutions in the country, noting that the digitisation of libraries would discourage plagiarism by researchers at any level. He lamented that important materials and thesis have also been lost due to the incidence of fire outbreaks.

The proposed digitisation project will dematerialise and electronise thesis and projects, starting with the thesis at the PhD and Masters levels across beneficiary institutions. Digitisation would increase the global presence of Nigerian tertiary institutions and improve their global ranking and boost the rating of our universities. It would also go a long way in the detection and curbing of plagiarism, which is a serious breach of academic integrity that seeks to detract from the value of original and honest works of scholarship.

 

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