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Named after the University of Sankore in Timbuktu — one of the world’s oldest centres of learning. Every figure here is computed from work-level records in our own graph, never copied from a source’s summary count.

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Why Are Data so Important to Library Development Today? Implications for Practice

2025Evidence Based Library and Information PracticeJournalOpen access

10.18438/eblip30802 Full text1 citations

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2 authors.

Blessing Babawale AmusanFirst author
- University of Ilorin (NG)
Yusuf Ayodeji AjaniSenior author
- University of Ilorin (NG)
as printed: Adeyinka Tella

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Data Quality and Managementlevel 3 · 0.96
Research Data Management Practiceslevel 3 · 0.95
Big Data Technologies and Applicationslevel 3 · 0.93

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openalexseen September 9, 2026
2025 · Evidence Based Library and Information Practice · 1 citations
https://openalex.org/W4414227274

Why Are Data so Important to Library Development Today? Implications for Practice · Sankore