NIGERIAN LEGAL DEPOSIT LEGISLATION AND THE REALITIES OF DIGITAL REVOLUTION

Abstract

This paper examines the importance of effective implementation of legal deposit legislation which will engendered orderly development of our national memory for posterity. Updating legal deposit legislation to accommodate e-publications is crucial in making it reflective of the realities digital revolution has brought. Today, cultural material are now available in electronic format which makes their use not limited by physical barrier of distance and time. Assessing the compliance level with legal deposit legislation is an important aspect of monitoring and enforcement that enables management to know whether the objectives of the legislation are being achieved or not. The overall objective is improved compliance with legal deposit legislation. The government's interventions aimed at supporting the publishing industry with financial assistance for indigent authors with good manuscripts, is long overdue if the objectives of legal deposit legislation are to be achieved and sustained.