Digital resources and the speed and ease with which researchers anywhere can now access vast amounts of information have transformed the nature of the research process. The advent of electronic resources and digital libraries and repositories has also dramatically changed the function of academic libraries in terms of organization, service delivery, and collection development, with much information and many resources now accessed online. Nowadays, librarians and information professionals are expected to provide services to library users who increasingly demand instant access to information on multiple digital platforms.
The attraction of electronic resources and the archiving of these resources, is easy to understand: they are eco-friendly, time and cost saving, offer multi-access, round the clock availability, and provide a facility to access resources without requiring a physical presence in the library.