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This study aims to examine the present trend of academic libraries consortia and the likely ways to improve on the development of consortia in Nigeria.

The study adopted the descriptive survey method. It covers four selected academic libraries in the north and eastern parts of Nigeria. A questionnaire entitled “Library Consortia in Nigerian Universities Questionnaire (LCNUQ)” was designed to collect data for the study.

The study revealed that academic libraries in Nigeria have not fully embraced library consortia, as only two out of the four academic libraries surveyed have functioning library consortia. The paper shows that none of the libraries surveyed have collection development policies on e-resources, as well as union catalogues and interlibrary networking. It also reveals some likely ways of improving library consortia to include: jointly budgeting, increased funding and collective and compulsory development of interlibrary networking and union catalogues among university libraries within the country.

The study will encourage librarians and library management in developing countries to embrace and facilitate the development of library consortia.

The paper reveals the present trend of library consortia in Nigeria. Therefore, the findings may be of help to librarians, university administrators and government to build and improve on the development of library consortia in Nigeria and other developing countries.

This study aims to investigate the use and future of e‐books in academic institutions in Nigeria, to identify problems encountered in using e‐books and ascertain the future of e‐books in academic institutions in Nigeria.

The study employed a descriptive survey method supported by a questionnaire. The population of the study consisted of basic medical sciences and faculty of education lecturers made up of a total number of 122 academic staff.

Although the survey sampled response was not large, it represented the university's lecturers. The study reveals that all the academic staff sampled in the university make use of e‐books. It also shows that both faculties investigated encountered constraints in the course of using e‐books. Finally it indicated that researchers' use of e‐books would double in the future.

Only 122 (20 per cent) of the entire population of the 640 lecturers participated in the study. Furthermore, the female and male respondents were not evenly distributed. Hence, the size of the population and the uneven distribution of males and females surveyed placed certain limitations on the level of generalization of the findings.

The findings of the study may encourage library authorities to purchase and manage hardware and to negotiate for license issues for e‐resources to be done on time. It is also believed that the study will encourage the library to acquire more models of handheld devices and load them with e‐books from different vendors.

This is believed to be the first published study of the use and future of e‐books in Niger Delta University.