Academic libraries play significant roles in storing, archiving, and disseminating knowledge. Despite this contribution, they are challenged by many factors such as collection management, preservation, staffing, and funding. This paper uses archival materials, oral interviews, and secondary sources to trace the history of Adu Boahen Memorial Library and Archives (AMLA) focusing on its collections, management, preservation, and digitization. Though the department of history, University of Ghana had a departmental library, its expansion to house Adu Boahen’s private collections, including 2,500 books, and over 1,500 archival materials was an important milestone. This paper argues that these new private collections are of great importance due to their gamut of interesting and revealing data. It is concluded that materials in this repository became the third largest in the history of the University of Ghana after the Balme Library and the Nketia Collections. Keywords: University Library Collections, Preservation, Archives, University of Ghana, Digitization

The main objective of this study was to identify the sacred sites of the Abia North Senatorial Zone in south east Nigeria and explore their potential for tourism development. The exploratory survey design was used. Personal observation and oral interviews with resource persons were used to obtain information on the subject matter. The authors relied on existing geopolitical structures such as autonomous communities, traditional institutions, and the priesthoods of the sacred sites for identifying and visiting the sites. Mapping of the study area was undertaken using the coordinates of the sacred sites as obtained using GPS. The present status of tourism use at the identified sites was ascertained. It was found that patchy tourism use was being made of the sites. No records of any forms of visitation were kept. Myth and secrecy shrouded the operations of the sites. It was opined that the kind of tourism development that can impact the economy of the area for inclusive growth and the welfare of the local people is yet to be conceived. Proper records of tourism visits by the operators of the sites; external involvement by government agencies and/or private investors in the operations of the sites were considered necessary to spur the needed investment in tourism development in the area for meaningful tourism activities that can impact positively on the economy and welfare of the local people. Respect for the sanctity of the inner operations of the sites was, however, deemed sacrosanct.

Keywords: Sacred sites; Abia North Senatorial Zone; Community-based Tourism Development; Geospatial System Techniques