Information System In The Library

Libraries are the repositories of humanity’s knowledge. Society creates libraries as institutions to store and make available knowledge, information and to facilitate the enjoyment of literature in all forms. Every library has the major responsibility to provide users with the widest range of information materials relevant to their requirements to enable them solve problems as well as make decisions. Thus, the major pre-occupation of the information professionals is a prerogative to harness all the information resources applying sets of intertwining activities and services to provide value- added information services to users. On close examination, it would be discovered that in the process of accomplishing this seemingly simple task, the information

However, libraries still carry out complex information tasks such as information collection, selection, organization of information resources, providing access to collection, reference help and instructional services. These tasks have increased to embrace generations of modern information service activities in the areas of diagnosing needs of potential users and creating information, acquiring and maintaining information, storage, utilization, preservation and conservation (Sharma 2004). Evaluating technology to meet users needs, designing multimedia information resources and examining information seeking pattern of users have been included as part of information services management tasks of the library and information professionals (Grace, 1999; Robertson, 2004; Gordon, 2004).

Edoka (2000) and Aina (2004) have specified information services to incorporate the services directly to the benefit of library users while meeting their information needs. The broad objectives of every type of library are to acquire, disseminate information and ensure maximum use of its resources through its services. The library objectives in return determine the content and the patterns of services of the library (Opara,

As Sacchanand (2000) observed, the explosion of knowledge and information technology has altered the characteristics of the learning environment with dramatic impact on the university library system and the library and information profession. University library practices in the new learning environment are often viewed as the best developed type of library practice in any nation (Levy & Roberts, 2005; Akintunde, 2006) and that these academic libraries must work towards the attainment of this status. Msuya and Marco (2000) link this heavily technologically driven academic learning environment to Open University systems. Other scholars have written on the effect of ICT on socio economic, cultural transformation, impact on library and information science practice in Nigeria (Omekwu, 2001; Ogunsola, 2004; and Salman & Olarenwaju, 2010). Thus as society moves more deeply into the information age, it is important to understand the effect of the new developments on information service delivery and the distinctive characteristics of these services as practised in Nigerian