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Sustainable Development In Nigeria

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This paper examined the role library and information professionals play in enhancing sustainable development in Nigeria. Sustainable development is the organizing principle for sustaining continuous resources necessary to provide for the needs of future generations of life on the planet. It is a process that takes into visions a desirable future state for human societies in which living conditions and resource-use continue to meet human needs without undermining the integrity, stability and beauty of natural biotic systems. And librarians And Information Professionals can make the process achievable by bringing information services within the reach of ever more people and through their participation in the design of information policies aimed …show more content…

The paper concluded by providing certain recommendations on how library and information professionals can serve as a means creating and disseminating information that will influence orientation about sustainable development in Nigeria..
Key Words: Library, Development, Sustainable Development, Information Policy
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Nigeria like any other nation has been led by various leaders and they all seem to have attempted their best towards making Nigeria a developed country, however this is yet to be achieved. Then one may ask what have the government done for Nigerians. Lawal and Oluwatoyin (2011) opined that it is the pride of every government to attain a high level of development that will improve the life of its citizens. Lawal and Oluwatoyin (2011) therefore, described development as the ability of …show more content…

LIBRARY AND LIBRARY PROFESSION
According to Ode and Omokaro (2007) library is defined as a designated building where information in prints and in other formats are collected, organized, carefully prepared according to some specific or definite plan and made accessible for reading and consultation by all ages and interest. This definition acknowledge the fact that library provides information relevant to different ages and interest in the sense that information is meant for every citizenry without any restriction and discrimination of age and gender as such accelerate the development of the economy.
Library and information profession like other professions is vast in their study scope thus making them acquire skills in various aspects of human endeavour and fit for consultation in many subject matters. Library professionals serve users effectively and efficiently. Omekwu (2003) enumerated emerging required skills in library profession that result from digital technology, including computer literacy, Internet literacy, information technology literacy, and information literacy. Librarian utilize these technology to enhance service quality to

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