SENSITIZING THE SOUTH-EAST ZONE LIBRARIANS OF THE NIGERIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Abstract

Most Nigerian librarians, prior to the promulgation of the Librarians’ (Registration, etc.) Decree of 1995, considered this achievement as the profession’s Eldorado. There is no doubt that this law, with its regulation of professional practice and particularly in Nigeria, will gradually but surely whip most librarians into the professional line. With the law here, we are however beginning to realise that it is not yet ‘uhuru’ Before it can have the expected meaningful positive impact on the profession, ' serious attention has to first go to a number of thorny problems, the removal of which is a ‘sine qua non before the professional wheel can revolve very smoothly. This article suggests those various ways through which the many state chapters in the different geographical zones of Nigeria can effectively be sensitized to become the expected viable wings of the Association in its glorious flight to success.