THE SCHOOL LIBRARY IN THE 21ST CENTURY IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The lofty goals of school libraries in Nigeria as a center for receiving and disseminating information and as a learning laboratory, a center for stimulating reading habit, recreational reading and reading interest will be elusive, if the school library resources are not channelled to accommodate the information communications technology now in vogue in the educational system of the world. Unfortunately the school library has received very little attention in Nigeria. This paper highlights the information needs of the school library in Nigeria, by calling for the introduction of Information Communications Technology (IT). It also explores the possibility of government evolving a national library policy in the country with respect to adequate funding