ICT AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR LIBRARIES: ITS RELEVANCE IN FOSTERING INTEREST AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN NIGERIAN LIBRARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

The traditional library science training has existed for decades in Nigeria. The students have come to us over the years, in the classrooms, across the library desks, etc. They are the real backbone and the real future of information profession. Now we have a new tool with which to help them, the ICT Library schools should realize that the technological preparedness depends on their students as future information managers and the crucial role they should play in preparing student for the information age. This paper discusses the problems created by lack of interest and consequent poor academic achievement in library science and strives to identify how ICT could be applied in rejuvenating and sustaining student interest
in librarianship in this digital age.