Professional education for librarianship : international perspectives / Olu Olat Lawal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawal, Olu Olat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library education.

Library schools--Curricula.

Library schools.

Library education--Nigeria.

Library schools--Curricula--Nigeria.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

xv, 213 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ibadan, Nigeria : Spectrum Books ; Jersey : In association with Safari Books ; Oxford : [Distributed in the USA by] African Books Collective, 2003.

Summary:

In contrast to much of the developed world, the professionalisation of education for librarianship is a recent phenomenon in Nigeria. This study presents, from international perspectives, a conceptual framework for curriculum development and reviews existing literature. It considers factors which have resulted in the professionalisation of education for libarianship and information services, present library problems, libraries' responses to wider social changes, and future needs. It discusses the imperative to provide both theoretically-based academic education, grounded in the principles and philosophy of the profession, as well as vocationally-orientated education, to produce sufficient levels of adequately trained staff, urgently required in African libraries. The author is University Librarian at the University of Calabar Library, Nigeria.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780294155

OCLC:

52768805