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    SCHOOL LIBRARIANSHIP AND ITS PLACE IN NIGERIAN EDUCATION: THE CASE OF ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT EDUCATION AUTHORITY, KADUNA STATE
    (2014-09) DAUDU, H.M
    This paper titled School Librarianship and its place in Nigerian Education is a research pape on the availability of school libraries in Zaria Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) As one of the education services to be offered in schools, the National Policy on Education particular about the provision of libraries in schools and the training of librarians and library assistants for effective services. Four objectives were set to find out the availability of libraries, to identify qualification of staff to find out the types of resources and how functional the libraries are. Survey research method was used to describe the state of school libraries in Zaria. The population was made up of all the 116 schools in six (6) districts of Zaria Local Government Education Area. The whole population was used for the study. Instrument for data collection was questionnaire, interview and document assessment. Descriptive statistics and a decision rule were relied upon for analysis. The results revealed that most schools don 7 have libraries as only 27 (23.3%) have libraries and only two (2) staff have professional qualification. Only one (1) library has a significant level (2.50) of functionality. It was recommended that provision of school libraries should be made mandatory for primary schools, and professional staff should be provided to render service, that this can be achieved through sending teachers for training in the area of librarianship. Learning resources that prepare the ground for lifelong education should be made available to primary school pupils.