STANDARDIZATION AND SPECIFICATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA

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2007-01-27
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Ibrahim, Umar
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Tracing the development of library and information science education in Nigeria, the paper reveals the inadequacy of standards for library schools at both international and national levels. Reviewing the only Nigerian standard, the paper establishes, as reported by other scholars, (he defects of (he standard and the consistent inadequacies in the product of the existing bachelor of library science (BLS) programme. In the light of this, the paper supports the timely call by the National Association of Library and Information Science Educators (NALISE) on the need to come up with more comprehensive Standards for library and information science schools in Nigeria Hence, the paper proposes for inclusion into the compressive standards, to be prepared by the National Association of Library and Information Science Educators (NALISE) the types and quantities of instructional facilities each library school in the country should have for adequate knowledge creation, organization and dissemination
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Being a paper presented during the Nigerian Library and Information Science Educators (NALISE), held on the 27th -30th 2007 at the Imo State University, Owerri
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STANDARDIZATION AND SPECIFICATION,, NSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES,, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE PROGRAMME,, NIGERIA
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