SCHOOL LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES AS SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHALLENGE
SCHOOL LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES AS SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHALLENGE
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2011-07
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DAUDU, H.M
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This paper focuses on the provision of school libraries and information services in primary schools of four Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Random sampling technique was used to select 116 schools as samples for the study out of 577 public schools in the four Local Government Areas. Questionnaire was used to collect data. The questionnaire was administered to all the' head teachers of the sampled schools. The study found that only 22 schools (18.96%) have libraries. Examining the types of materials in the libraries, textbooks ranked highest with 16 (13.79%) libraries while no library had films strips and
slides. As for the highest qualification of the librarians, most libraries were managed by primary school leavers (cleaners) while some libraries had nobody directly managing them. However, two schools had Diploma in Library Science holder and one school had a degree holder managing the library. The schools had very poor ways of funding their libraries. The writer recommends that primary schools need to have libraries because that is where the foundation for the use of library later in life is laid. The writer further recommends that Local
Government Education Authorities as well as the schools and the old pupils associations of schools should team up to provide libraries in primary schools. In the interim, teachers who took the use of libraries course at N.C.E level should attempt introducing children to the use of library using the class library and other areas which the paper refers to as "Thinking Outside the Box.
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Journal of the Institute of Education Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
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SCHOOL LIBRARY,, INFORMATION SERVICES,, GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHALLENGE,