Provision of Libraries in Nigerian Schools: A Catalyst for Educational Development in Nigeria

Abstract

Information Literacy is a set of abilities to recognize when information is needed and has the ability to locate, evaluate and use needed information effectively. This paper, therefore, advocates for the promotion of information literacy skills in the Nigerian Primary School System and elaborates on the crucial role and the challenge before the school library media resource centres in performing this function. For school library media resource centres to adequately impart effective information literacy skills in the Nigerian school system, the paper recommends: appropriate legislation by the Nigerian government on the establishment of school library media resource centres in all schools, change in attitude of school heads towards the establishment of school library media resources centre, staff of the school library media resource
centre should be computer literate, school library media resource centre should be hooked to the Internet, the adequate curriculum should be designed to Integrate information literacy Into the Nigerian School System.