AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
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BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Training and education in library and information science (LIS) play an important role in producing high-quality LIS students who have a unique position in national growth. LIS students act as information gatekeepers and brokers, which is critical for knowledge acquisition, decision-making, and national growth. The effectiveness of libraries, archives, and information centers in achieving their mission to provide information is dependent, in part, on the growth of skilled labor.
According to Korsah (1996), trained individuals are a critical prerequisite in library and information work. In this regard, LIS education is critical (Edegbo, 2011). Although early LIS students, notably librarians, had little official training (Wikipedia, nd.), the present problems of library and information work need that staff be well-trained and educated in order to be effective.
Melvin Dewey, the prominent proponent of the Dewey Decimal Classification System, is credited with founding the first library school in the United States at Columbia University in 1887. (Wikipedia, n.d.). In Europe, the Library School founded in Barcelona in 1915 is regarded as the continent's oldest library school. Several more library schools were believed to have been created during WWII. In Africa, however, South Africa is acknowledged having the continent's longest history of LIS, going back to 1938. (Ocholla, 2007).
In West Africa, the initial official training in librarianship consisted of short courses held by professional librarians and targeted only at preparing participants for the British Library Association tests, which were then the only entrance for aspiring librarians (Ojo-Igbinoba, 1995). One such course was held in 1944 at Achimota College in Gold Coast (now Ghana) and drew participants from many West African countries, including Nigeria (Aguolu and Aguolu, 2002). This appears to be the first proof of Ghana and Nigeria's significant historical connection in the education and training of LIS students. As a result, the focus of this research is on the problems associated with the training and education of library and information science students.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Research has proven that the psychological examination of the issues in the training and education of library and information science students has become alarming. Against this backdrop, the researcher considers the subject matter worthy of inquiry in order to analyze how the issues constitute a danger to the successful teaching of library and information science students.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
1. To find out the challenges faced by students of library and information science?
2. To identify the attitude of students of LIS towards the training
3. To discover the perception of the profession by the general public
4. To identify problems militating against the effective education and training of students of library and information science.
5. To proffer solutions to the problems
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. What are the challenges faced by students of library and information science?
2. What are the attitudes of LIS students towards the training of their field?
3. What is the perception of the profession by the general public?
4. What are the problems militating against the effective education and training of students of library and information science?
5. What are the solutions to the problems?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
A critical study of various literatures reveals that efforts have been made in the past to train and educate the library and information science students therefore, this research is thus an improvement on earlier ones as it focuses on the challenges in training and education of library and information science students.
However, this study will be of immense value to undergraduate students, librarians and researcher?s in their research on challenges in training and education of library and information science students.
1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUIDY
The project covers the challenges of training and education of library and information science students using the department of library and information science, the Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa as a comparative study.
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