Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2014

Education and Training of Library and Information Science (Lis) Professionals for Improved Service Delivery to Students with and Without Disabilities In South–East Geo–Political Zone of Nigeria

Nwachukwu V. N. Eskay, M. , Asiegbu, F. N. ,

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The study is designed to investigate the quality of training that Liary and Information Science professionals require that will give them the opportunity to know what knowledge strategies they can adopt to enhance their skills and competencies to deliver effective services in their respective institutions in the South East of Nigeria. The investigators also intended to throw more light on the need in training Liary and Information Science professionals for better improvement in this information–rich age of the new millennium. Four institutions of higher learning in Imo and Anama were selected for this study. The investigators were motivated to select these institution because they offer liary and information science programme which they (the investigators) believe will enhance the investigation. The institutions were – Imo State University, Owerri, Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Nnamdi Azikiwe Unversity, Awka and Federal Polytechnics, Oko. Data were collected from questionnaire and structured interviews administered on professional colleagues especially heads of liary schools as well as 400 (four hundred) students from Anama and Imo States liary schools. Data were also collected from documentary sources in liary current curricular from liary and information science programmes.

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