HISTORY AND DEVELOPMET OF POLYTECHNIC LIBRARIES IN NIGERIA

Promise Chinyere Awa, Bimpe Fayigbe Omolola, Amogu Uma Kalu (PhD)

Abstract


The importance of polytechnics in the technical, technological and vocational development of the contemporary society cannot be over emphasized. The main objective of the paper is to discuss the history and development of polytechnic libraries in Nigeria, using documentary evidence. The paper started by painting a vivid picture of the origin of polytechnics in Nigeria and its step-by-step metamorphosis. In the discussion proper, the paper highlighted the meaning of polytechnics, polytechnic library and the place of libraries in the growth and development of polytechnics, using five polytechnics: Yaba College of Technology; the Kaduna Polytechnic; Auchi Polytechnic, the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti and the Federal Polytechnic, Offa as focal point. Basic challenges and problems to the development of polytechnic libraries in Nigeria were highlighted. The paper concludes by making recommendations on the way forward for polytechnic libraries, which include adequate funding, more stringent laws on the use of TETfund annual library intervention and improvement in the provision of ICT facilities in libraries among others.


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History, Development, Polytechnic Libraries, Nigeria

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