Exploring the roles of libraries in using digital platforms to achieve quality education for sustainable development in Nigeria

This paper explores the roles of Libraries in achieving Quality Education using digital platforms for Sustainable Development in Nigeria. It is of the view that Librarians have a strong commitment to make towards the realization of the global initiative of Sustainable Development Goals 2030 especially in this digital era. The context of SDGs, Quality Education, roles of libraries towards quality education, and various ways libraries in Nigeria can achieve quality education towards Sustainable Development using various digital platforms in the library were critically outlined. This paper agrees that information providers and managers, as part of their responsibility should ensure that Nigeria achieved the SDGs by 2030 through the provision of Qualitative Education using various digital platforms in the library. This study therefore recommends that libraries in Nigeria should be adequately supported by the parent institutions by providing and making accessible needed/relevant information resources in various formats for the users; encourage and promote information literacy programmes aimed at creating awareness of library and internet resources for the pupils/ student/ teachers/ librarians; and approve staff trainings towards improvement of skills of librarians and library staff locally, nationally and internationally.Keywords: Library, Librarians, Quality Education, Sustainable Development Goal

Marketing library and information services: A case for library managers

This study identifies the commercial values of library services, the need to harness, the strategies to harness, and the challenges of harnessing them. 73 library managers (ie librarians) selected in an annual general meeting (AGM) of Imo State chapter of Nigeria Library Association (NLA) formed the population. Analytically, a significant mean (X) of 3.25 was derived on four point structured Likert scale showing that the statements made were accepted. This paper therefore recommended a way forward to surmount the challenges, and concluded that library managers ought to commercialize its business oriented services that were hitherto neglected for self economic sustainability, professional and services relevance, and to attain end user satisfaction.Keywords:, Library Services, Library Managers, Academic Libraries, Marketin