GNS

• Library


  A collection of information materials stored and being managed by relevant information workers such as librarians in a place designated for reading, study or research by information users
• Physical library


  • A place/building
  • Collection of information materials
  • Professionals who manage the building and users of the materials
• The development of libraries has continued to witness innovations up to this present computer age
• Historical development of libraries

  1. Ancient times

  2. Medieval times

  3. Renaissance
• Monastic libraries


  Part of Christian monasteries for preserving Christian and Secular writings
• Cathedral libraries


  Grew with great cathedrals which had educational institutions and libraries to complement them, with collections that were both religious and secular
• University libraries


  Modern universities sprang up in Europe in the 13th century and served as sources of information for lecturers and students, helping to generate and preserve information
• Before the 20th century, there were archives or book collection centers in Northern Nigeria storing Arabic and Islamic books
• In the late 1920s the Lagos Book Club was formed, before it was upgraded to the Lagos Library after Sir Allan Burns got a grant of 1650 pounds from the Carnegie Corporation
• In December 1943, the British Council opened a library in Lagos, Nigeria with branches in Northern, Southern and Mid-Western zones of the country
• With the establishment of the University College, Ibadan, which later became the University of Ibadan in 1948 the first university library in Nigeria was established

  
• The National Library was established in 1964 with the National Library Act of 1964, with its scope widened in 1970 to act as a national depository for works published in Nigeria and publish a national bibliography
• Roles of libraries in education

  • Providing conducive reading environment
  • Serving as a resource centre
  • Helping to learn independently and widen knowledge
  • Supplying information materials that cannot be afforded
  • Stocking newspapers, magazines and other general reading materials for recreation and developing good values, attitudes and outlook
  • Helping to form good reading habits and become a great thinker
  • Helping to proffer solutions to social vices
• Libraries are very important to you in the course of your study in the university and for lifelong education