The 21st Century Library and Information Services as a Veritable Strategy for the Enhancement of Teacher Education
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U.S.A: IGI Global
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This chapter discusses 21st century Library and Information Service as a veritable strategy for
the enhancement of teacher education. The work started by highlighting the place of teachers
in every society. Teachers are builders of destiny. They teach the leaders of tomorrow. It is
important to ensure that they receive worthwhile education which depends to a very large
extent on a robust library platform brought by 21st century libraries. The chapter further
discusses the services provided by 21st century libraries such as Online Reference Services,
Selective Dissemination of Information, Current Awareness Services, and Online Public
Access Catalogue. The opportunities of 21st century libraries are highlighted; these include
multi –user access to resources, improvement of internal operations, round- the-clock access,
etc. The chapter also highlights the challenges to successful implementation of 21st century
libraries, prominent among which are incessant power outage, insufficient fund, Information
and Communication Technologies illiteracy among others. This chapter recommends
adequate provision of funds and intensification of user education programme. It concludes
that 21st century libraries are sine qua non to the enhancement of teacher education and
should therefore not be trivialized.
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Z665 Library Science. Information Science