If books were revelations, writers would have been prophets and libraries would have been temples. It is hard to say and harder to acknowledge that not much has changed in the education curricular of Africa. African universities and libraries still serve the purpose of book lending than being adapted to new methods in information technology and literacy in the Era of Technology. (Sowe 2018 )
University libraries play a fundamental role in education and research and in order to be successful in our globalized, information-saturated world, students must not only acquire content knowledge in their selected disciplines but also develop their ability to find, evaluate, and use information efficiently and ethically. As a result, librarians are educators with a wide range of specializations, as such, they help to develop an active instruction program to help students in the discovery, evaluation, and use of information resources. Of equal importance is our work with students to teach them how to critically and ethically use information. In addition to the academic support that libraries offer, the Library creates unique opportunities for students that add to their success: working as a team to solve real-life problems, learning how to successfully interact with people, utilizing the latest technologies, and general life skills. The A.D.U. Library’s reference and instruction team have served as a basis for inspiration to develop this research paper and information, through Information Literacy (IL) competencies and the provision of a variety of research assistance programs and instructional services in the Republic of Niger.
The earliest library records could be traced to
cuneiform script 2600 BC clay tablets, the papyrus temple records from ancient
Egypt, the Nippur libraries of 1900BC and the thirty thousand clay tablets from
700 BC in a classified library system in Nineveh, highlighting the scrupulous
work on religion, administration and literary skills of the Mesopotamian
scholars that will mesmerize the modern
enthusiasts. Digitization and computerization started playing a major role
since its advent in the 1960s. After a successfully research and a careful examination of the A.D.U. Princeton Library and the Directorate of Academic Research, I
would like to recommend the following: University libraries in Niger and Africa should allocate specific percentage of their
annual budget to the library. This is because the library not only serves the
institution information-wise, but it is an index for accreditation. All universities in Niger are badly in need of facilities on library
internet connectivity and computerization projects for research grants,
lectures, conferences, etc, available and accessible to researchers carrying
out investigation on the university's areas of interest.
This
study has examined the impact of research in Nigerien private universities';
and the impact of library ICT on university education. The first goal of my research
is to explain the criteria for determining whether/ how the A.D.U library is
responding to the community as a new library and research provider, and the
most innovative university library in Niger aside from the American Cultural
Centre's Library which is not a university library. For example, will the
A.D.U. Princeton Library structure be able to withstand research in the future?
What will happen if university libraries in Niger focus only on lending books
and do not include the use of library ICT? Will the formal education setting
contain the burden? To achieve this goal, I relied on "Ten world best
universities and the use of library
lecture note series, et cetera.
My research has engaged a case study approach to
investigate the role and responsibility of the A.D.U. Library in consolidating
research in Nigerien private universities. The main instrument I used for data
collection is setting up the A.D.U. Library
myself, and meeting the students on one-one interviews, visiting the university
libraries in Niger, and with a well-structured questionnaire have presented my
argument in a more comprehensive manner. I gathered data through book lending,
interviews, partnering with university librarians and made observations. Library
on university education of present students’ in the Republic of Niger,
highly depend on the role of Library
services and resources for research, and the role of library ICT in their
studies. Libraries I visited include: American Cultural Centre's Library, Abdou
Moumouni University Library, National Library of Niger, ESCAE University,
Ministry of Basic Education resource centre, UNESCO Niger, Islamic University
Library and others.
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