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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION LITERACY PROGRAMME IN LIBRARIES

C) Library Education

According to English Collins Dictionary, Library Education refers to library as a room

or set of room where book and other materials are kept. A collection of literary material,
film, CDs, and kept for borrowing and reference. The materials of the collection in the

library can be a guideline in education to user as the reference. The materials in the
library are important to educate user to become information person and knowledgeable

in getting the information and appreciate the materials.

D) Library Services

Library information services are a key element in libraries since the ancient times. The
literature on library and information science/services indicates that Libraries started off

as store houses, where books were more preserved than utilized and librarians acted
like some form of custodians and their interaction with users were minimal, for example

only in locating books and serving users, then there was a shift as a result of information
communication technology (Mayega, 2008).

E) User Education
Fleming (1990) defined user education as various programs of instruction, education

and exploration provided by libraries to users to enable them to make more effective,
efficient and independent use of information sources and services to which these

libraries provide access. Mellon (1998) mentioned that, students enter college with little
or zero knowledge of basic library tools, procedures or terminology. Clarke (1999)

emphasize the justification for mounting programs for user education in university

libraries. He also wrote “Third World countries, in the majority of cases, lack adequate
public libraries that could meaningfully serve as a necessary addition to the teaching

and learning process in secondary schools. Even where they live such public libraries

do not appear to have user instruction for new users, at least not a large scale”

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