LIBRARY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROCESSING SKILLS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

Abstract

Entrepreneurship skills provide individuals with the training required to eradicate poverty and unemployment. This has been graced by all categories of discipline including library and information studies which has received global attention. This study is to investigate entrepreneurial practice of library and information technology/science graduates in North Central, Nigeria. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study, the sample for the study consist of 250 graduates of library and information technology/science, questionnaire was used for the collection of data. The result of the study indicates that entrepreneurial practice of library and information technology/science in North Central, Nigeria, includes indexing, abstracting, online database management and online reference services, online cataloguing and bibliographic services and computer/internet applications. (28.5%) indicated in indexing and abstracting, (35.5%) indicated online database management and online reference services and (36%) computer/internet applications and online cataloguing/ bibliographic services. The study also shows that there are different entrepreneurial skills in library and information technology/science education based on gender and cadre. Based on the findings the researcher discuss the implication with respect to the development of library and information technology/ science