Role of Public Libraries in Meeting Information needs for Literacy and Adult Education

Abstract

This paper discusses the roles of libraries in meeting the information needs for literacy and Adult Education. It equally established the indispensability of public libraries for Literacy and Adult Education. This is because the Public Libraries stock resources in different formats which are in book formats and audio formats and audio-visual formats. The paper discussed the concepts of Literacy and Adult Education. It went further to analyse how Public Library resources like reference and factual books, fiction books, help adult education students to achieve their aims. Magazines and newspapers, government publications, non-print or audio-visual resources equally help adult education students to achieve perfect literacy and adult education. The paper concluded by establishing the fact that the resources of the public library makes the adult education student a ‘Total man’.