CHILDREN LIBRARIANSHIP, A RARE AND A UNIQUE CALLING; A CASE STUDY OF NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN MINNA METROPOLIS

Abstract

The paper examined children librarianship through a questionnaire tagged “children librarianship; a rare and a unique calling questionnaire” (CLARUCQ). Twenty nursery and primary schools in the three local government within Minna Metropolis were used for nursery. The findings show that there is no single qualified Librarian in all the schools. If also shows. It also show that more males are involved in running of the libraries. The paper recommends that the government should henceforth make the establishment of library a pre-condition for the registration and approval of nursery and primary schools in the country and that librarians and other information professionals would enjoy enhanced salaries.