International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 11(4), pp. 90-94, August 2023

ISSN: 2360-7866

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijarer2023120

 

Full Length Research

 

 

Repositioning Library and Information Professionals for Good Governance and National Unity

 

Immaculata OPARA1, Magnus Chukwuduziem UNEGBU2, Ogechi NDULAKA3 and Chima EMMANUEL4

 

1,2&4Library Department, Alvan Ikoku Federal College Of Education, Owerri, Imo State 3university Library, Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Ogboko, Imo State

*Corresponding author’s E-mail: callongoff @yahoo.com; magnus.unegbu@alvanikoku.edu.ng, PHONE: 08036661229  

Accepted 25 August 2023

Abstract

Abstract: This paper is an exploratory investigation on repositioning library and information professionals for good governance and national unity. This study explores the importance of good governance and national unity and the crucial roles library and information professionals can play in promoting good governance and national unity. Based on the established facts in the discourse, it was recommended that library and information professionals should give the public equitable access to political and any other information using various means of information dissemination in order to ensuring increase in good governance and national unity, library and information professionals should provide information and media literacy skills to members of the public in order to enabling them respond properly to good governance and national unity campaign messages regardless of the media and library and information professionals should create awareness on the need for members of the public to participate in good governance and national unity activities.

 

Key Words: Library, Information, Information Professionals, Good Governance, National Unity Economics.

Paper type: research