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Assessing The Impact Of Public Library Services On The Literacy Level Of Nigerians
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Nigerian Library Literature as “The Sharr Reportâ€, praised the
“foresight of the Government in seeking, at this early state to
rationalize the development of all types of libraries and to avoid the
waste and inefficiency which follows from uncoordinated endeavor†(Sharr
1963). Following his recommendation, there was a review of the existing
structures and Public Library system evolved. The first functional
Public Library was the Kaduna Lending Library which also doubled as the
Regional Reference Library. The Library system was organized under a
Director and was departmentalized according to the various functions in
the Library. While a public library system is gradually taking shape, a
major political shake-up of the Northern Region took place in 1967. The
once famous “giant North†was broken into six (6) states. This
development led to decentralization of the Regional Library System and
consequently, the former Regional Library Headquarter in Kaduna had to
split its resources and assets equally among the new States. Another
milestone in the history of Library Development in Northern Nigeria was
the commissioning of yet another study by Rober.
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