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This paper is centered on roles of Library and Information Professionals (LIPs) towards the realization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The highlights of the paper are: understanding the context, content, and commitment of the SDGs, the expected roles of Library and Information Professionals (LIPs) towards the realization of SDGs, the strategies for actualizing the SDGs by Library and Information Professionals (LIPs). Expected roles such as creating of awareness on SDGs, organizing of continuing education programme, establishment of viable community information centre, partnering with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), translation of SDGs documents into local language and provision of information resources/services to support institutes for disadvantaged people were extensively examined. The position of the paper is that expectations are high for library and information practitioners in the sustainability of developmental goals. The paper concludes that as information providers and managers, it is imperative that achieving the SDGs by 2030 through the provision of qualitative and enduring information services should be given priority. Intensive lobbying and advocacy, reviving of public libraries in Nigeria, re-engineering of school libraries, sustainable partnership and collaboration were recommended as key strategies to the actualization of the expected roles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper looked into the sustainable development goals (SDGs) as sine qua-non for improved services in public library in Nigeria: challenges and prospects. Questionnaire was used for the data collection. Out of ninety (90) copies of questionnaire distributed to all the library staff at Imo State Public Library, seventy-two (72) were used for the study and eight (8) copies were discarded for various reasons. Frequency and percentages were used to analyse research question one while mean and standard deviation were used to analyze other research questions. Regression was also used to test the null hypothesis formulated at 0.05 levels significant. The result depicted a very strong relationship between strategies utilized and the challenges faced by the library as it shows 86.1% level of coefficient between the duo. Based on this, it therefore rejects the null hypothesis which states that challenges faced by the library does not significantly affect the strategies utilized in the library to achieve SDG. Again from the result it was discovered that 90% of the staff said that they have heard of SDG before but only 7 (10%) said that it has been achieved in their libraries. This study therefore revealed the following as the reasons for non attainment of SDGs: lack of government support, lack of capacity building for staff, inadequate internet connectivity, lack of awareness on the services of the public library etc. Whereas the creation of massive campaign at various places in the town, full government support, provision of adequate funds and acquisition of all the necessary facilities with full internet connectivity have been identified as solutions for the actualization of the SDGs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Good Governance promotes fundamental grounds of participation and democracy which bring forth implications for sustainable economic development in a contemporary society. The study examined the role of libraries in promoting a transparent electoral system towards good governance for the attainment of sustainable development in Nigeria. In carrying out this study, three research questions were raised to guide the study.A descriptive research survey was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 125 librarians. The instrument used for data collection was an online questionnaire and an interview. An online Google form was used to administer the questionnaire through theLibrary WhatsApp platform, out of which 50 librarians responded.The technique used was simple random sampling. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and frequency distribution and percentages were used to compute the data based on the responses recorded from the online Google form. The results of the survey show that electoral fraud, electoral violence, electoral irregularities, ignorance, corruption such as vote buying, and faking election results are some of the factors affecting a transparent electoral system towards the achievement of good governance for the attainment of sustainable development. The recommendations werethatNigerian libraries should provide unbiased access to information for users to politically participate as citizens during their country’s selection of choice leadership. There is a need forinclusion and participatory governance such as appointing a librarian as Special Assistant (SA) to the government on Library Matters among others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The role of school library in the achievement of sustainable development in Nigeria should be given adequate attention. School library is an organized collection of print and non-print materials carefully selected, described and systematically arranged in a school for use of teachers, pupils and students to aid the attainment of educational goals. School libraries are different from other libraries as they are integral part of primary and secondary schools with the sole aim of providing instructional materials to enrich the curriculum to supplement classroom instructions and to create awareness in children on wide range of knowledge, be it social, economic or environmental. Availability of such knowledge in various school library resources plays a vital role in stimulating children's interest in the process of sharing a nations values and meaning. It then becomes necessary that school libraries in Nigeria be given adequate attention as it stands as a veritable means of relaying sustainable development information to children from generation to generation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]