Human Capital for Nigerian Libraries in the 21st Century

Studies of libraries in general and university libraries in particular have consistently reported inadequate levels of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) literacy as one of the major problems facing libraries in Nigeria as they move into the 21st century. ICT infrastructure development and poor funding have been identified as problems, followed by poor ICT skills among staff (Oduwole, 2005; Adedoyin 2005). These are the same problems confronting libraries in most developing countries. Amekuedee (2005) reported similarly for Ghana and Qian Zhou (2005) for China.