Providing information services for rural mobilization in special libraries for national development in Nigeria

Abstract

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa;="" mso-bidi-font-style:italic"="" lang="EN-US">Special library services are indispensable in the process of effective rural mobilization for national development in Nigeria. Result of <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: " times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:="" en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">a <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">study of Nigerian special libraries revealed features of the libraries and showed that available services in the libraries are too sophisticated for rural Nigerians. Information services for rural mobilization as well as specialized information needs of rural Nigerians are discussed. Extension services of the Nigerian special libraries at the community or grass root level identified as community information service is proposed as suitable for presenting specialized information to the rural Nigerians.</span></span></span>