Influence of Information Literacy Skills Requirement of Academic Library Staff for National Development

Abstract

Information literacy skills are indispensable tools for effective and efficient functioning of academic library staff in the information age. In information era, academic libraries have responded by providing instructions in information literacy that enable their staff acquire skills such as ability to locate, manage, critically evaluate and use information to solve problems, support teaching, learning, research as well as influence decision making. This paper discusses conceptualization, categories of information literacy, information literacy skills acquire by academic library staff, training methods used by academic library staff to acquire information literacy skills and influence of information literacy skills acquired by academic library staff on national development. The study also reveals that acquisition of information literacy skills by academic library staff would ensure free flow of knowledge, library and information services to users for national development.