Revitalizing School Libraries for Enhanced Service Delivery

Abstract

Revitalization of libraries with modern innovative services that are necessary to bring libraries to the users to encourage independent learning and lifelong education would help schools libraries to provide effective service delivery to its users. This paper is set to look into Revitalization of School libraries for enhanced service delivery. It highlighted the roles of school libraries in this present era. It captures revitalization of school libraries for the future management of information resources and the need to review the curricula of library school towards preparing the 21st Century Librarian, Libraries and students. It captures space management in the library and shows how access to information can be enhanced by changing the mindset of librarians. It concluded that school libraries need to revitalize their services by transforming the way information is provided to users for enhanced service delivery. It provided a way forward that school libraries should be equipped with high class technology to provide and compete with other libraries globally and they should provide resources and equipment that would be user friendly to all categories of students irrespective of their background.