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HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT LAGOS " EKO" The Historical fact is that Oba Orhogbua, who reigned in Benin in the 16th Century (about 1550AD) waged a number of wars, one of which carried him as far as to the land now known as Dahomey, which he conquered and over which he installed a Military Administrator by the name of Isidahome after whom that territory was named "the land of Isidahome" which, over the centuries, became the modern "Dahomey." It was during the Oba's expedition that he came to the island which the Portuguese subsequently named Lagos. As the journey was long and tedious, he decided to find a resting place. The whole area was a swampy bush but after some exploration, he reached the sandy beach which he found very suitable, with its clear water and plenty of fish, the Oba with his men decided to build a camp there. This was how Lagos came to acquire the name "Eko." This word is not a Yoruba word. The fact is that this island had...

IFLA Statement on Privacy in the Library Environment..... The rapid advancement of technology has resulted in  increasing privacy implications for library  and information services, their users, and  society. Commercial Internet services, including those used to deliver library and information services, collect extensive data on users and their behaviour. They may also sell data about their users to third parties who then act on the data to deliver, monitor or withhold services. Using identification and location technology, governments and third parties can analyse a library user’communication and activities for surveillance purposes or to control access to spaces, devices and services. Excessive data collection and use threatens individual users’ privacy and has other social and legal con...

We, the Ministers and country representatives from Angola, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote D’Ivoire, Lesotho, Guinea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan and Swaziland met to discuss the status of libraries and implementation of access to information agenda on 14 August 2015 in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa. The IFLA President, AfLIA President and national librarians were also present; Deliberated on the status of libraries in the continent and the progress required to meet the global  sustainable development goals;...... http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/wlic/2015/documents/cape-town-declaration-of-ministers.pdf

Guidelines for parliamentary research services.. The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments operates at the intersection of two international communities: one of libraries, which finds its global voice in the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the other of parliaments, represented at the highest level by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). While different in their membership and governance, both organizations believe that cooperation and the sharing of experiences are strong enablers for progress, and that knowledge is vital for development. They both promote, in their own environments, access to reliable and high-quality information as one of the essential elements of democratic societies. http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/services-for-parliaments/publications/guidelines-for-parliamentary-research-services-en.pdf

IFLA School Library Guidelines, 2nd edition... This is the new edition of the School Library Guidelines, approved by the IFLA Professional Committee in June 2015. IFLA School Library Guidelines, 2nd edition. These guidelines constitute the second edition of the IFLA ‘School Library Guidelines’. The first edition of the school library guidelines was developed in 2002 by the School Libraries Section, then called the School Libraries and Resource Centers Section. These guidelines have been developed to assist school library professionals and educational decision-makers in their efforts to ensure that all students and teachers have access to effective school library programs and services, delivered by qualified school library personnel. http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/school-libraries-resource-centers/publications/ifla-school-library-guidelines.pdf

THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTORS by Susan E. Metros and Catherine Yang Mentoring is a professional activity, a trusted relationship, a meaningful commitment. The origins of mentoring can be traced back to ancient Greece as a technique to impart to young men important social, spiritual, and personal values. Mentoring as we know it today is loosely modeled on the historical craftsman/apprentice relationship, where young people learned a trade by shadowing the master artisan. In the mid-70s, corporate America redefined mentoring as a career development strategy. The concept of mentoring faculty and administrators is relatively new to higher education and rare in information technology circles, where staff professional development often takes the form of technical manuals and certifications. It is precisely this type of support organization, however, that needs a strong foundation of mentoring to build and retain a healthy workforce that can react quickly to change and can develop, adapt, and...

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ROLE OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NIGERIA IN DEVELOPING A NATIONAL UNION CATALOGUE IN NIGERIA  by  O. Gloria Matthews  INTRODUCTION Since the Ancient Library of Alexandria was constructed in the 3rd century BC until recent years, libraries have enjoyed a fairly static environment. Supporting the information lifecycle or, the range of activities surrounding how information is created, disseminated, collected, organized, catalogued, described, and preserved – has always been at the core of librarians’ work. Effective information access within a library, and,  to an even greater extent, inter-library resource sharing both presuppose that library patrons have the ability to effectively identify and locate materials of interest. With the growth of resource sharing as an explicit strategic response to the inability to fund sufficiently comprehensive local collections, access across multiple collections is becoming increasingly critical. Specifically, the ability to ...