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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NIGERIA PLOT 274 SANUSI DANTATA HOUSE, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA. INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2017 CAPITAL PROJECTS 1.0   INTRODUCTION The National Library of Nigeria in compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, wishes to invite seasoned and qualified contractors to submit bids for the under listed Capital and Constituency projects as appropriated in the 2017 Appropriation Act. 2.0 SCOPE OF WORK CATEGORY A: WORKS LOT 1A: CONSTRUCTION OF PROTOTYPE STATE BRANCH BUILDING IN JALINGO, TARABA STATE. LOT 1B: FENCING AND PROVISION OF EXTERNAL WORKS AT GOMBE STATE BRANCH   (FENCING, LANDSCAPING, INTERLOCKING, ETC) LOT 1C: FENCING AND PROVISION OF EXTERNAL WORKS AT KATSINA STATE BRANCH   (FENCING, LANDSCAPING, INTERLOCKING, ETC) LOT 1D: RENOVATION AND FURNISHING OF EXISTING COMMUNITY LIBRARY AT EBUNWANA AFIKPO SOUTH LGA. EBONYI STATE (CONSTITUENCY PROJECT) CATEGORY B: GOODS LOT 2A: P...

The Future Looks Bright for Librarianship Empirical data paint a far different future of career prospects in librarianship. According to a recently published report on “The Future of Skills” by Pearson, a publishing and educational company, who conducted research with Nesta and Oxford University, “Librarians, curators, and archivists” will be the ninth most in demand occupation group in coming years. Librarians will be more in demand in 2030 than media and communication workers, construction trade workers, and others, according to the report. http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2017/12/the-future-looks-bright-for-librarianship /

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE: RE-ENVISIONING PUBLIC LIBRARIES “The library is first and foremost a place…a place that promotes development in society. It is the family room of a community. That’s the vision, that’s the future.” The Dialogue on Public Libraries was created to help advance the work that public libraries are doing to address community challenges and to support the transformation of public libraries for the digital age. http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/m/dialogue-on-public-libraries/2014/report