Perceptions of librarians and library and information science educators towards collaboration and promotion of information literacy in Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the perceptions of librarians and library and information science (LIS) educators towards collaboration and promotion of information literacy (IL) in Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey and used questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. The simple random sampling technique was used to select five state universities teaching LIS in Nigeria. The population of the study consisted of 103 librarians and LIS educators. Data were analysed with percentage and mean. The study found that the perception of the concept of IL is high and librarians and LIS educators share a similar opinion on the core skills that students should have from IL. There is evidence of positive perception and willingness to collaborate on IL between both groups although some differences were identified in the areas where librarians and LIS educators are willing to collaborate. Perceived challenges such as inadequacy of facilities to teach IL, reluctance in having IL in the curriculum and an unfounded fear of unwillingness to collaborate from both librarians and LIS educators were also identified.