Libraries and their Professional Role in Selective Dissemination of Information During COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The library is the known and trusted custodian of information resources all over the world with a duty of acquiring, organizing,  preserving, storing and making information available to those who need them. Librarians as information custodians are intermediaries  who have an enormous role to play in selective dissemination of COVID-19 related information and resources to the public through  various virtual media channels available to them, especially as most people may not come to the library or because the library may be  closed in this situation of COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims in particular to xray library services and the professional roles of librarians in selective dissemination of information during covid-19 pandemic. It shows the pivotal professional role of Librarians through library  services in Dissemination of Information. The paper therefore, recommended that libraries should establish working relationships with health agencies and communication organizations with the objective of cooperative developments of collections, referrals and  information shared and learning for users and a new breed of reimagined librarians.