Quality assurance strategies for user friendly school libraries in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examines the methods of school library services with the pll1pose to promote quality assurance in Nigeria school libraries. The recurring theme in this paper is the imperative that school libraries in Nigeria should be committed and contributed to the transformation agenda which is the key issues of equity and redress, quality, development, effectiveness and efficiency. Quality assurance in NPE 2004 and the minimum standards for school libraries in Nigeria (1992) should be seen simultaneously as objective of, and medium for transforming quality services in Nigerian school iibraries. Problems of the school librartes were stated, in this regard recommendations
were made for the best way forward.

Keywords: Quality assurance, User friendly school library, Nigeria.