Digital school libraries in the 21st century: Myths or reality in Nigeria

Abstract

The paper examined a call-to-arms in the community among School librarians in Nigeria to meet the knowledge challenges of practitioners in the bid to transit school , libraries from: traditional to technological; manual to  mechanical; analogue to digital and physical to electronic. In the attempt to recognize these challenges clearly, the researcher gave clarifications on digital Library concepts, challenges and suggestion for a new focus in the pursuit of digital school libraries and renewed roles for school librarians in the digital era and beyond.

Key Words: Digital libraries, Myths, School Library.