ABSTRACT
The paper
Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Library and Information Science (US}
Professionals: A Remedy for graduate unemployment in Nigeria unveils some of
the entrepreneurship opportunities that could help LIS graduates to remain
gainfully employed In the faces of unemployment especially in
Nigeria.Entrepreneurship has become on integral component of all levels
educationand now acts as catalysts of transformation. The major highlights of
the paper includes: Entrepreneurship as a concept,entrepreneurship education,
benefits of entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship education available to
library and information science graduates in Nigeria and factors limiting the
effectiveness of entrepreneurshipeducation in Nigerian library schools. The
paper argued that entrepreneurship education in library andinformation science
will not deliver its dividends if efforts are not mode to ensure that the
programme is practicaloriented and it will be difficult for graduates of
library and information science to secure self-employment. Thepaper recommends,
among other things, that workshops and laboratories in Nigerian 1/brary schools
beupgraded to acceptable standard with necessary facilities put in place,
re-orientation of students, acquisition of ICT skills by lecturers and
retraining of lecturers in library schools onentrepreneurship. The methodology
of the paper is non-empirical Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship
Education, Library and Information Science, Unemployment
ANEZI, E (2024). Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Library and Information Science (US) Professionals: A Remedy for graduate unemployment in Nigeria :- Anezi Leonard E. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Sep 08, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/entrepreneurship-opportunities-for-library-and-information-science-us-professionals-a-remedy-for-graduate-unemployment-in-nigeria-anezi-leonard-e-7-2
EZEMA, ANEZI. "Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Library and Information Science (US) Professionals: A Remedy for graduate unemployment in Nigeria :- Anezi Leonard E" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 01 Jul. 2024, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/entrepreneurship-opportunities-for-library-and-information-science-us-professionals-a-remedy-for-graduate-unemployment-in-nigeria-anezi-leonard-e-7-2. Accessed 08 Sep. 2024.
EZEMA, ANEZI. "Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Library and Information Science (US) Professionals: A Remedy for graduate unemployment in Nigeria :- Anezi Leonard E". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 01 Jul. 2024. Web. 08 Sep. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/entrepreneurship-opportunities-for-library-and-information-science-us-professionals-a-remedy-for-graduate-unemployment-in-nigeria-anezi-leonard-e-7-2 >.
EZEMA, ANEZI. "Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Library and Information Science (US) Professionals: A Remedy for graduate unemployment in Nigeria :- Anezi Leonard E" Mouau.afribary.org (2024). Accessed 08 Sep. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/entrepreneurship-opportunities-for-library-and-information-science-us-professionals-a-remedy-for-graduate-unemployment-in-nigeria-anezi-leonard-e-7-2