Formal Program Development in Library Education in Nigeria.

ALTHOUGH some education and training of library personnel started in libraries in Nigeria before 1950, the formal library education program was not introduced until 1960. Before 1960 Nigerian trained librarians received their education in Great Britain by taking the Library Association Associateship examinations as external candidates. The first recorded training course in Nigeria was organized by the University College of Ibadan Library for local authority librarians. The admission requirements for the candidate were literacy in English and Middle II (the equivalent of eight years of education). The Unesco Public Library Seminar1 gave impetus to concrete discussions on planning for library development in Africa. The ideas on library education formulated at this seminar have since formed the basis for