Tuesday 25 July 2017

LIBRARY ADVOCACY GROUP

We are librarians. We believe in libraries. We believe that libraries are change agents. We are fiercely proud of our profession.

We believe that libraries provide access to information that can drive development in all spheres of human existence. We believe that Nigeria cannot have quality education that will get ready the needed human resources without well equipped libraries.
We advocate that libraries need to be re-positioned in Nigeria to totally ushered in the knowledge economy.
We believe that Nigeria needs to diversify its resource base and that functional libraries will pave the way for innovative tech start-ups that can radically change Nigeria's economy. We believe that the existence of strong functional libraries will lead to the sustenance of democracy in Nigeria as people will have free access to information and enough knowledge of their rights to actively engage in different levels of civic discourses and engagements.
We believe that libraries build inclusive and sustainable societies. As information and opportunities have largely migrated online, Nigerians need to have free access to technology and internet as well as the skills to enable them explore and exploit these opportunities. We absolutely believe in the power of libraries to change lives!
We are the Library Advocacy Group!