Towards Making Graduates of Librarianship in Nigeria Efficient Entrepreneurs for National Development
Keywords:
LIS Graduates, Entrepreneurs, National Development, Librarianship, EmployabilityAbstract
The pursuance of entrepreneurship as a panacea to the pervading problem of massive unemployment among graduates including graduates of librarianship in Nigeria has taken the front burner in recent times. This problem is a fall out of the poor economic climate in Nigeria which recorded as low as 4 percent GDP since 2011 from the contribution of the manufacturing sector to the economic. This scenario has been a huge stagnating factor for the Nigerian economy. This paper discussed several personality traits and professional skills that would assist the graduates of librarianship in setting up library and information related businesses. Several services which they can render in their business are enumerated. The principles and features of marketing and branding including strategies for marketing as applicable to library products and services are discussed in order to make it easy for them to be efficient in their information business. Some recommendations made include encouraging unemployed graduates of librarianship to take the bull by the horns and start their businesses even if it is on a small scale.