The Impact of Librarians in National Development

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of librarians to national development in Nigeria. Four hundred questionnaires were drawn and administered to respondents, including 112 librarians, 163 teachers and 125 Administrators and staff of the Federal Ministry of Education. Interviews were conducted with some selected librarians, principals, teachers, and Federal Ministry of Education staffs. They were selected by cluster sampling technique, using table of random numbers. One null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha levels using weighted least square regression analysis. The findings show that Liberians efforts have significant influence on national development since the p-values from the result table are less than 0.05. The study recommends a feasible working relationship between the Federal Ministry of Education and the Nigerian Librarian Association for fast growth of national development.