Library: pillar of lifelong learning and foundation for literacy skills

Abstract

Libraries from its inception as been a power house of knwowledge, without it, no living organism can grow. This has made its role grown exponentially bridging the digital divide through provisioning of information resources through Internet tools and other computer facilities to its users. The ever increasing availablity and access to information, both virtually and traditionally as charge libraries with the role of provisioning equal access to information, for all members of the communities and its surrounding environment, The value of. Information Literacy is an essential skill in the 21st century which every information and library professionals must acquire in assisting its library’s user groups/information consumers to develop and acquire relevant, qualittative information resources to meet their information needs, as these cannot be achieved without the acqusition of basic information literacy skills. This paper focuses on providing an overview on the role of libraries in promoting literacy skills among peers and lifelong learning opportunities which can be available for all age brackets from elementary to adulthood.