Infopreneurship Skills of Academic Librarians in Libraries in Bauchi and Gombe States for Effective Information Marketing Services Delivery

Authors

  • Yakubu Attahiru Liman Federal College of Education (Technical)
  • Umar Shuaibu Gombe State College of Education and Legal Studies

Keywords:

Infopreneurship, Skills, Academic Librarians, Academic Libraries, Information Science

Abstract

The study investigated Infopreneurship programmes for Librarians in academic Libraries in Bauchi and Gombe States. The objectives of the study were:  to determine infopreneurship skills for academic librarians in libraries in Bauchi and Gombe States, to identify various challenges associated with infopreneurship skills needed by academic librarians. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The study’s population consisted of 118 academic librarians in Bauchi and Gombe States. Questionnaire was used for data collection for the study sample of 110 which was retrieved and found usable. The findings of the study revealed that most academic librarians indicated that infopreneurship provides opportunities for academic librarians to demonstrate capabilities for information marketing service delivery in the libraries. The study also showed that challenges associated with infopreneurship skills needed by academic librarians in Bauchi and Gombe States was still prominent among some academic librarians. The study concluded that librarian needed infopreneurship skills such as information marketing skills, information literacy skills, offered by infopreneurship provide opportunities for academic librarians to demonstrate capabilities for practical information service delivery in the libraries.  It recommended that needs for librarians to demonstrate opportunities provided by infopreneurship to gain practical know-how in information service delivery in the libraries.

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Published

2024-09-15