Enhancing, Repositioning and Readjusting Library and Information Services Towards Maximal Productivity: Perspectives from the Post COVID-19 Era

Emmanuel Omeiza Momoh; Abubakar Lanre Folorunsho

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Enhancing, Repositioning and Readjusting Library and Information Services Towards Maximal Productivity: Perspectives from the Post COVID-19 Era

Emmanuel Omeiza Momoh, Abubakar Lanre Folorunsho

Published in American Journal of Information Science and Technology (Volume 6, Issue 2)

Received: 27 April 2022 Accepted: 1 June 2022 Published: 16 June 2022

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The colossal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic which has continued to ravage the global community has raised many questions especially with the new realities the post COVID-19 era has to offer. This is of utmost importance especially in the current era where there is a shift and readjustment from the former methods of doing things to the new methods which has been christened the new normal. These realities are of utmost importance to libraries as one of the many social institutions and also to librarians who have the duty of meeting the ever dynamic information needs of their patrons. The modalities, strategies and challenges to achieve this has not ceased to be a source of worry to many librarians and other information professionals who deal with the handling, management and dissemination of information. By using data obtained from secondary sources, this paper seeks to highlight the many challenges faced by many libraries in their quest to serve their clients in the new era. It also highlights the importance of acquiring additional skills to librarians. This is toward reducing redundancy and to promote effective and efficient service delivery which are necessary ingredients for maximal productivity in the new era.

Published in	American Journal of Information Science and Technology (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajist.20220602.14
Page(s)	37-41
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Post COVID-19, Libraries, Librarians, Information, Productivity

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Emmanuel Omeiza Momoh

Department of Library and Information Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Abubakar Lanre Folorunsho

Library Services Department, National Institute for Sports, Lagos, Nigeria

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