Libraries Must Innovate To Engage New Generation – Prof. Anunobi

The National Librarian and Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Nigeria (NLN), Professor Chinwe Veronica Anunobi, has said libraries indispensable innovate to stay applicable to the caller generation.

Speaking during an interactive league with unit to people her 4th day successful office, Prof. Anunobi explained that portion the mandate of the NLN remains constant, its strategies indispensable evolve, driven by innovation, focused connected engaging young people, and determined to widen services to adjacent the astir distant communities.

According to a property connection by Vershima Orvell-Dio, the Assistant Director, Information and Public Relations, National Library of Nigeria, the league has go a yearly contented since her assignment successful 2021.

According to him, the lawsuit was held astatine the NLN office nether the theme: “Four Years of Holding connected to the Mandate: Innovation, Engaging New Generation and Reaching the Unreached.”

Reviewing her stewardship implicit the past year, she outlined cardinal achievements specified arsenic the sponsorship of 118 unit for nonrecreational capacity-building, the recruitment of 94 caller unit to capable vacant positions, enhancement of outsourced unit salaries, and proviso of payment enactment to ailing staff.

She besides noted the palmy commemoration of the NLN’s 60th anniversary, which featured a landmark roadworthy locomotion to the institution’s imperishable office nether construction, the improvement of a caller 2025–2030 Strategic Plan to win the 2020–2024 plan, and the continuation of International Digital Literacy Training, producing 141 certified graduates.

Other milestones see securing afloat NBTE accreditation for the Centre for Advanced Library and Information Management (CALIM), matriculating the 3rd acceptable of diploma students, and remodelling the centre with modular hostel accommodation.

“These milestones are anchored connected our 8-point docket and aligned with the 5 strategical objectives of the 2025–2030 plan. This strategy represents the NLN’s travel successful fostering literacy, education, research, taste preservation, and entree to knowledge,” she said.

Looking ahead, the National Librarian unveiled initiatives specified arsenic digitising Nigeria’s taste and humanities heritage, expanding integer entree done a robust virtual platform, promoting storytelling and literacy campaigns, and collaborating with stakeholders to present cutting-edge acquisition tools.

She besides expressed optimism astir the aboriginal completion of the NLN headquarters, improved budgetary allocations, transportation of caller operational buses, enlargement of directorates to boost productivity, and the motorboat of the National Library of Nigeria Fund.

The day lawsuit concluded with an interactive question-and-answer league during which she responded to queries from unit astatine the office and those who joined virtually from authorities branches.

“We volition clasp firmly to our mandate, grow innovative operations and services, prosecute the caller generation, and scope the unreached, each anchored connected my 8-Point Agenda. Our activities volition leverage the 5 strategical objectives of the 2025–2030 program since this strategy represents the NLN’s travel of fostering literacy, education, research, taste preservation, and entree to knowledge,” she added.