INFORMATION LITERACY RULES THE NETWORKED WORLD: THE IMPLICATION FOR LIBRARIANS & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS.

Abstract

This paper attempts to demonstrate the significant role of information literacy in the networked world of the 21st Century. The growth of the Internet and the "digitization of society" are producing an ever increasing number of library clientele using digital technologies. The impact of this phenomenon on Nigerian university libraries and librarians as the key and significant actors in the use of ICTs is reviewed. The paper also suggests solutions to the operational problem of information illiteracy amongst Nigerian librarians and information scientists.