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• Nigerbiblios: Vol. (3&4),1981

  Vol. 6 No. 3&4 (1981)

• Nigerbiblios:Vol.5(3&4),1980

  Vol. 5 No. 3&4 (1980)

• NIGERBIBLIOS: Vol.5(1&2),1980

  Vol. 5 No. 1&2 (1980)

  EDITORIAL COMMENT

   

  Nigerbiblios came into existence in 1976 to serve as the house journal of the National Library of

  Nigeria. Its full title in its inception is Nigerbiblios: House journal of the National Libraryof Nigeria. As

  I house journals do, it directed all its focus towards documenting and disseminating information on the

  activities of the institution. This it did by publishing papers emanating from our monthly staff seminars,

  conference proceedings organised by the institution, staff news and other topical news of professional

  interest. Only on rare occasions were contributions entertained outside the membership of the National

  Library Staff. Any observer of the national scene will find, evenwith minimum effort that for the past five or  six years there has not been any effective medium whereby librarians and information science practitioners in this country could inter-communicate on the various activities and problems in their constituencies. To the chagrin of all, the premier journal in librarianship in this country, Nigerian Libraries had run into production problems to the extent that it is many years in arrears and has practically gone into coma. A big gap has been created by this state of affairs.

  Consequently librarians in this country have had to send their thoughts and ideas outside and take recourse to seek avenues for ventilating their articles to foreign journals for publication.

  Although the avenues sought are courteous and hospitable we cannot presume that foreign journals too do not have problems of coping with the articles submitted by their own nationals, and that all our needs would be satisfactorily met. On the other hand we at the Nigerbiblios have been receiving unsolicited articles from Librarians all over the country, which is a clear evidence of need. It. therefore devolved on us to review the situation as it affects this country as a whole with reference to the profession of librarianship and information science. Accordingly, the Management of the National Library having considered the situation, and reflecting on the success of the house journal decided to raise its status to one of a national communication tool and extend its scope to accommodate contributions from professional practitioners outside the for institution publication,  the Nigerbiblios. After all, articles in then Nigerbiblios are reviewed and indexed in reputable professional documentation services like Library and

  Information science Abstracts, Library literature etc. The journal could profitably be used to remove the existing blockage to free flow of Information and ideas in this way. The move, we expect, should serve as stimulus to writing and communication so that international librarianship can have, increasedaccess to Nigeria. From this issue, therefore, Nigerbiblios becomes a professional journal in this sense, articulating and reporting on developments and services in the field of librarianship and information science in Nigeria. It has now thrown its doors open to all librarians and information scientists who have something concrete to contribute to the availability of information and knowledge about library and information science in Nigeria. Every attempt will be made to publish what in the opinion of the editor is useful contribution.

  However, the editor reserves the right to reject what it considers as unsuitable. In publishing articles from various contributors outside the National Library, no attempt will be made to defend any reaction that may arise from views expressed. In essence a contributor is free to articulate his views and be prepared to defend his opinions when occasions arise.

  Due to some operational "constraints the numbers for 1980, now in arrears, are being combined in order to clear the backlog. There will now be 4 issues of the journal every year appearing in January, April, July, and October. The combined issues for 1980 are Vol. 5 Nos. 1 and 2 January/April; 3 and 4 July/October. The first issue for 1981 will be Vol. 6 No. 1 January 1981. The title is just Nigerbiblios. We wish all our readers profitable reading and hope for mutual exchange of ideas. We also hereby formally invite contributions to the journal. It is our hope that, with this new change of policy, we are contributing our quota to the dissemination of information about happenings on the Nigerian sceneto our professional colleagues in all parts of the world. Please feel free to write to us as we now intend to feature a correspondence column.