Poverty Eradication: The Role of Nigerian Libraries towards the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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dc.contributor.authorMichael-Onuoha, Happiness Chijioke
dc.contributor.authorNkiko, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorOkuonghae, Omorodion
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-29T10:24:33Z
dc.date.available2021-01-29T10:24:33Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-01
dc.description.abstractPoverty has been identified as the major source of widening global inequalities and underdevelopment at individual, organizational and national levels. The UN Sustainable Development Goals placed a great deal of priority in the eradication of all forms of poverty by the year 2030. The paper examined the roles of Nigerian libraries towards the achievement of this laudable goal. It canvasses the idea that poverty eradication is possible through the availability, accessibility and utilization of appropriate information resulting in requisite capacity building and empowerment of the Nigerian citizens. The paper identified specific interventions to be used by libraries in poverty alleviation to include: entrepreneurship empowerment, information literacy skills, information repackaging for the illiterate, lifelong learning initiatives, agricultural extension services, consultancy services, information dissemination services, provision of ICT skills education, improving reading culture and mobile library services. It concluded that libraries have the unlimited propensity to catalyse human capital development, productivity and reduction of poverty.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMichael-Onuoha, Happiness Chijioke; Nkiko,, Christopher PhD; and Okuonghae, Omorodion CLN, "Poverty Eradication: The Role of Nigerian Libraries towards the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" (2020). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 4105. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/4105en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.elizadeuniversity.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12398/787
dc.publisherLibrary Philosophy and Practiceen_US
dc.subjectPoverty eradicationen_US
dc.subjectSustainable Development Goalsen_US
dc.subjectAcademic librariesen_US
dc.subjectPublic Librariesen_US
dc.subjectSpecial Librariesen_US
dc.subjectMDGsen_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.subjectInformation availabilityen_US
dc.subjectAccessibilityen_US
dc.titlePoverty Eradication: The Role of Nigerian Libraries towards the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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