DIGITAL LIBRARY SERVICES AND ITS CHALLENGES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
Elejene, Albert Obiora1, Ekuma, James Nkorabon2, Akilapa, Babatunde Olaniyi3 & Ejiga A.I.4
1&4Department of Library and Information Science, Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State
2&3Department of Computer Science, Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State
Email: Elejenealbert@Yahoo.Com, Ekuma_Ejn@Yahoo.Com, tundearmstrong@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Revolution in today’s digital computing world has not only impacted computing industry, but also library services and entrepreneurship education. Even though entrepreneurship is a relatively new paradigm in management science, Education and Technology, it has attracted increasing interest among scholars. It prepares and builds individuals to be responsible and enterprising individuals capable of deep entrepreneurial thinking that contribute to economic development. Nigeria especially in the face of the global economic and energy crisis requires graduates who will be job “creators” and not job “seekers”. The rapid globalization of world markets and economies has encouraged entrepreneurial organizations of all sizes and national origins to foster entrepreneurship throughout their operations. This paper examined the concepts of digital library services in the development of entrepreneurship education in Nigeria. The benefits of digital library services in the development of entrepreneurship education are equally addressed. Also it discusses challenges of the digital library services to Entrepreneurship development in education. The paper finally made recommendations that will enhance a full blown impact in Digital Library Services.
Keywords Digital, Library, Services, Challenges, Entrepreneurship, Education: