ENTREPRENUERSHIP: A PANACEA FOR ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR LIBRARIANS

Abstract

The goals of entrepreneurs are to make money, become independent, and lessen
dependency among young people worldwide especially in developing nations. The
problems with entrepreneur education in developing nations stem from a number
of factors, including extreme poverty, young and graduate unemployment, a lack
of entrepreneurial skills, a lack of engagement from stakeholders, bad
government policies, and a lack of industrialization. This article aims to provide
Librarians with entrepreneurship skills, allowing them to become more
employable, independent, and less reliant. This paper looks at librarians as
information brokers who use cutting-edge Library and Information Science
techniques to support themselves. This paper focuses on how students at the
Nigerian Library Schools utilize entrepreneurship opportunities to promote
organic growth and development. Finally, this paper looks at how entrepreneurs
can help librarians develop their businesses for economic and sustainable growth
through user education, book publishing, teacher librarianship, special/subject
librarianship, and the processing of library materials. Continuous practice of the
profession will open up opportunities for self-employment, which will be a remedy
for the profession's economic and sustainable growth.