ENTREPRENEURIAL LIBRARIANSHIP AS A TOOL FOR ENHANCING EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY AMONG YOUTHS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Entrepreneurial skills in librarianship are required by youths and students to enable them to become employable and self-employed after graduation. On this premise, the paper centered on entrepreneurial librarianship as a tool for enhancing employment and employability among youths in Nigeria. The paper attempts to discuss the concepts of entrepreneurial librarianship and youth employment and employability. The main thrust of the paper which is entrepreneurial librarianship as a tool for enhancing employment and employability among youths in Nigeria was explained. Entrepreneurial librarianship is a tool for enhancing employment and employability among youths in Nigeria by enabling them to start up business ventures, become employers of labour, and engage in productive economic activities that prevent them from engaging in criminal activities. Thereafter, challenges and measures to improve entrepreneurial librarianship for enhancing employment and employability among youths in Nigeria were presented.