Department of Library and Information Science
The department of Library and Information Science was established on the 23rd September 2021 by the present Rector Dr. Mohammed Usman, and the department got its interim accreditation around March last year 2024, after Resource Inspection and Accreditation exercises by the NBTE.
GOAL AND OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAMME
The National Diploma Programme in Library and Information Science is aims at producing produce technically competent graduates of library and information professional, particularly at a middle-level management capacity
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the National Diploma programme the diploma be able to:
1) To equip students with fundamental knowledge and practical skills need to in libraries or information centres
2) Fostering an understanding of information management principles, and
3) Preparing student for further academic pursuits careers in the field.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for admission to pursue a Diploma in Library and Information Science in Nigeria, candidates generally need a minimum of five O' Level credits, including English Language and Mathematics, at no more than two sittings. (Literature in English, and Oral English are not acceptable in place of English Language) and three other subjects from other social sciences such as Accounting, BAM, Economics Literature in English, Commerce, History, Statistics, Government, Civic Education, etc.
CURRICULUM STRUCTURE
The structure of the National Diploma [ND] Programme consist of four semesters of classroom and workshop\field activities in the Polytechnic as well as a semesters [3-4 Months] of Supervised Industrial Work Experience Scheme [SIWESS]. Each semester shall be 17 weeks of duration, made up as follows:
15 weeks of registration, teaching lecture, recitation, practical, exercises\field work, and quiz]
2 weeks of Examination
SIWES shall take place at the end of the second semester of the year at ND
PROJECT
The project shall be submitted at the end of the second semester of the final year at ND.
CONDITIONS FOR THE AWARD OF THE NATIONAL DIPLOMA (ND) IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Institutions offering accredited programmes will award the Diploma in Library and Information Science to candidates who successfully complete the programme after passing prescribed coursework, examination, diploma project, and supervised Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme {SIWES}. Such a candidate should have completed the prescribed credit units. National Diploma certificate shall be awarded based on the following.
CURRICULUM
The curriculum of the ND programme consists of three main components. These are
i. General Studies/Education
ii. Foundation Courses
iii. Professional courses
The general education component shall include courses in arts and humanities – English Language, Communication, and history. These are compulsory. Mathematics and science (for non-Science based programmes) social studies – citizenship (the Nigerian Constitution) Political Science, Sociology, Philosophy, Geography, Entrepreneurship studies. The course in citizenship, Entrepreneurship, philosophy of Science and Sociology are compulsory.
The general education component shall account for not more than 15% of total contact hours for the programme.
Foundation courses include courses in Economics, Mathematics, pure Sciences, Technical Drawing, and Descriptive Geometry, Statistics etc. the number of hours will vary with the programme and may account for about 10 – 15% of the total contact hours.
Professional courses are courses which give the student the theory and practical skills he needs to practice his field of calling at the technician/technologist level. These may account for between 60% - 70% of the total contact hours depending on programme.
Preview Curriculum (PDF)ACCREDITATION
Each programme offered at ND Level shall be accredited by the NBTE before the diplomats can be awarded the Diploma Certificates. Details about the process of accrediting a programme for the award of the ND or HND are available from the Executive Secretary, Programmes Department, National Board for Technical Education, Plot B, Bida Road, P.M.B. 2239, KADUNA, Nigeria.
GUIDANCE NOTE FOR TEACHERS TEACHING THE PROGRAMME
The new curriculum is drawn in unit courses. This is keeping with the provisions of the national Policy of Education which stress the need to introduce the Semester credit units which will enable a student who so wish to transfer the units already completed in an institution of similar standard from which he/she is transferring.
In designing the units, the principle of the modular system by product has been adopted; thus making each of the professional modules, when completed provides the student with technician operative skills, which can be used for employment purposes.
As the success of the credit unit system depends on the articulation of programmes between the institutions and industry, the curriculum content has been written in behavioural objectives, so that it is clear to all the expected performance of the student who successfully completed some of the courses or the diplomats of the programme. There is a slight departure in the presentation of the performance based curriculum which requires the conditions under which the performance are expected to be carried out and the criteria for the acceptable levels of performance.
It is a deliberate attempt to further involve the staff of the department teaching the programme to write their own curriculum stating the condition existing in their institution under which the performance can take place and to follow that with the criteria for determining an acceptable level of performance. Departmental submission on the final curriculum may be vetted by the academic board of the institution.
Our aim is to continue to see it that a solid internal evaluation system exists in each institution for ensuring minimum standard and quality of education in the programmes offered throughout the polytechnic system and similar post – secondary technical institutions. The teaching of the theory and practical work should, as much as possible, be integrated. Practical exercises, especially those in professional courses and laboratory work, should both be taught in isolation from the theory. For each course, there should be a balance of theory to practice in the ratio of 50:50 or 60:40 or the reverse.