Highlights trends in full-scale educational programmes for library, archival and information services in Anglophone West Africa since the recommendations of the Seminar on Public Library Development in Africa, held in Ibadan in 1953. Equal emphasis is now being placed on the three information fields of traditional librarianship, archival studies and information science. Sub-professional training often receives the same degree of attention as that of professional personnel. There is an immediate need for greater material resources in library and information studies in West Africa, although there is little shortage of well-qualified personnel. The courses offered need to reflect the information needs of illiterate communities and a pilot community library service has been established near the University of Ibadan for this purpose.
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