Inforpreneurship: Alternative Skills for Sustainable Income for Librarians in South –South, Nigeria

Ujoumunna, JC, Nyemezu, CO, Ogonu, JG and Blessing, EA (2024) Inforpreneurship: Alternative Skills for Sustainable Income for Librarians in South –South, Nigeria. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 8 (7). pp. 1247-1257. ISSN 2454-6186

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Abstract

This study is designed to review entrepreneurial skills relevant to librarians and how it could be adopted in librarianship as a means of alternative income to sustain means of livelihood among librarians of colleges of education in South-South, Nigeria. The general aim of this study is to introduce the concept of entrepreneurial librarianship, explore the alternative skills and to recommend possible ways to sustain the level of income among librarians of colleges of education. In order to achieve the objectives of this study, four research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A survey method was adopted for the study. Professional librarians in the five selected colleges of education for this study represent the population of the study with the total of 29 respondents. A structured questionnaire titled inforpreneurship: alternative skills for sustainable income for librarians in South-South, Nigeria (IASSILSSN) was administered to the respondents in the five colleges selected for the study accordingly. The study recommends that librarians as well as other information professional need to diversify their interests and passion for entrepreneurial opportunities within and outside library and information work for self-reliance without being dependent on white collar jobs and/ or government to sustain their income. The paper concludes by recommending that, government at all levels and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should provide funds for librarians in any chosen entrepreneurial opportunity available or specialization after graduation from library and information science schools.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	46 Information and Computing Sciences; 4610 Library and Information Studies; 4 Quality Education
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z719 Libraries (General)
Divisions:	Engineering and Built Environment
Publisher:	RSIS International
Date of acceptance:	2 July 2024
Date of first compliant Open Access:	1 September 2026
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2026 12:51
Last Modified:	07 Sep 2026 13:31
DOI or ID number:	10.47772/ijriss.2024.807104
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29237

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