ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AS TOOLS FOR WEALTH CREATION AMONG LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES OF NORTH-WEST NIGERIA

Abstract

This research assessed entrepreneurship education and awareness for wealth creation among
Library and Information Science Students in Universities of North-West Nigeria. Two research
questions guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population
of the study was 265 which consist of Library and Information Science postgraduate students for
the 2020/21 academic session of ABU Zaria, BUK Kano and UMYU, Katsina. The entire
population was used for the study because the population was not too large. Structured
questionnaire and document examination guide were used to collect data for the study. Analysis
of data was done using percentages, mean and standard deviation through Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. The research major findings indicated that: there are different
courses for entrepreneurship opportunities in the curriculum of Library and information science
for wealth creation which include: web creation and design management, information brokerage,
abstracting, cataloguing and classification, book publishing and trading, reference services,
indexing, freelancing, research, consultant, library application software development and
installation, internet services, knowledge management, digitalization, email publishing and
information services to the visually impaired among others. The findings also revealed that though
the respondents pointed out that they were aware of the entrepreneurship opportunities for wealth
creation in Library and Information Science, but not at a very high extent. In relation to the
findings of the study, it was recommended among others that adequate ICT courses should be in
the curriculum to inculcate in postgraduate students creative and innovative ideas for wealth and
job creation, and adequate practical ICT courses to accommodate more relevant entrepreneurship.