Information literacy programmes and early childhood education as a means to achieving sustainable development goal 4: Any nexus for librarianship?

Abstract

The United Nations' global agenda has given a framework to stimulate growth and development across member states within the next fifteen years and librarianship has quickly key-into this agenda, doing all they can to contribute to the actualization of  these goals. In view of these sustainable development goals (SDGs), this paper  discusses how Information Literacy Programmes (ILP) and Early Childhood Education (ECE) will help drive a sustained development and its implication for librarianship. The paper discusses librarianship and sustainable development goals (SDGs) with  preference to goal 4. Examine the roles of ILP and ECE in achieving SDGs and what  libraries and librarians can do about ILP and ECE in order to make more impact towards SDGs.

Keywords: Early childhood education, Information literacy programmes, Librarianship, Sustainable development goals