Library And Information Services For The Legislature

Abstract

The paper examines the relevance of information in a society and its connectivity to the emergence of library and information centres. The essence of legislative libraries and information centres particularly their roles in meeting the information needs of the legislators were highlighted. It concludes by advocating for the legislative libraries and information centres to automate their systems, digitize their collection and interconnect with the Internet so that they can provide online services to their clients. It added that the legislators have to be ICT compliant so that they can utilize the services of their libraries and information centres to the fullest capacity.

The Information Manager Vol. 6 (1&2) 2006: pp. 13-15