Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria
Regulate practice of Librarianship
The Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) was established as a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Education by Act 12/Decree 12 of 1995 (CAP L.13, LFN 2004) by the Nigerian government. The Council is responsible for providing leadership in the field of librarianship by regulating education for library and information science and its practice in Nigeria.
History
In the formative years of librarianship in Nigeria, all staff within libraries were regarded and addressed as librarians irrespective of their educational backgrounds. The need to have a professional body to define who is a librarian, regulate the affairs of librarians and librarianship in Nigeria led to the "process to establish a regulatory body for the library and information science profession."
In 1975, a committee was set up by Nigerian Library Association leadership led by Mr. E. B. Bankole as Chairman during the Association's Annual Conference in Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria. The conference was presided over by Alhaji Abdullahi Haruna Ningi. In 1995, Decree 12 of 1995 establishing the Librarian Council Registration of Nigeria, was signed into law by the then-Head of State, General Sani Abacha. The Council is charged with determining who is a librarian; determining what standards of knowledge and skills are required by persons seeking to become librarians, and then must be registered by and addressed as registered librarians; maintaining a register of librarians; and maintaining discipline within the profession.
The body was not inaugurated and funded to function when the then Minister of Education Professor Babalola Borisade inaugurated the first LRCN Governing Council in May 2002. Dr.
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