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ABSTRACT

The study aimed to analyze library science and technology as a panacea for effective teaching science subjects. A library is a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed. Libraries, for example, play a number of roles in the educational ecosystem, including promoting reading and lifelong learning, providing access to relevant and up-to-date research information, developing information literacy skills, and providing training and support for students’ learning needs through a variety of mechanisms. Library science plays an important role in ensuring effective teaching and learning of science subject, in many Nigerian schools and institutions of higher learning, libraries have remained underappreciated reading centers, and their contributions are undervalued. The study assess the concept of library science, library technology, effective teaching and the roles of library science and provision of instructional materials for in effective teaching of science subjects. It was on this basis that the study concluded that libraries are not only a key factor in restoring quality teaching and learning, but they are also a necessity for the effective teaching of science subject. Library science plays a number of roles in the educational ecosystem, including promoting, reading lifelong learning, and providing access to relevant and up-to-date research information, developing information literacy skills, and providing training and support for students’ learning needs through a variety of mechanisms. One of the recommendations made was that there is need to incorporate library science and technology as a specialization in Nigerian library school curriculum.

KEYWORDS:            Library Science and Technology Effective Teaching, Librarians, Science Teachers and Akwa Ibom State