COMMUNITY-FOCUSED SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OFudINFORMATION SERVICES FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGHudINFORMATION PROVISION AND UTILIZATION: CENTER FOR LEARNINGudRESOUCES AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

摘要

With the rapidity of transformation of the modern society to a knowledge economy, as well asudthe ever increasing deployment of ICT for retrieval and management of knowledge byudlibraries, global solutions are now available for hitherto localized and seemingly intractableudproblems. As laudable as this scenario of a flat world which provides information for virtually any issue of human concern, in unimaginable dimension, may seem, there still existsudthe need to bridge the yawning gap in women’s information access and utilization in Nigeria.udIt is against this background that the study surveyed and show-cased practical outreachudundertaken by the Centre for Learning Resources (Covenant University Library) inudaddressing particular information needs of women within its environs. The paper highlightedudcommunity impact initiatives, workshops, and research targeted at ameliorating specificuddeficiencies associated with women through the instrumentality of information access andudlibrary services. The study extrapolated from the unique experiences of the Centre forudLearning Resources, Covenant University to construct a model for modern libraries inuddeveloping countries for evolving as agent of reconstruction of their immediate geo-polity. Itudidentified constraints of libraries in community services. The paper concluded that librariesudshould traverse traditional roles to embrace challenges presented by their peculiar setting inudorder to maintain continuous relevance