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ERIC ED412963: Information for All: Resource Generation and Information Repackaging in Nigerian Schools.

Is a developing country like Nigeria information rich or information poor? The first impression is of scarcity, but a closer examination reveals unexplored riches. There is a wealth of information in the oral tradition, but it is not found in schools and libraries. There is information in libraries, but language and reading level make it inaccessible to school children. This paper looks at the role libraries might play in resolving the information dilemma in Nigerian primary schools. It explores the use of resource generation from oral tradition, and information repackaging from oral and writt…