Impact of Current School Library Services on Secondary Schools Education in Delta State of Nigeria

The paper is on impact of current school library services on education in Delta state of Nigeria. The school library is not only integral to and supportive of the school curriculum, but also provides a mechanism for choice and exploration beyond the prescribed course of study. The school library is a place where students may explore more fully classroom subjects that interest them, expand their imagination, delve into areas of personal interest and develop the ability to think clearly, critically creatively about the resource they have chosen to read, hear or view. Descriptive survey design was used. The sampling technique was purposive sampling technique used to select the twelve secondary schools in the senatorial districts. The instruments for collection of data were questionnaire and interview methods. Findings showed that majority of school library services will improve the reading. The school library has an important role to play for the teachers and students in their curriculum development. School libraries in Nigeria have the problems of inadequate man power, funding technologies, inadequate information resources et. Another finding showed that the school library in delta sate does not follow IFLA standard as well as low rate of annual funding from UNESCO are been under –utilized or divert to other area by government . The researcher proffer some solutions in this paper.