Investigation into the Attitude of Public Secondary School Principals toward School Library Funding and Development in Nigeria

The study focuses on the assessment of attitude of secondary school principals toward school library funding and development in the six geological zones of Nigeria. The main objective of the study is to investigate the factors responsible for the present state of school library funding and development in Nigeria.The research design for this study was ex-post facto research design survey. A questionnaire was raised to collect data from the respondents. To select the sample stratified random sampling technique was employed and the descriptive statistics of percentage means and standard deviation were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that the condition of school libraries in Nigeria is pitiable and pathetic for any school library to be developed. This is because the school libraries in the Nigeria were grossly underfunded, under staff, under stocked and unorganized. This study therefore recommends that for any school library to be developed in Nigeria, there is need for full implementation of government policies on school library by the principals so as to set up a minimum standard for funding, Staffing and proper management of school libraries.

Keywords: School Librarians, School Libraries, School Principals, Attitude.