The Role of the Library in Meeting Information needs of the legislature in Nigeria

Abstract

Abstract This paper discusses the roles of libraries in meeting the information needs of the legislature in Nigeria. The paper established the indispensability of legislative libraries in meeting the information needs of the legislature, especially in the National Assembly’s bicameral legislature, and the individual State House of Assembly. It went further to establish the fact that there will be no meaningful legislation without information gotten from the resources of the libraries. The paper equally analyzed the concept of information and shows the various formats into which the legislative libraries captures it for effective organization, preservation and dissemination to its clienteles, who are the members of the parliament.