The Indispensable Roles of the School Librarian in a School: A Brief Review
ABSTRACT One cannot discuss school libraries without touching the role of school librarians. For a library to be effective there need to be a professional librarian. The aim of the paper was to identify the roles played by school librarians in the school vicinity. The paper highlighted that the teacher librarian or school librarian should be well qualified as a teacher and a librarian so as to be able to play his/her role in teaching, and providing the library services. The researcher made some recommendations based on literature that every school library should be staffed by a professional school librarian who will be able to effectively perform his/her librarian duties maximally. School librarians should also be trained as a teacher as well as be trained as a librarian so that they are competent in their duties.