Abstract
The paper takes a broad view of social responsibility as the awareness and responsiveness of both individuals and corporate business organizations to the social needs of their places of domiciliation. It notes that despite its value, the school library is largely undeveloped in Nigeria – a fact supported empirically by several research studies across the country. Since poor funding by the government appears the central problem of the school library, the paper calls on various segments of the Nigerian public to participate in the provision of school library resources such as library building, books and audio-visual materials, and library equipment as a demonstration of social responsibility. This is the only rescue option for the school library in Nigeria if it must be repositioned for effective service delivery to the students and their teachers.
Keywords: Social Responsibility, Individual Social Responsibility, School Library, Community Development, Philanthropy, Town Unions, Women Unions, Nigeria.