Submitted on: 20.06.2016 1 The Role of Community Stakeholders and Ministry of Education in the Effective Implementation of School Library Guidelines (SLGs) In Nigerian Schools Justina Ngozi EKERE Senior Librarian, Nnamdi Azikiwe Library, University of Nigeria Nsukka uchengozi_ucngozi@yahoo.com , justina.ekere@unn.edu.ng Emmanuel U. ANYANWU HOD, Department of Library & Information Science, Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria euanyanwu@yahoo.com Gertrude C. Umunnakwe Senior Librarian / Co-ordinator, Processing Unit, University Library, Federal University of Technology, Owerri gertyonyine@yahoo.com Oyemike Victor BENSON Virtual Library / ICT Unit, Library Division, Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, Imo State greatoyemike@yahoo.com Copyright © 2016 by Justina Ngozi Ekere, Emmanuel U. Anyanwu, Gertrude C. Ummunakwe & Oyemike V. Benson. This work is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Abstract: This paper is theoretically centred on an in-depth analysis of the role of community stakeholders and ministry of education in the full implementation of school library guidelines in Nigerian schools. The focus of this paper is that community stakeholders and the ministry of education have major roles to play in supporting the full implementation of SLGs through synergy between the stakeholders in the community, the ministry of education and the school librarians. The various stakeholders which make up the socio-cultural structure of the Nigerian community setting that can support the implementation of SLGs were identified to include: Alumni Association (AA), Parents Teachers Association (PTA), Committee of Retired Teachers (CRT), Council of Traditional Rulers (CTR) e.t.c. The paper focuses on partnership between the community stakeholders and school libraries for sustainable implementation of SLGs. It identified the community stakeholders, areas of partnership between the