The Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) was established as a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Education by Act 12/Decree 12 of 1995 (CAP L.13, LFN 2004) by the Nigerian government.
[1][3][4] The Council is responsible for providing leadership in the field of librarianship by regulating education for library and information science and its practice in Nigeria.
[5][6] In the formative years of librarianship in Nigeria, all staff within libraries were regarded and addressed as librarians irrespective of their educational backgrounds.
[8] In 1995, Decree 12 of 1995 establishing the Librarian Council Registration of Nigeria, was signed into law by the then-Head of State, General Sani Abacha.
Dr. James Daniel the then NLA President was elected as the Chairman and Dr. Victoria Okojie as the Acting Registrar/CEO.