Public information center store information resources to meet information needs of public. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether the communities' dwellers in Kogi-West Senatorial District in Kogi State of Nigeria need standard public information center. Also to know their information needs and preferred information resources. Descriptive survey design was adopted. Instruments for data collection are questionnaire and personal interview. Simple percentage was used for data analysis; where 50% and above is considered agreed and accepted while 50% and below is considered not agreed and rejected. At of 700 respondents accidentally selected 683 (97.5%) want establishment of standard public information center while, 27 (3.8%) show no interest. Those that want the establishment their information needs cut across agriculture, business, health, politics, and education; and their preferred information resources are books & papers, television, radio, resource persons, and Internet. Recommendations were proffered to enable effective establishment of standard public information centers in the communities understudy.