INFLUENCE OF STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON LIBRARIANS JOB PERFORMANCE IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA

Abstract

This study sought to investigate the influence of staff training and development on librarians’ job performance in federal university libraries in South-South Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.5 level of significance. The research design was a survey. The population of the study comprised 102 librarians from the six federal university libraries in South-South Nigeria. The entire population was studied hence there was no sampling. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean scores. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the two null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that staff training programmes that exist in the university libraries studied include orientation, computer literacy simulation exercise, in-service workshop among others. Whereas the staff development programmes that exist in these libraries were job rotation, seminar, consultancy, publication and research, institutional education, study leave, mentorship/coaching and professional association. The result of the analysis showed that training and development programmes have a positive influence on librarian’s job performance. Based on the findings, the study recommends among others that university libraries in South-South Nigeria should make training and development of their librarians a regular exercise. This will foster professional development and better services in these libraries.