Self-efficacy of librarians and library service delivery in public universities in South-West, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the self-efficacy and library service delivery of librarians in public universities in South-West, Nigeria. The survey research design was used in this study which was
guided by two research questions and a hypothesis. The population for the study is one hundred and seventy-four (174) professional librarians from seventeen (17) public universities (federal and state) in South-West, Nigeria. The total enumeration method called census was used for a comprehensive coverage of the librarians in the study context. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The questionnaire wasanalyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics on Statistical Package for Social Science version 25. The findings revealed that the self-efficacy of librarians was high on a scale of 4. The hypothesis testing revealed a significant and positive relationship between self-efficacy and library service delivery of librarians in public universities in South-West, Nigeria. The study concluded that self-efficacy is a predictor of library service delivery. However, the study recommended that though the level of self-efficacy among librarians in public universities in South-West Nigeria was high, library service delivery should continuously be sustained through librarians having a high and positive self-efficacy.