Staff training as a correlate of library development in public universities in Imo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined staff training as a correlate of library development in public universities in Imo State, Nigeria. It was guided by three research questions and three hypotheses. Correlation design was adopted for the study. The entire population of 161 library staff was also adopted as sample for the study. A researcher rating scale was used as instrument for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using mean scores and standard deviation. The hypotheses were tested using t- test statistics at 0.05 level of significance Findings show among others that: there is a significant high positive relationship between orientation and library development; there is a significant moderate positive relationship between job rotation and library development and, there is a significant moderate positive relationship between technical skill training and library development. The researcher therefore recommended that the management should introduce varieties of training programmes and encourage staff to participate in them to maintain more positive library development.