Influence of Capacity Building and Attitude to Work Of librarians in Edo State Public Libraries, Nigeria

Authors

  • Christopher Agbeniaru Omigie Dept. of Library and Information Science Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria
  • Gabriel Ejiobi Bosah Chief Librarian/ Institutional librarian, Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Benin City, Nigeria

Keywords:

Attitude to Work, Capacity Building Program, Influence, librarians, Public Libraries

Abstract

This study is on capacity building and attitude to work of librarians in Edo State public libraries, Nigeria. Investigation was on the capacity building programs in the Edo State public libraries, the levels of librarians’ awareness and participation in the programs, methods of building the capacity programs, influence on the librarians’ attitudes to work and factors militating against the programs. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study and the entire population of 23 librarians were used. Results indicate that the capacity building programs in the library include computer literacy skills, online public access catalogue (OPAC), Internet collection management and general trends in librarianship. The methods used in building the capacity programs in the library include conferences, workshops/seminars, on-the-job and internally organized courses. Respondents indicated very low level of participation in the programs and a negative influence of the programs on their attitudes to work. Various problems were identified as militating against the capacity building programs and solutions were suggested.

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2020-03-31

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Omigie, C. A., & Bosah, G. E. (2020). Influence of Capacity Building and Attitude to Work Of librarians in Edo State Public Libraries, Nigeria. International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 10(1). Retrieved from https://journals.sfu.ca/ijkcdt/index.php/ijkcdt/article/view/321

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020)

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