Research
Personnel Motivation as Correlate of Organizational Commitment in Academic Libraries in Lagos State, Nigeria
Commitment is crucial to the survival and fulfillment of any academic library’s mandate. Unfortunately, high personnel turnover and mobility appear to have characterized academic libraries in Nigeria. Could this be because they are not motivated enough for them to remain committed to their libraries? Hence this study explores the relationship between personnel motivation and organizational commitment in academic libraries in Lagos State. A survey research design was used. The population consisted of 224 personnel in academic libraries in Lagos State. Using total enumeration all 224 library personnel participated in the study. For data collection a questionnaire was used. A response rate of 81% was obtained. Data was analyzed using include descriptive statistics, Correlation and linear regression analysis. The findings revealed that on the overall, library personnel had average level of commitment (mean=2.73). However, there appear to be more of Affective Commitment (mean=2.88), followed by Normative Commitment (mean=2.82) and then Continuance Commitment (mean=2.48). Library personnel motivation was at an average level (mean=2.95). The tested hypothesis revealed that motivation is not significantly related to Commitment (r=0.09, P>0.05). This may imply that other factors other than motivation are responsible for organizational commitment. Organizational commitment remains pertinent to fulfilling the mandate of any academic library. Therefore, policies and programs that will help maintain the affective commitment of its personnel and work towards improving normative commitment and continuance commitment should be put in place.
Utilization of Library Resources for Effective Research Output among Post Graduate Ministerial Students of Adventist University of Africa in Babcock University
Adequate and relevant library resources and services, at the level of postgraduate degrees offered by Nigeria universities should be that which support the intellectual culture of conduction an independent study. Hence, the degree of utilization of library resources for effective research output among postgraduate students of Babcock University becomes critical to understudy. This study made use of the survey research design method. A total enumeration sampling technique was used for the selected sample. A total of 51 respondents made the total sum of the students. The major objective of the study was to investigate the utilization of library resources for effective research output by post graduate ministerial students of Adventist University of Africa (AUA) in Babcock University. Findings revealed that the most frequently used library materials is the online database, dictionaries, books and encyclopedia which are used daily, while the least used material was CD-ROM database. Furthermore, respondents in this study affirmed that the available library resources have a very low impact on their respective research work. This influenced majority of the respondent’s level of satisfaction with the use of library information resources to be perceived low. A test of relationship among AUA posts graduate students accessibility and use of library resources in Babcock University was positive at P>0.01 significant level. In conclusion, bases on the result, Libraries in Nigerian universities should regularly evaluates the quality, adequacy, and use of their library's information resources and services in other to meet up with the quality of library services.
