The training of non-professional staff in Nigerian University libraries

Abstract

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">The study, carried out in 1985 through a questionnaire, examines the extent of training of non-professional staff in thirteen Nigerian federal university libraries. Of the thirteen universities, only four can be said to operate meaningful training programmes. They are Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; Universities of Lagos, Maiduguri and Sokoto. The first three universities possess prospectuses and well-defined aims and objectives within the framework of the total university junior staff development arrangements. The quality of library services rendered by the library junior workers in most Nigerian universities and also the future of these library staff who are unable to progress academically on their own, have been questioned.</span>