DATA MANAGEMENT AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF LIBRARIANS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

The study examined data management and job performance of librarians in public universities in Rivers State, the study was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses, a Correlational research design was used for the study. A sample of 20 respondents were chosen, which consisted of 10 librarians each from Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. An instrument captioned: Data Management and Job Performance Questionnaire (DMJPQ) was self designed and used for data collection. The Response options was the four point Likert rating of Strongly Agree, Agree Disagree and Strongly Disagree, the instrument was validated by experts from the Department while the reliability coefficient index of 0.816 was obtained using test-retest method, data collected from research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 using Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The study findings showed that capacity development programs and digital literacy enhances job performance of librarians through skill acquisition. The study recommends that staff of library department should be encouraged to attend regular capacity development programs.