Vol. 10(7), pp. 246--255 August, 2022. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2022255

 

Full Length Research

 

Abstract

The study discusses the research productivity of librarians in academic libraries. The academic status conferred on librarians in academic institutions necessitated the criteria of research and publishing in renowned journal for career advancement, promotion and professional visibility. Meeting up with the research and publishing criteria is compulsory for librarians if they are to climb up the academic ladder. However, this study looks into the research productivity of librarians in academic libraries, preferred media (electronic or print) through which librarians publish, gender difference in the research productivity of librarians, and the challenges peculiar to gender encountered in their research productivity effort. Librarians are faced with demanding responsibility of publishing alongside administrative duties. This study therefore discusses the research productivity of librarians in academic libraries in Anambra and Delta state. A total of 106 librarians drawn from 12 academic libraries in Anambra and Delta State constituted the population of the study, however out of the 106 copies of questionnaire distributed 85 copies were returned. The number of respondent was 85 representing (80.2%). The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The data obtained from questionnaire were analyzed using frequency count, simple percentage mean and t- test. The findings of the study revealed that librarians in spite of their demanding job activities have published impressively to meet academic status requirement; librarians have a good number (79.9%) of their research work published in print media; The publishing of works in Journals have sufficiently been utilized by librarians; There is no obvious difference in terms of male and female (gender) research productivity of librarians; The challenges peculiar to male and female (gender) librarians that affect their research productivity were also included in the study.

 

Keywords: Research Productivity, Librarians, Academic libraries, University, Publications..

 

	Cite This Article As: IMUERO, P. (2022). RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF LIBRARIANS IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 10(7): 246-255