Library partnership and job performance of some university libraries in Nigeria

Abstract

performance of some university libraries in Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was used in this investigation. The population of the study made up of 113 librarians in university libraries in Nigeria. For the study, a self-made questionnaire was employed. Descriptive statistics was employed to the study. Instrument for data collection was questionnaire. Out of the 113 copies of the questionnaire that were disseminated 95 were sampled. A mean score of 2.5 or above and a percentage score of 50% were deemed satisfactory. The study affirmed the following as the impact of libraries partnership in some university libraries in Nigeria in the following order:Cheaper and more effective services, document delivery services, increases human cooperation, it reduces library subscription and it increases resources sharing. The study also revealed that the extent in which library partnership influences job performance of some university  libraries in Nigeria was high. The study recommends that for a better work performance, librarians should embrace the usage of the most popular collaboration tools, such as email and WhatsApp and librarians at different universities should raise their levels of digital awareness and adoption skills.