Professional Skills of Academic Librarians towards Institutional Repository Development in Higher Institutions of Learning in Northeast, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigates professional skills of academic Librarians towards institutional repository development in Higher Institutions of Learning in Northeast, Nigeria. The study investigates professional skills of academic Librarians towards institutional repository development in Higher Institutions of Learning in Northeast, Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to: ascertain the roles of communication skills, ascertain the roles of administration skills, examine the roles of critical thinking skills, investigate the roles of technical skills and determine the roles of digital skills of academic Librarians towards institutional repository development in Higher Institutions of Learning. Five research questions were formulated to guide the study. The study used descriptive research design. The population of the study consists of 35 professional Librarians, Purposive sampling technique was used for this study therefore, the sample size was 35 librarians and entire library staff was used. Questionnaire was used in obtaining data for the analysis of the study. The instrument was subjected to face validation using Cronbach Alpha Co-efficient yielded 0.79. The data collected from the respondents was analysed using descriptive statistics of mean standard deviation. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents strongly agreed that the roles of communication skills, administration skills, critical thinking skills, technical skills and digital skills play a positive role in academic Libraries towards institutional repository development in Higher Institutions of Learning in Northeast, Nigeria. The study recommends among others that: academic librarians should be provided with continuous training and workshops to enhance their interpersonal and communication abilities for effective reaction with users and colleagues by the institution.