Staff Attitude and Staff Academic Profile as Factors Influencing the use of two Special Libraries in Abuja, Nigeria.

Abstract

The study examined the effect of staff attitude and staff academic profile as factors influencing the use of two special libraries in Abuja. The research aimed to achieve four (4) objectives which were to find out; the frequency of use of the library by the staff members of Economic Community of West African States and Federal Ministry of Youths Development, to find out; factors that enhance the use of library resources in Economic Community of West African States and Federal Ministry of Youths Development, to find out the attitude of staff of Economic Community of West African States and Federal Ministry of Youths Development towards library use and to find out ;if academic profile of staff members of Economic Community of West African States and Federal Ministry of Youths Development influence use of the library. The study employed survey research design. Instrument used for the study was structured questionnaire. The target population were the organisations members of staff. The population for the study consisted of one thousand three hundred and fourteen and two hundred and ninety –eight were sampled. Reeves table (2014) was used to determine the sample size. Data collected was analyzed with the use of simple percentage and frequency count. Two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance The findings of the study revealed that there are a significant relationships between staff attitude and staff academic profiles with use of special library at an alpha level of 0.05 significance. Staff attitude and staff academic profiles influence the use of special libraries. The study also showed that library users make use of the special library, mainly for reference and research purpose. The study, therefore, recommended that the organisations should provide adequate funding that would assist the library in the acquisition of relevant and current information resources, the library should create awareness on the use of library to Economic Community of West African States and Federal Ministry of Youth Development staff as from the findings, it was discovered that people only use the library for research and reference purposes, since library users are open to new ideas as revealed from the research, the library should acquire more materials that would facilitate professional advancement of staff members of Economic Community of West African States and Federal Ministry of Youth Development. From the findings it was observed during the course of this research that both libraries were greatly understaffed and thus needs to recruit professional librarians whom would improve greatly the quality of services offered and also organize knowledge effectively in these special libraries.