JEHU S SIMON
Effectiveness Of Professional Development And Job Satisfaction Among Librarians In Akwa Ibom State Tertiary Institutions
Academic library’s main function is
to support her parent organization in achieving the organizations
objectives. As the name implies,
academic libraries are involved in providing support for the research and
educational activities of the institutions. Their functions include content
development, acquisition, technical services, provision of institutional repositories;
inter library loans, and document delivery services, current awareness services
(CAS) and so on. The library therefore is made up of three (3) fundamental Bs, which
are Books, Buildings and Brains. The functionality of any library including
University library, lies on the last B. (The Brain or the human). The human resources in the library include
the librarians at the management level and other staff members who are either Professional
and Para Professional librarians (Singh &Tiwari, 2011).
Professional development refers to
continuing education and career training after a person has entered the
workforce in order to help them develop new skills, stay up-to-date on current
trends, and advance in their career. It is a process that aims to improve and
increase the capabilities of staff through access to education and training
opportunities in the workplace, through an outside organization or through
watching others perform their job (Powell et al, 2010). This activity has gradually gained prominence in bridging the gap
between academic work and professional knowledge and skill required to be
successful employees. Professional development has been
identified to be an effective motivational tool to attract and maintain high
quality employees in the process of ensuring growth and development within any
business environment. In short it is an effective tool
for attracting and maintaining high quality staff. This factor
equally provides an avenue for employees to develop and improve their skills
and knowledge which helps in effective service delivery in their individual
organization. Also for effective job satisfaction the librarians needs enough
remuneration.
