Abstract:
This study is on the job satisfaction and job performance of library personnel of National Library of Nigeria. The library personnel who are librarians and paraprofessional from the professional departments of the library was used. The study sought to find out their level of job satisfaction, level of job performance, relationship between their job satisfaction and job performance, barriers to their job satisfaction and job performance and the strategies to improving their job satisfaction and job performance. A descriptive research design was used for the study with a population of 413 library personnel from five professional departments of the National library. No sampling was done in the corporate headquarters. A multi-stage sampling technique was used for the state branches which altogether; a population of 240 (58%) library personnel from the professional departments of the library was used. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire. In analyzing the data, mean, correlation coefficient and frequency tables were used. The findings from the study revealed that library personnel are generally satisfied with their job but not satisfied with their salary and also their overall job performance is average. The relationship between their job satisfaction and job performance shows that there is a strong positive relationship between salary, responsibility and relationship with job performance, a week negative relationship between work-itself and job performance and a negative relationship between growth/advancement and recognition and job performance. Findings identified lack of/inadequate professional training, poor policy, unsafe working environment and poor salary package as barriers to their job satisfaction and performance and effective communication, adequate professional development, good working conditions good salary package good policy as strategies to improving their job satisfaction and job performance.
