Assessment of the Influence of Demographic Factors on job Performance of Librarians in University Libraries in South West, Nigeria

The study assessed the influence of demographic factors of librarians on job performance in the university libraries in South West, Nigeria. The study employed expo- facto research design survey with the sample size of two hundred and sixty librarians (260) from all the public university libraries in south West, Nigeria. A well self-designed structured questionnaire that focused on the demographic factors of librarians was raised. Four research questions were formulated and answered by the study. Frequency counts and percentages were used to analyze the data. The study established that among the demographic factors age, gender and work experience significantly influenced job performance of librarians in the university libraries in Nigeria. The finding equally showed that educational qualifications could not influence job performance of librarian. Hence, university management as well as the library managers is encouraged to take gender imbalances seriously in the recruitment exercises, this will go a long way to encourage both gender to be adequately represented in any given organizational setting and eventually increase the overall job performance of librarians.

Keywords: Demographic Factors, Librarians, Job Performance, University Libraries, Universities.