THE IMPACT OF STAFF TRAINING ON LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT IN FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OFFA, KWARA STATE

This study was conducted to examine the impact of staff training on library development in polytechnics: a case study of Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara - State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study and purposive sampling techniques was used for the study. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection and a total number of fifty (50) copies of questionnaire were administered while forty- six (46) copies were retrieved. The data collected was analyzed using frequency count and simple percentage. The findings of the study revealed that most of the respondents strongly agreed that conferences, seminars, and lectures and workshops are the type of staff training policies and programme in the polytechnic and no written policy and budget for staff training, corruption, lack of necessary facilities, and Lack of more sponsored programmes for staff development are the major barriers to effective implementation of staff training policy and programmes in the polytechnic. Therefore, some recommendation were made to enhance better and effective usage of library and information resources. which include : There should be provision of written policy and budget for staff training in the polytechnic library, adequate and necessary training facilities should be provided in the polytechnic library to enhance effective implementation of staff training in the polytechnic library and there should be more sponsoring programmes and organization to support staff training in the polytechnic library.