IMPORTANCE OF STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMET IN AN ACADEMIC LIBRARY (A CASE STUDY OF ABDU GUSAU POLYTECHNIC)

ABSTRACT Training or staff in academic provide opportunities for individual to acquire new skills and knowledge for advancement within or outside academic. Which also enable individual staff to show and develop interest in the academic and it create a sense of recognition. The objective of the study is to ascertain the extent to which the staffing situation affects the standard of service. To make recommendation for further training in libraries and to identify the factors that are responsible in libraries adequate qualified member of staff. The research designed to this study is the survey research method using questionnaire for data convention, the research views that one method may not be sufficient and for clarification and saving of further research finding. Interview and observation as one of available method of data collection in survey seems more appropriate. Having identified and analyze the likely course problems as a result of lack of productivity which hindered the training and development of staff operation, it could be deducted the most problems emanated from the lack of interest and dedication to job by library staff which is result is their dissatisfaction duelargely to inadequate fund which is the umbrella under which other problem rested.