Abstract
Information and communication technologies have brought profound change in the work environment of library professionals. Changes can bring uncertainty, fear and dissatisfaction. The purpose of the study was to measure the Quality of Work Life of librarians and to ascertain the relationship with some demographic characteristics. Respondents are 175 librarians working in various library types in Nigeria. A Quality of Work Life scale was used to collect data for the study. Findings show that Quality of work life of librarians in the study is relatively high in areas of opportunity for continued growth and security, social integration in the work organization, and social relevance of work. However, important areas such as fair remuneration, training and retraining, provision for job performance and equal right issues were areas of dissatisfaction for the librarians. Findings also show significant relationship between Quality of Work Life and gender, age, institution type and years of work experience. There was no relationship with educational qualification. Essentially, librarians’ Quality of Work Life need to be a positive one in all areas and for all concerned for job retention and good productivity. It is therefore imperative that librarians map out advocating strategies to improve their work environment and also ensure adequate compensation. This will help increase their Quality of work life in this digital era.
Highlights
Work is an everyday engagement of the individual
Quality of work life of librarians is significantly related to gender
Quality of work life of librarians is significantly related to age
Summary
Work is an everyday engagement of the individual. Librarians are in a service oriented profession and their main role definition is providing information to satisfy users’ needs. Information and communication technology (ICT) has brought profound changes in the work environment of library professionals. It has introduced new modes and formats of access to information which has revolutionized information dissemination in such a way that access is no longer a prerogative of the library institution. ICT brought in additional roles and skills needed to harness the new tools. It can affect the way we perceive our roles in the scheme of things and impact negatively on psychological wellbeing generating job stress and dissatisfaction [1].
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