Research activities and promotion prospects of young academic librarians in Nigerian universities
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2015-06-01
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The purpose of this article is to report on the
research that explored the factors that
contributed to the research success of young
librarians: motivation, e-resources and iT
infrastructural facilities, coping strategies,
number of articles published among others.
The research design was adopted for the
study. The questionnaire was the instrument
used to collect data from 106 librarians in the
South-west region of Nigeria. The
questionnaire consisted of two sections on
demographics and issues related to research
activities of young academic librarians
respectively. The 106 responses (100%) were
processed, analyzed, and the results are
presented herein. The librarians reported that
peer group support and institutional support
(53.8%) as major motivation factors for
research, and have published a number of
articles. This study adds to the body of
knowledge about publish or perish syndrome
as it affects academic librarianship.
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Scholarly communication, Journal article, Publish or perish, Academic librarians, Academic libraries