Staff development challenges in academic libraries – case study of Federal University of Technology Owerri

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Staff development challenges in academic libraries – case study of Federal University of Technology Owerri. Staff development challenges in academic libraries deal with the management of staff in academic libraries, how they can be motivated, taken care of, and being treated well in order to render good services to the users of academic libraries. The objectives of the study include identifying staff development programmes in federal university libraries. A method was designed for the project, the method which includes the research design, population of the study, sample size and sample techniques, instrument for data collection, the formal interview schedule, procedure for data collection and the method of data analysis. After the research, the findings were if the staff of the federal university of technology should be taken care of, they will discharge their services very well to the library users. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the management of academic libraries especially the one under the study of the federal university of technology library should endeavor to have proper auditing and analysis of the training.