Title: Survey of Innovation and Creativity Practices among Librarians in Nigeria
Author(s): Madukoma Ezinwanyi, Bamidele Itunu A. & Allison, Goodluck O.
Publication Year: 2021; Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 146-154

The study investigated the innovation and creativity practices among librarians in Nigeria.rnSurvey research design was used in this study. Population comprised 165 practicingrnlibrarians that attended the 2018 Nigerian Library Association Annual General Meeting heldrnat Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Abeokuta Nigeria. Self-structured questionnairernwas used to collect data and hundred percent return rate was achieved from the participants.rnDescriptive statistics such as frequency count percentage mean and standard deviation werernused for data analysis. Major findings from the study showed that provision of research toolsrnand provision of online search tools were the major types of innovationcreativity practicedrnamong librarians in Nigeria. The result also revealed that librarians always use theirrnexperience to invent new things that add value to library service. However the study furtherrnrevealed that lack of support from the administration and lack of installation of modernrntechnologies in the library were the major hindrances to the practice of innovationcreativityrnamong librarians in Nigeria. The study concluded that librarians in Nigeria to a great extentrnpractice innovationcreativity. Therefore this study recommended that hindrances againstrninnovationcreativity in libraries should be addressed by the various library administrationsrnin Nigeria and encouraged more innovationscreativity in library service provision especiallyrnin this era of digital environment. Also professional librarians should be motivated to attendrnconferences seminars and workshops organized by NLA Library and InformationrnTechnology LITT Cataloguing Classification and Indexing Section and LibrariansrnRegistration Council of Nigeria LRCN workshops because the staff development andrntraining pragrammes serve as the strategy for promoting innovation and creativity amongrnlibrarians in Nigeria.