Title: Job Satisfaction among Librarians in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Library, Bauchi
Author(s): Abdullahi Abdulrahman, Mustapha Saidu, Adamu Yahaya, Mohammed Sulaiman Nuhu
Publication Year: 2024; Volume 19, Issue 4, pages 49-57

This study assesses job satisfaction among male and female librarians. The study was based on primary data collected from the library and information science professionals/para-professionals working in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Library, Bauchi. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. In all 85 responses were collected, the majority, 63.4% of respondents, were above 30 years of age, and 36.6% below 30 years of age, while 18.3% were males, and 12.2% females respectively, 18.3% have certificate, and 15.9% have diploma, about 12% have B.Tech./BLIS and 6% have MLIS while only 2% have Ph.D in library and information science. While for the female respondents shows that 12.2% have certificate course, and about 13.4% have diploma which is the highest, 11.0% have B.Tech/B.LIS and 4.9% have MLIS while there was no single female with Ph.D. Contrary to the findings, about 56% of the female librarians shows that they are more satisfied with their job and while 44% of the male indicated they are less satisfied with their job in respect to psychological and other motivational factors of job satisfaction. The study concluded that, the university management should increasingly organize their librarians (professional and para-professional) to work around newly emerging technologies and tools so as to derive maximum satisfaction from their job. It also concluded that the university management should provide a good working environment and better welfare package to their librarians so as for them to perform their duties effectively and derive utmost job satisfaction for better service delivery to the university community and finally there should be public awareness by the University management on the important of the library professionals/para-professionals as a custodian of knowledge to university community