Human Capital Development and Performance of Academic Librarians: Sam Jonah Library in Focus
Date
2017-03
Authors
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Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Library Philosophy and Practice
Abstract
The contribution of human capital to the survival of libraries cannot be underestimated, this
necessitates their regular training and development for increased performance.
The aim
of the
study was to assess the extent to which
human capital development
in
the
Sam Jonah
L
ibrary
improves
performance
of staf
f
.
The qualitative method was used,
where interview was
used to
solicit information from
senior management.
Six
out of the eight senior management members
were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to an
alyze data from the interviews conducted. The
findings of the study showed that though there were training programmes organized in the library
and outside the library, they were not adequate for the number of staff
who required training
. It
was also found
out that some staff had training in other fields other than library related
programmes. Further, there was no improvement in the performance of staff who received training
especially those who undertook professional library studies. Based on the findings
and conclusions
of the study, it is recommended among other
s
that the library should regularly measure the
performance of trained staff in order to identify gaps in their skills
which
will enable the library to
design relevant training
programmes to boost
staff
performance.
The
Library
should also develop
and document a training policy
to
be used as a
guide
to
training so
as to
select
programmes that
will be
constructive
to all staff from all sections of the library.
Description
Keywords
Human capital, human capital development, performance, performance measurement
Citation
Amoah, G. B., & Akussah, H. (2017). Human Capital Development and Performance of Academic Librarians: Sam Jonah Library in Focus. Library Philosophy and Practice.