Abstract: This study provided a comparative analysis of publication output of academic librarians in three selected tertiary educational institutions in Ogun State. The institutions are Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU); Federal Polytechnic Ilaro (FPI) and; Federal College of Education (FCE). The study examined the demography of the respondents, their publication output and outlets;and obstacles to their publication output.These are done with intention to suggest improvement measures and encouragement to librarians in the state.The descriptive survey research was adopted and questionnaire was used to gather data for the study. A total of 43 librarians in the three educational institutions took part in the study. The study revealed low publication output especially from polytechnic and college of education compared to university. It was discovered that librarians at university published more articles in local and foreign journals than librarians in both colleges of education and polytechnics. It also revealed that academic librarians were cognizant of the importance of publishing as an important aspect of their academic activities without which they could be stagnated on their career progression. In order to solve the problem of low publication output of academic librarians in polytechnic and college of education, it was recommended that the management of various institutions increase their training opportunities available for academic librarians and make funds available for research activities.The academic librarians at the college of education and polytechnic should be allowed as much as possible time for research as university staff.
Keywords: Academic librarians, Academic libraries-Ogun state, publication output of librarians, Journal article publishing.
Title: Comparative Analysis of Publication Output of Librarians in Public University, Polytechnic and College of Education in Ogun State
Author: Adegbite-badmus, T. A
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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