Innovation, Mentoring and Reward System in University Libraries in Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined innovation, mentoring and reward system in university libraries. The University Library is the heart bit of its institution that is established to support the educational objectives of their parent bodies, which include teaching, learning, and research. The role of mentoring in the performance of librarians is also established in this paper. The paper showed that a good reward system is affected by social and psychological factors, including the employee ideas of “fairness” and “trust”. This includes developing from print or traditional environment to the automated, virtual and digital libraries. This paper concluded that the concept of innovation, mentoring and reward system in university libraries are directly related to librarians’ job performance and hence, innovation should be a continuous activities that must be frequently embraced in the library for it to continue to be relevant in the academic community. The paper recommended that innovation, mentoring and reward system should be provided in university libraries in Nigeria as a way to enhancing librarians’
productivity in terms of user information services for sustainable development.