EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT ON LAW LIBRARIANS’ COMMITMENT IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigates effect of institutional support on the commitment of law librarians in
southwest, Nigeria. The specific motive for this paper is to examine the influence of institutional
support on the commitment of law librarians in southwest, Nigeria. The descriptive survey
research design was used for this study with the population of 49 law librarians in law libraries
within South-West, Nigeria. Questionnaire was used as the research instrument to gather
information from the respondents and one hypothesis was considered for the work at 5% level of
significance; the result shown by the regression analysis was null. The study found a significant
influence of institutional support on law librarians’ commitment in Southwest, Nigeria. Strong
institutional support, in the form of financial resources, technical assistance and management
encouragement, is associated with better commitment by law librarians’. The study concluded that
institutional support, which includes financial support, technical support and management support,
contributes significantly to the effectiveness and efficiency of law librarians’ commitment. The
study recommended that Law library managements in Southwest, Nigeria should promote
knowledge sharing and best practices within law libraries so as to learn from each other’s successes
in providing institutional support.