Abstract

A situation whereby cataloguers are less productive the long lasting effect will be felt by the end users. It is in this regard, that this study investigated the attitude, and productivity of cataloguers in tertiary institutions in Edo State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The population comprised of 81 cataloguers in Edo State. The study made use of total enumeration sampling technique. Reliability co-efficient of the constructs of this study are as follows: Productivity - 0.71, and Technical skills- 0.71. A validated questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings of the study revealed that there was significant influence of attitude on the productivity of cataloguers (Adj. R²=0.100; p<0.002) in tertiary institutions in Edo State. The study concluded that attitude and technical skills have positive influence on productivity of cataloguers in Edo State. Therefore, the study recommended that institutions should strive to motivate cataloguers and provide current cataloguing and classification tools so as to ensure they have positive attitude to cataloguing. It was also recommended that cataloguers should be motivated whenever works are well done in order to boost their morale and positive attitude. Cataloguers should be offered regular training and retraining as this will boost their expertise in cataloguing.