ABSTRACT

This study investigated the perceived influence of management principles on automation of libraries in federal universities in south-east, Nigeria. Seven specific objectives were proposed, with corresponding research questions posed and seven hypotheses formulated to guide the study. The entire population of the study comprised of 378 academic and non-academic librarians. The entire population was used for the study. An instrument tagged “QPIMPAAL” was used for data collection. Validated copies of the questionnaire were tested for reliability using Cronbach Alpha, and the reliability coefficient was returned at average of  = 0.83 confirming its reliability. The copies of the questionnaire were administered to the respondents. 375 were returned and 368 were correctly completed and used for data analysis. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean frequency count and standard deviation for answering the research questions while inferential statistics of t-test was used for testing the hypotheses. The hypothesis were accepted or rejected at 0.05 level of significant. The result showed high extent of 56% responses of the respondents that management principles influence automation of academic libraries in the study. The average mean responses of the seven research questions range from 2.80 to 2.91 showed high extent status that management principles significantly influence the automation of academic libraries. The conclusion was drawn that management principles of staffing, planning, funding, organizing, directing, coordinating and reporting influence the automation of academic libraries in federal universities in South-East, Nigeria. Recommendations and suggestions were also made.