THE INFLUENCE OF POLICY AND BUDGET ON THE PERFORMANCE OF LIBRARIANS MEDIATED BY QUALITY OF HUMAN RESOURCES

This research aims to analyze the influence of policies and budgets on the quality of human resources (HR) and their impact on the performance of librarians at the East Luwu Regency Regional Public Library. The phenomenon behind this research is that there is still inequality in budget allocation and policies that are not optimal in supporting improving the quality of human resources in libraries, which ultimately has an impact on the performance of librarians. Comprehensive policies and adequate budget allocations are necessary to ensure that librarians have the skills and knowledge necessary to provide optimal services. This research uses a quantitative approach with survey methods. Data was collected through questionnaires distributed to 85 librarians at the East Luwu Regency Regional Public Library. Data analysis was carried out using multiple regression techniques to examine the influence of policies and budgets on the quality of human resources and path analysis to evaluate their impact on librarian performance. The research results show that policy has a positive and significant influence on the quality of human resources. The budget variable has a positive and significant influence on the quality of human resources but does not have a significant influence on the performance of librarians. Human resource quality is able to mediate a significant relationship between policy and budget variables on librarian performance. To improve the performance of librarians, library managers and policy makers must focus on developing supportive policies, adequate budget allocation, and improving the quality of human resources.