CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON-PROFESSIONAL STAFF OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN NORTH EAST NIGERIA

Thisstudy assessed the challenges andprospects of staff training and development ofnon-professional staffof university libraries in North-East Nigeria. The study wasguided by three (3) specific objectives and research questions. Descriptive surveyresearch design was adopted for the study. The population for the study comprised allnon-professional staff from the thirteen (13) university libraries in study area totalingtwo hundredandseventy-four(274) but due to security challenges in some part of