Title: Mentoring and Information Sharing as Predictors of Work Performance of Librarians in Oyo State owned Tertiary Institutions
Author(s): AKINYOOLA, Oladoyin Grace
Publication Year: 2021; Volume 16, Issue 2, pages 33-45

As the usage and expectations of library users are changing so also librarians have to provide services to meet those needs. Librarians therefore need necessary skills strategies and competencies to deliver these services. The study examines mentoring and information sharing as predictors of work performance of librarians in Oyo state tertiary institutions. The study used correlational research design. 119 participants 68 females 51 males drawn from Oyo state tertiary institutions through simple random sampling procedure. Three research instruments: Job Mentoring Inventory .69 Workers Information Sharing Scale .74 and Job Performance Scale .81 were used to gather information for the study. Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple regression statistics were used to analyze data. The study revealed that there was significant relationship between mentoring and work performance r.29 and significant relationship between information sharing and work performance r.29. A combination of mentoring and information sharing accounted for a total of 17 of the total variance in work performance of librarians in Oyo state tertiary institutions value F2118 11.84 P.05. Having discovered that both mentoring and information sharing influence work performances of librarians in Oyo state tertiary institutions the paper recommends that a formal mentoring and information sharing should be embarked upon by librarians in Oyo state tertiary institutions for positive work performance