Effect of resourcefulness on research productivity of LIS Educators in Nassawrawa State, Nigeria

Abstract

Research productivity is the crux of measuring and valuating the Research productivity in particular is crucial to the overall individual faculty. To enhance the ranking and standard of higher institutions of lenriing in this digital age, the resenrch oulput of One of the indicators of progress and tohich is usually used as institution of learning is research productioily. Research (LIS)Educators might not receive a boost if they are not resourceful. The study zons located to Nasaraon State, Nigeria.design used wns descriptive survey. The lotal population for the institutions run LIS programme.Specifically,Federal University purposively selected for thestudy.Total enumeration (census)technique was used to cover the entire target population.Twelve (12) copies of the questionnaire administered were all returned,having a response rate of 100%.The research questions were analysed using mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that resourcefulness greatly enhanced the research productivity of LIS Educators in the two higher institutions running LIS programme in Nasarawa State Nigeria, as revealed in their mean scores for all the items/constructs outlined to demonstrate qualities of resourcefulness respectively.The study recommended that LIS Educators in Nasrawa State, Nigeria should be trained and imparted with skills to be more resourceful,since it has positive influence on their research productivity. In addition, they should also be provided with opportunities to attend conferences, workshops and seminars and be provided with research grants in order to develop their resourceful ability for enhanced research productivity.