LEADERSHIP STYLE IN ACADEMIC LIBRARY: CHALLENGES OF SERVICE DELIVERY OF LIBRARIANS IN KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, KADUNA

Abstract

The study evaluated the influence of leadership style in academic library: challenges of service delivery of 
librarians in Kaduna state university library, Kaduna. The population of the study comprise of 133 library staff of 
Kaduna state university. The total enumeration technique was used to include all 133 library staff.  A validated 
questionnaire was used for data collection. The reliability co-efficient indicated that the research instrument is 
reliable, since the Cronbach‘s alpha of the scale for all the variables were greater than 0.70. Data was analyzed 
using the SPSS software, frequency distribution and percentages. The findings revealed that the leadership style 
utilized at Kaduna state university library was transactional and transformational styles of leadership. Further 
details from the analysis depict that all the indicators show high level of service delivery. The study concludes that 
the leadership style is important elements that can drive effective and efficient service delivery in Kaduna state 
university library. The study recommended that the prevailing leadership style is the transactional leadership. 
Hence, this study recommends that the leadership of the Kaduna state university Library should adopt more of 
transformational leadership style to total inclusiveness in the management of Kaduna state university Library.