This study investigated the impact of staff motivation on job productivity of paraprofessional’s staff in university libraries in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study covered all the public university libraries in Bayelsa state. The population of the study consists of 60 paraprofessional’s staff from all the public university libraries in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. Three research questions were used to guide the study. The data was collected using structured questionnaire and data obtained were analyzed using frequency counts and standard deviation. The instrument was validated and the reliability coefficient of 0.87 was obtained using Cronbach alpha. The study established that the para-professional staff would put in their best only when salary is regular and when tools and equipment are adequate, also when their career growth, opportunity and development are giving adequate priority. The finding also revealed that the major challenges militating against motivation of para-professional staff in university libraries in Bayelsa are inadequate access to workshop, conference and other forms of trainings, Irregular promotion and adequate allowances. Based on these findings, it is therefore recommended that employees in academic libraries should be well and adequately motivated from time to time to boost their morale for efficiency and higher productivity. Slashing of salaries and allowances under whatever guise should be discontinued because of its anti-productive tendencies.
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