Abstract:
This study examined mentoring as a tool for job satisfaction among librarians of federal
universities in North-East Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The
population consisted of 189 Librarians drawn from the seven federal universities in NorthEast, Nigeria, from which all 189 were considered for the study due to the manageable size
of the population. The research instrument used was a self-developed questionnaire. Data
were analyzed using descriptive andinferential statistics. The study revealed that extent of
mentorshipamong librarians of federal universities in North-East Nigeria was high. The
study also revealed that the level of job satisfaction among librarians of federal universities
in North-East Nigeria was low. The study further revealed a significant relationship
between mentoring and Job satisfaction (R = .325, p < 0.05). The study, therefore,
recommended that librarians in federal university libraries in North-East should sustain
their level of mentoring in order to enhance their level of job satisfaction
