The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of innovation skills on Librarians service delivery in the University Libraries in the South-South Nigeria. In particularly, the study seeks to determine the impact of innovative skills in the area of emerging technology in service delivery in academic library. A descriptive research design was adopted for the study to investigate the views of librarians on innovative skills on service delivery in the University libraries. The researchers used questionnaire as the main instrument for data collection from 218 librarians in the study area, and four academic libraries involved in the study. The data collected was analyses using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions and simple linear regression analysis to test the hypothesis at .05 level of significance. The findings reveals that innovative skill play a vital role in service delivery and also reveals that digital literacy skills significantly play a vital role in services delivery in the University libraries, as it account for 81.2% on service delivery. This underscores the important of innovative skills in service delivery in the contemporary age. Implication: The results of the study will help academic libraries and librarians to appreciate the critical role which innovation and digital skills play in effective and efficient service delivery in academic libraries to sustain good patronage.
Keywords: Academic Libraries, South-south Nigeria., innovative skills, services delivery
