This study investigated the influence of specialty and health condition on personnel productivity in polytechnic libraries in South-East and South-South, Nigeria. In carrying out the study, two research questions were formulated to guide the study. The correlational survey research design was adopted for the study and a total of 284 respondents drawn from personnel of the 19 polytechnic libraries in South-East and South-South Nigeria were studied. The instrument used for collecting data was a self-structured questionnaire which was duly validated and the result justified its use. The findings showed that specialty and health condition influence personnel productivity in polytechnic libraries in South-East and South-South, Nigeria. The study recommended that polytechnic libraries should transform the way they recruit by improving on the extent of consideration of area of specialization and health condition variables in recruitment exercises. This transformation should not only involve allowing recruitment practices to be guided by recruitment variables, it should as well involve leaving personnel recruitment in the hands of recruitment experts who can use customizable criteria such as Application Tracking Systems (ATS) to filter candidates and shortlist top choices based on specialization and health conditions. t means of identifying the most qualified candidate for the job. Specialization should be made a key determinant of who gets hired by polytechnic libraries. This, it is hoped will enhance the recruitment of top performers. Again, there should be significant improvement on the extent of consideration of good health condition as prerequisite for employment as well as the introduction and/or improvement of health programmes for workers in our libraries. Furthermore Employees already engaged by polytechnic libraries should be trained and retrained to enable them to acquire requisite qualifications, experience and skills that will enhance their productivity to broaden their chances of survival in our competitive information environment.
Keywords: Health, Health Condition, Personnel, productivity and polytechnic libraries, specialty
