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<strong>Ozean</strong> Journal of Social Sciences 2(3), 2009Data AnalysisTable 1: Distribution of Respondents by Some Selected Socio-demographic Characteristics.Socio-demographic characteristicsFrequencyN = 50 %Level of EducationDoctoral DegreeMaster’s DegreeBachelor Degree834816.068.016.0SexMaleFemale302060.040.0DesignationLibrarian IILibrarian ISenior LibrarianPrincipal Librarian161291332.024.018.026.0Schedule of Duties and ResponsibilitiesCataloguingCataloguing and acquisitionManagement of material and reporting system374974.08.018.0Years of experience in the duties/responsibilities2 years5 years7 years9 years10 years and above129442124.018.08.08.042.0The percentage distribution of respondents by some selected socio-demographic characteristics is presented in Table1.The pattern of distribution of respondents by levels of education showed that the level of education among sampledcataloguer was quite high. A small proportion of the respondents had Bachelor Degree (16.0%) and Doctorate Degree(16. 0%). While 68.0% had Master’s Degree. On the whole, respondents with Master’s and Doctoral Degreeconstituted 84 percent of the sampled population. The distribution by gender revealed that 60.0% of the respondentswere male while 40.0% were female. On the <strong>issue</strong> of designation, the table revealed respondents’ designation asfollows: Librarian II (32.0%), Librarian I (24.0%), Principal Librarian (26.0%) and Senior Librarian (18.0 %). Themajority of the cataloguer in the sampled population was among the Librarian II and Principal Librarian.With regard to respondents’ schedule of duties and responsibilities, the table showed that almost three out of fourcataloguers engaged purely in cataloguing (74.0%). While (8.0%) combined cataloguing with acquisition. In addition,18.0% of them claimed to be involved in management of material and reporting system. An examination of the years ofexperience on the job shows 18.0% had five years of experience on the job, 8.0% had seven years, and nine years while42.0% had more than ten years experience.141