The study investigated education and training of Library and Information Professionals for national integration and development in tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States of Nigeria. It sought to investigate education and its relationship with national integration and development. Survey design was used for the study. The hypothesis was tested using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistical technique and the relationship was established to be significant at 0.05 level. The results of data analysis showed a high positive correlation (0.61) between education of information professionals and national integration and development. The study concluded that education of information professionals was a strong determinant of national integration and development. The paper recommends among other things that government and stakeholders must rise to the challenge of supporting the education and training of information professionals so as to foster national integration and development through the custody and dissemination of information materials by educated and trained information specialists.

The study investigated remuneration and its relationship with librarianship as a career choice. The survey design was used for the study. The hypothesis was tested using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistical technique and the relationship was established to be significant at 0.05 level of significance. Remuneration had a relatively low positive correlation (0.32) between remuneration and librarianship as a career choice. The study concluded that remuneration, though positively related, is not a strong determinant of Librarianship as choice of career. The study therefore recommended among other things that outside salaries, government should provide fringe benefits to librarians in academic institutions to enhance satisfactory performance thereby motivating others to join the library profession.