a. Technical Skill: This is acquired from education,
training and experience. It indicates the ability to use knowledge,
method and techniques in the performance of library tasks. The
important technical skills needed in the library include: reading
and study materials selection skills, cataloguing and classification
skills, information and communication technology skills,
abstracting and indexing skill among others. They form the
bedrock upon which the library success resets. They form the
bases on which other skills are developed. These are the keys to
library leadership because of staff tendency to obey a leader who
knows the technicalities of the job and „Authority flows from the
one knows‟ Adair (1997)