Staffing is key to the progress and sustenance of any organization. Personnel in the library and information science field form the core of all activities in librarianship. Policies are fundamental to the implementation of staffing procedures. Thus, the quest for recruiting staff with the right qualification to fill available and specific position within the library and information science education field is essential. The high demand for information professionals in tertiary institutions libraries in Nigeria, calls for a closer attention. Insufficient manpower in the library could create a gap in the service quality as such it is relevant to consider users because they are at the receiving end. Therefore recruiting for right personnel to give the right training for Library and information science education could be a measure to reduce redundancy in library service. The paper discussed the qualification, recruitment process, staff remunerations, on the job training, school curriculum development for library and information science education and challenges facing in staffing policies formulation in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. In conclusion, curriculum should be developed in library schools that incorporate modern trend as well as prepare graduate for future task. Therefore, to give the right training to undergraduate can only be achieved when qualified teachers with the right skill and competence is employed to teach LIS students in tertiary institutions recommendations and suggestions will be proffered to advance library and information science program in tertiary institutions.

Human resource planning plays a very significant role in sustaining competent employees in academic libraries in order to provide service quality to users. Academic libraries as the name imply operates in higher institutions of learning to meet the teeming information need of students, staff and the institution community member at large. The library function to provide information need of users at a minimum time. Human resource are essential component required for the smooth running of the library, when there are no skilled professionals in the library the service dwindles and users are discouraged to use the library. Therefore, in order to provide astute service to users especially providing users with timely information, professional should be employed and sustained in the academic library to reduce illiterate in our society. Thus, human resource planning is the own means through which competent professionals are sustained in the library to bring about growth and development of the economy. Therefore, it is essential to plan for the present and the future of human resource present in academic libraries in Nigeria in order to improve on their service to uses. Despite all the hurdles in education in Nigeria that has led to down turn of academic libraries, when human resource planning is rightly incorporated in the library will make a lot of difference that lead to users satisfaction.