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ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of administrative variables on library services in the University Teaching Hospitals of South-South Nigeria. The study postulated two specific objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses for the research direction. It adopted an ex-post facto research design. The study population was 504 library personnel. The sample size was 403 representing 80 per cent of the target population. The census sampling technique was used to select the south-south zone of Nigeria. The instrument titled “Administrative Variables and Library Services Questionnaire (AVLISQ), with a reliability coefficient of 0.86 on Cronbach’s Alpha was developed by the researchers and used for data collection. Mean and standard deviation of item by item analysis (descriptive statistics) were used to answer the research questions, while f-value of ANOVA statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 leve of significance. The results indicated significant influence of administrative variables (supervision, cooperation and control) on library services in the University Teaching Hospitals of South-South Nigeria. The study concluded that proper manipulation of these administrative variables can bestow effective library services in the University Teaching Hospitals. It was recommended among others that university teaching hospitals management should insist on Librarians’ application of administrative variables in providing library services in order to meet up the information needs of medical personnel and the service beneficiaries so as to achieve the goals and objectives of medical services in South-South of Nigeria. Key Words: administrative variables, supervision, coordination, control, teaching hospitals