Collection development practices in academic libraries in Tanzania

dc.contributor.authorMwilongo, Kardo Joseph
dc.contributor.authorLuambano, Ireneus
dc.contributor.authorLwehabura, Mugyabuso J.F.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-14T12:26:50Z
dc.date.available2024-04-14T12:26:50Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionA research paper submitted to the journal of librarianship and information science, Vol. 52, NO.4 of 2020, Pg.1152–1168
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to assess the collection development practices in academic libraries in Tanzania. Specifically, the study examined the collection development practices and factors that influence these practices. The study involved four academic libraries and employed both qualitative and quantitative methods for data collection and analysis. Primary data were collected through informant interviews, observations and questionnaires methods. The study involved 44 library staff who filled in self-administered questionnaires. The study discloses that collection development practices and particularly evaluation and weeding or deselection are rarely conducted at these academic libraries. The findings further reveal that collection development practices in academic libraries in Tanzania are constrained by inadequate funding, lack of skills for hybrid collection management and lack of collection development policy catering for both print- and electronic-based information resources. On the basis of the findings, the study recommends that academic libraries should establish a comprehensive collection development policy and introduce professional development programmes to library staff for efficient management of hybrid collections.
dc.description.sponsorshipPrivate
dc.identifier.citationAPA
dc.identifier.urihttps://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/journals-permissions
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/593
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJournal of librarianship and information science
dc.subjectAcademic library
dc.subjectcollection development practices
dc.subjectprint and e-resources
dc.subjectprofessional development programmes
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titleCollection development practices in academic libraries in Tanzania
dc.typeArticle
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