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Appraisal Of Information Resources And Services In Nigerian Polytechnic Libraries (Npl): The Npl Librarian’S View, Bello Sani Manzo, S Kannan
Appraisal Of Information Resources And Services In Nigerian Polytechnic Libraries (Npl): The Npl Librarian’S View, Bello Sani Manzo, S Kannan
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The study evaluates information resources, services, ICT infrastructure, staffing and sources of budget for developing the libraries. The Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) minimum standard for establishing an academic library is use as a yardstick upon which the libraries are accessed. The survey research design is employ with a population of 12 polytechnics selected using the stratified random sampling Technique. The judgmental sampling is used to select the respondents. An interview and questionnaire are used as data collection instrument and the data was analyze using descriptive and thematic analysis. The result of the study show that print and electronic …
Status Of Engineering College Libraries In Bhubaneswar Region Of Odisha, India: A Comparative Study, Bhanu Partap, Payel Saha
Status Of Engineering College Libraries In Bhubaneswar Region Of Odisha, India: A Comparative Study, Bhanu Partap, Payel Saha
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The aim of the present study is to explore the current status of engineering college libraries in Bhubaneswar region of Odisha, India. A questionnaire based survey has been conducted in the selected engineering college libraries in Bhubaneswar region of Odisha and tried to assess the current status of staff, collection, services, Information Technology infrastructure, etc. The copies of well structured questionnaire have been distributed among the ten engineering college libraries in Bhubaneswar in the month of March 2019, out of which, six college libraries have been responded positively. It was found that all the responded engineering college libraries were …
Resource Management In A Time Of Fiscal Scarcity: Combining Qualitative And Quantitative Assessment For Journal Package Cancellations, Casey D. Hoeve
Resource Management In A Time Of Fiscal Scarcity: Combining Qualitative And Quantitative Assessment For Journal Package Cancellations, Casey D. Hoeve
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
As a result of continual resource inflation and a decreasing budget, Kansas State University Libraries were required to conduct a large-scale electronic journal cancellation project. The current organizational model does not require librarian subject specialists to perform comprehensive collection development duties; therefore, content development librarians developed a methodology of collecting quantitative and qualitative statistics to collaboratively evaluate journals. This article will demonstrate the methodology of assessment, and serve as a working model for libraries operating under circumstances of labor shortages, budget cuts, and leadership restructuring.