Library cooperation in Kenya

Otike, Japhet

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“…Numerous researchers have paid attention to particular aspects of African librarianship, such as staffing [10][11][12]; collection development [13]; users [14]; co-operative efforts [15,16]; and type of library [17,18].…”

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Profiling African libraries: automation in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

Garcha

Buttlar

1996

Library Review

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Access to and utilization of information is essential to the development of a third world nation [1,2]. On an international basis, declining economies and technological innovations have prompted libraries to accept rapidly changing roles from owners of major warehouse collections of materials to providers of access to information. While resource sharing is an increasingly essential component of qualitative information provision, it is, of course, dependent on the extent of automation available, particularly the linkages to major utilities and networked databases with standardized organization of materials, search protocols and retrieval capabilities [3].According to Gboyega Banjo, director of Library and Documentation Services in Nigeria and chairman (African Section), Regional Activities Division of IFLA:Technology offers libraries in the Third World, no less than those in the industrialised world, an ideal solution to a number of problems of managing a modern research library. It offers speed, accuracy and efficiency in the processing, presentation and retrieval of catalogue information. While I would not advocate it at this stage for every library in our hemisphere, I believe it is now desirable for all key national, academic and research libraries [4].

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Section: Review Of the Literaturementioning

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Profiling African libraries: automation in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

Garcha

Buttlar

1996

Library Review

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Resource Sharing: Practice and Problems

Bakewell¹

1990

Library Management

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Resource sharing is an important element in the national planning of library and information services to meet the needs of information, education and culture of the whole community at all levels. An overview of resource sharing practices is presented, with particular reference to the British scene. It is also argued that, with the approach of the Single Market in 1992, resource sharing should now be considered on a European scale. In conclusion, some problems associated with the practice of resource sharing are considered.

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Botswana and the Southern African Interlibrary Lending System: cooperation or dependency?

Datta¹,

Baffour-Awuah²

1991

Information Development

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Edited version of a paper presented at the 12th Southern African Universities Social Science Conference (SAUSSC) held in Gaborone, Botswana, 3 to 7 July, 1989. Examines the Southern African Interlibrary Lending System, based at the State Library in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, from the Botswana point of view. Focuses on two of the seven Botswana members of the system: the University of Botswana and the Botswana National Library Service. The historical development of the system is traced as a background to the analysis. Raw data from the files of both institutions are analyses and the current manner of operation examined. In conclusion the paper, through an Index of Relative Utilization, attempts to answer the question of cooperation or dependency.

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Library cooperation in Kenya

Cited by 5 publications

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Profiling African libraries: automation in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

Profiling African libraries: automation in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

Resource Sharing: Practice and Problems

Botswana and the Southern African Interlibrary Lending System: cooperation or dependency?

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