Strategies for addressing the university library users’ changing needs and practices in Sub-Saharan Africa

Book Reviews

“…The informal studies and reports include feedback from users by e-mail, the suggestion box, user statistics and reports compiled from the evaluation of information literacy sessions. These have been included in articles published by members of staff -for example, Tibenderana (2005), Musoke (2007), Kinengyere (2007) -and annual project progress reports to development partners.…”

“…The changing needs of university library users has resulted from the changing methods of teaching, learning and research as well as the growing information technologies and the library users' active engagement and participation in the information chain (Musoke, 2007). The Internet, for example, has expanded the sources of information and created a new environment, which has increased the expectations of university library users and led to increased usage of e-resources.…”

Information Behavior and Expectations of Veterinary Researchers and Their Requirements for Academic Library Services

“…The services they provide to researchers are fairly typical of library services noted in the subject literature (including among others Corall, 2010;Hart & Kleinveldt, 2011;Musoke, 2008;Webb et al, 2007). These are shown in Table 8.…”

“…From the subject literature (Case, 2012;Courtright, 2007;Leckie, Pettigrew & Sylvain, 1996;Musoke, 2008;Wilson, 1981Wilson, , 2006 it was clear that contexts, including the country and institutional environment, as well as the situation in which researchers find themselves, can have an important impact on needs for information, and thus also library services. With regard to context it was therefore decided to review the research situation and expectations from researchers in South Africa, as well as the research output of the Faculty.…”

“…exceptions being -Biswas and Haque (2008) (Brophy, 2008;Webb et al, 2008), immediate attention being paid to user expectations and needs (Musoke, 2008;Neal, 2009), embedded librarianship in faculty projects and curricula (Corall, 2010;Schumaker, 2011), enhanced communication within the scholarly community (Brown, 2010), increased sharing and collaboration regarding information resources (Mullins, 2012), improved collection development practices (Ross & Sennyey, 2008), involvement in knowledge creation, increased involvement in preservation and publishing (Case, 2008) as well as in information policies and ethical issues (Neal, 2009). For researchers to benefit from such services they need to be aware of what libraries offer (Neal, 2009).…”