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Acquisition And Management Of Serial In Academic Libraries
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Like any other concept, management evolves diverse memories in a variety
ways. According to Fussler, K. (1963) acquisition is the process by
which libraries achieve or documented materials needed by their patrons
or clientele. While management according to entrain and jack (1981) is
the planning and integrating of effort, judicious uses of resources,
motivation of people and provision of leadership other to guide an
organization towards it’s goal and objectives in the efficient manner.
The
carryout the above functions, managers are engaged in a continuous
process of making decision. Acquisition and management is the beefing up
the library stock and proper organizing and preserving of it,
management is equivalent to decision making.
The goal of serial
acquisition and management is to deliver promptly that serial
literature, which the users needs. Librarians serving in academic
libraries should realizing that researcher and users of the library
require a wide range of knowledge. Realizing the complexity of the
situation as well as the increasing trend towards publication in serial
form, the selection and acquisition should be done on those information
need of the organization. The researcher will investigate into problems
of serials acquisition and management in academic library of Imo State
University.
1.2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON IMO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
The
institution was established in 1981 by Imo state government as a dual
or muilti-campus. The university has one campus at Ekiti and the other
one were located at Aba.
On October, 1981 the university was financed
and structures were laid up by late of Imo state Sam Mbakwe being the
governor of Imo state by then.
The university move to it’s permanent
site at Uturu Okigwe in 1986 with the creation of Abia State from old
Imo State in 1992, the Soul of Imo state university was reborn at Owerri
in 1992.
The Imo State library is located in the core academic area
and situated in an excavation which shields it from noise and predispose
it to leaning and research. Conspicuous sign posts easily lead a new
comes from the university main fate to the library. The library consists
of two relatively large buildings which are joined together. The
library can contain up to 50,000 vol. off books and 400,450 readers at
fully carnality.
There is a specious accommodation for an education
technology centre. The library has a modest collection of books,
journals, and little government publication, at the presents and embarks
on an aggressive collections development programmes from places like
Ranturly library services, UK, which includes among other things lecture
note of the British Open University. The library also has an
information and communication technology (ICT) centre housed very closed
to the university librarians office.
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