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Acquisition And Management Of Serial In Academic Libraries
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1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The
study is limited to only the Nigerian section of Imo state university
library Owerri. The researcher will cover such area as selection,
acquisition, organization and storage, circulation and dissemination of
information materials, funding, personnel, as well as management style
of the serials department.
1.7 SIGNIFCANCE OF THE STUDY
The Imo
state university library is a state owned organization. Like very other
state owned organization. It has been fraught with so many problems
which are left un attended to over the years, as a result, there has
been so much decay in the library as well as the library serials
department (NIGERIAN). The information materials are so old and current
materials are very rare. Serials rendered to clients are not the best
and therefore not effective. These problem and more one what the
researcher intends to investigate.
In discovering these problems, the investigator will also proffer valuable solutions to these problems.
It
is expected that the study will be kind of blue print for other
academic libraries that would like to establish a serial department. The
researcher also hope that the work will be significance to people with
task of managing serial collections of the library. It is also hope that
study will be of immeasurable benefit to the following people viz.
libraries, librarians in training, universities, polytechnic or college
of education planners, administrator, resources persons and pursuers of
knowledge and learning.
1.8 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
SERIALS: A serial
is defined as a publication issued in successive part bearing numerical
or chronological designation intended to be continue indefinitely,
serials include periodical (Newspapers, magazines, journals and memo’s,
proceeding transactions of societies, annual (report, year book and
numbered monographic series).
ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: These are
libraries that cater for the teaching, research and recreational needs
of students, lecturers, and non academic staff in institution of higher
learning like polytechnics, universities, college of education and
monotechnics etc.
LIBRARY ACQUISITION: Acquisition is the process on
obtaining library materials to satisfy the need of users. It is also the
process of obtaining books and other materials for the library,
documentation centre or achieves.
LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Library manager
broadly defined includes all the things that go on from time a group of
citizens establishes a library to serve it’s need to the moment that
library does something which helps a citizen. The objectives of the
institution and its methods, it facilities and personnel are involved.
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