...Quan Hoang Nguyen Tran Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate collection development quality in Vietnamese university libraries. Specifically, this study investigated the main activities involved in collection development and the negative factors influencing this issue...

...Sarah Nakaziba; Patrick Ngulube Purpose This study aims to assess the extent to which Uganda university libraries have implemented digital transformation technologies and to determine the facilitators and barriers affecting the implementation of digital transformation in selected university...

... 28 09 2016 12 11 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Academic libraries University libraries Collection development Collection management Content strategy Collection assessment Collection development...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Cooperation Collection management University libraries Collection development Science philosophy Structure of scientific revolutions Libraries are a product of human activity; for that reason, its collection is affected by external...

... institution's active collections if high demands of storage items warrant such decision. To further address system‐wide storage needs, an additional off‐site storage facility has also been constructed to be jointly used by both the TAMU and the UT Systems. University libraries United States of America...

.... A comparative study could also be made between one country and another's university libraries and information centers for usage of library collections and services. Originality/value There are a number of studies on usage of library collections and services, but this is the first of its kind within the King...

.... Originality/value This paper is the first of its kind to provide a systematic review of original editions of Chinese gazetteers held in the Yale East Asia Library. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 United States of America University libraries Collections management Chinese gazetteers...

... random sample method was used for selection of respondents. The survey was conducted through a structured questionnaire taking a random sample of 300 users (PG and PhD) from different disciplines of IIT Delhi and Delhi University libraries and the response rate was 66.66 per cent. The questionnaires were...

... with supporting the needs of libraries in the USA. ALA states the following in its Policy Manual regarding diversity: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Collections management Equal opportunities Academic libraries University libraries Resources In the past 15 years large...

... and donation files, acquisition records and library accession registers, were examined and analysed to provide answers to questions relating to study objectives. Findings The usefulness of gifts to university library resource development is underscored by the quality and currency of the 2,462 volumes...

...Abdul Mannan Khan Purpose The main purpose of the study is to identify the current status of collection development organizational patterns and to make a comparative analysis of collection development organizational patterns of the four central university libraries of Uttar Pradesh (UP) i.e...

...) utilized in their analysis, and can assist librarians in identifying resources in use and can encourage both faculty and collection officers to think creatively about assessing existing, and future, e‐resources. University libraries Collections management Teaching Electronic media History...

...Kanwal Ameen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discover university librarians' perceptions regarding importance of various elements of CM, and self‐assessment about the status of CM in university libraries of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the objectives of the study...

..., and the evaluation of the effectiveness of online resources. Therefore, a consortium was a requisite model for the libraries and Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS) has played an important role in Korea in organizing this. Electronic books University libraries Collections...

...Kanwal Ameen; S.J. Haider Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore some major challenges in the area of collection management faced by university libraries in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach The methodology includes a literature review and a survey of university libraries...

.... Ferguson can be contacted at: ferguson@hkucc.hku.hk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 University libraries Print media Digital storage Hong Kong We track our proxy server activity to monitor what journals are used and we examine publisher and vendor journal title and article...

..., faculty or class web sites) and developing tools for their management and use (Keller et al., 2003). F. Grace Xu can be contacted at: gracex@usc.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 University libraries Collections management Information centres Electronic media...

... 2005 Collections management University libraries Academic libraries Ethnic groups Somalia United States of America Besteman, C. and Cassanelli, L.V. (2003), The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia: the War Behind the War, Haan Pub., London. Gardner, J. and El...

... of 16 centers of higher and technical education in Cuba. Findings Although the directors of university libraries and managers of collection development were aware of the process of collection development, few have collection development policies, and few have carried out user studies. Originality...

...Esharenana E. Adomi; Basil E. Iwhiwhu This is a survey of users’ levels of satisfaction with reserve collection services at Delta State University Library, Abraka, Nigeria. By means of a questionnaire, data were collected. Findings revealed the personal characteristics of the respondents...