The rapid and continuing evolution of information technology has occasioned large stocks of electronic resources in libraries and created pressure for both library professionals and users to continue learning in order to provide effective service and make adequate use of the new information materials. Discusses collection development practices at the University of Botswana Library in an environment of increasing electronic resources of information. Considers the skills needed for librarians to effectively procure and manage such resources and for users to effectively use the resources. Provides an assessment of the performance of University of Botswana Library in this new electronic dispensation, and looks at how the library has faced the challenges of information technology.
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1 March 2003
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IT skills needs for collection development at the University of Botswana Library
Stephen M. Mutula;
Stephen M. Mutula
Stephen M. Mutula is Lecturer, DLIS, at the University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana. E‐mail: Mutulasm@mopipi. ub.bw
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Francina S. Makondo
Francina S. Makondo
Francina S. Makondo is Assistant Librarian at the University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia. E‐mail: ngula93@yahoo.co.uk
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-166X
Print ISSN: 0737-8831
© MCB UP Limited
2003
Library Hi Tech (2003) 21 (1): 94–101.
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Mutula SM, Makondo FS (2003), "IT skills needs for collection development at the University of Botswana Library". Library Hi Tech, Vol. 21 No. 1 pp. 94–101, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830310467436
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