...Dinah Koteikor Baidoo; Williams E. Nwagwu Purpose This study assessed the technology readiness of library commons in selected universities in Ghana from the perspectives of both clients and service providers. Design/methodology/approach A sample survey research design was used to carry out...

.... This study focuses on academic libraries from four universities in Ghana. From each university, the researchers purposely selected four respondents, comprising the heads of the libraries, deputies, and two assistant librarians or library assistants. Primary data were collected through semi-structured...

...Magdaline Wanjiru Mungai; Selikem Sebuava Dorvlo; Asaph Nuwagirya; Marlene Holmner Purpose Copyright exceptions promote access to information by users without breaching copyright. This research paper reviews copyright exceptions in Kenya, Ghana and Uganda and how they influence access...

...Kwame Kodua-Ntim; Madeleine C. Fombad Purpose This article suggests strategies for the usage of open access institutional repositories (OAIR) at university libraries in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Pragmatism paradigm, mixed methods research approach and convergent parallel mixed method...

...Dominic Dankwah Agyei; Faustina Aryeetey; Adaora Chigozie Obuezie; Sixolile Nkonyeni Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on describing the experience of occupational psychosocial stress among librarians in Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. It further seeks to identify the various...

... and their application to library services. One means by which a librarian can overcome this challenge is through professional development (PD) programs. The purpose of this paper is to determine PD opportunities in private university libraries in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey of 61...

...Theodosia S.A. Adanu Purpose The aim of the research was to find out if the work environment of professional librarians in the five state‐owned university libraries in Ghana encouraged continuing professional development (CPD) and to discover who the librarians felt should be responsible...

...Perpetua S. Dadzie The study stressed the important role of top management in an organization and examined the possibilities, challenges and constraints posed to librarians in the provision of quality service to the university community in Ghana. Using a case study approach, the study concluded...

... these days ever aspire to this role. What leads them to become a cataloguer is intriguing. This survey attempts to unravel the mystery about the personal characteristics of head cataloguers of Ghana’s state‐owned university libraries, their continuing professional development and use of information...

...A.K. Martey Reports a study of procedures employed in staff appraisal in a Ghanaian university library over a period of 16 years. A total of 650 appraisal forms filled by 25 assessors in the Balme Library, University of Ghana were examined. The conclusions drawn indicate that the performance...

...Edwin Ellis Badu Aims to provoke discussion on the concept of team management in the context of African university libraries, with particular reference to Ghana. It considers the influence of the historical roots of the universities, and describes the aspects of the socio‐cultural environment which...

.... At present the state library participates as an observer (INASP, 1997). GAILIC’s main objectives are to: University libraries Co‐operation South Africa Namibia Ghana Kenya GAELIC, a major project of the umbrella consortium FOTIM (Foundation of A library consortia may take the form...

...A.K. Martey Discusses the management issues involved in library networking, using GILLDDNET, the DANIDA/IFLA sponsored Ghana Interlibrary Lending and Document Delivery Trial Project as a reference point in the discussion. There is an attempt to apply the management principles that Urwick outlined...

...: © MCB UP Limited 2001 Corporate culture Academic libraries Management Strategic planning Ghana The concept of culture has been derived both from anthropology (Benedict, 1934) and organisation theory (Meadows, 1967). In anthropology, culture is the foundational term through which...

...A.A. Alemna; K.E. Skouby Reports an investigation into the information needs and information‐seeking behaviour of Members of Parliament in Ghana’s legislature. It concludes that a better understanding of this question is fundamental to the achievements of their job objectives. Includes...

... that the important role assigned to the library is fulfilled. It discusses schemes available in Ghana for equipping academic librarians with the requisite training and skills to enable them to fulfil their roles efficiently and effectively. In the process, a number of important issues such as training needs...

...Richard Arkaifie Looks at the gloomy economic conditions with the attendant foreign exchange constraints which made the ordering of periodicals impossible in Ghana from the latter half of the 1970s up to the mid‐1980s. Compares this with the situation in Nigeria during this period. This bleak...

...Vida Mensah; A.A. Alemna There is excessive turnover among trained graduate librarians of the Ghana Library Board (GLB). All too often, the ones who leave are not the ones that management, as well as colleagues, wish would leave. An acceptable reason from the management point of view...

...John Edu Korsah In all the three oldest established universities in Ghana, namely,University of Ghana, University of Science and Technology and University of Cape Coast, there exist Library Boards which are considered statutory committees of the various Academic Boards. Discusses these Library...

...A. Anaba Alemna The issue of standards has always been uppermost in the minds of librarians, and has also received considerable professional attention. Examines the concept of standards for school libraries in Ghana and their functional applicability. Discusses the standards within the framework...