The Management of Academic Libraries

ISBN-13: 9783838304816 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 352 str.

Salma Chowdhury

Opis

This research project is a comparative study of management of two university libraries (University of the Western Cape and Dhaka University) from two different countries (South Africa and Bangladesh). This research was to identify and document how the functions of management are applied in both libraries.A sample of the two university libraries users, librarians, and library staff were taken. The questionnaire, interview, observation and documentary sources of information were major methods of data collection. In order to provide a brief presentation on how the management functions were applied at other university libraries, a description of how some university libraries in the U.K, U.S.A, Eastern countries and Africa are given. The findings of the study revealed that the problem of inadequate financial support is true for both University libraries, and is the major cause amongst other weaknesses. Both libraries still use a large percentage of non-professional staff and the library service is in desperate need of personnel. However, the observed difference between DUL and UWCL in this comparative study was significant.

O autorze

CHOWDHURY, SALMA
Salma Chowdhury holds a Ph.D from Dept of Library and InformationScience, Private BAGX17,University of Western Cape,South Africa.At present she is an Associate Professor in the Dept ofInformation Science and Library Management,Dhaka University,Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. She participated on different activities,Mentoring, Research Assistant etc.