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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Odini Cephas | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-26T11:52:17Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-26T11:52:17Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1994 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129410060301 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2018 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Discusses fundamental problems encountered at the Kenya Polytechnic Library in collection development, particularly the problems of inadequate funding, lack of collection development policy and those associated with foreign purchases. Highlights the various factors which librarians at the polytechnic ought to consider in order to realize brighter collection development prospects. These factors include the formulation of suitable collection development policy, the organization of gifts and exchange practices and participation in resource‐sharing programmes with other national polytechnics and universities. Suggests an introduction of library development levy and also the practice of collection weeding | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | MCB UP Ltd | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol. 15 Issue: 4;Library Management | - |
dc.subject | Academic libraries | en_US |
dc.subject | Collection management | en_US |
dc.subject | Kenya | en_US |
dc.subject | Library materials | en_US |
dc.subject | Planning | en_US |
dc.subject | Policy | en_US |
dc.subject | Polytechnics | en_US |
dc.title | Collection Development: The Experience of Kenya Polytechnic Library | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | School of Information Sciences |
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