COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY: A SURVEY OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN FEDERAL AND STATE UNIVERSITIES, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY: A SURVEY OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN FEDERAL AND STATE UNIVERSITIES, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2017-09
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JIMOH, AMINA O.
Suleiman, Hussaini
UMAR IBRAHIM
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This study investigated the Collection Development policy: A survey of Academic libraries in federal
and state universities, Kaduna State Nigeria. The design of the study is survey method and the
population of the study was the head of libraries, acquisition librarians and other professional librarians
directly involved in collection development in the library under study.A structured questionnaire was
used for data gathering. The questionnaire data was analyzed using frequency and percentages for easy
interpretation. The research finding shows that the three universities under study have written collection
development policy. It also shows that, the libraries under study have almost all the subheadings of the
content of collection development policy. The following were the recommended in line with the
findings of the study: Academic libraries without a written policy should make sure that after
formulating the collection development policy, the policy should be fully guided for resource
development. It should not be done. All acquisition librarians should be involved in the formulation and
evaluation of collection development policy in order to keep them current on issues affecting the policy.
Collection development policy should be reviewed at least after every five (5) years to give room for
new changes.
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