Prospects for Resource Sharing among Government Libraries in Nairobi

By Joash Aminga

Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Philosophy - Miscellaneous, course: MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN INFORMATION SCIENCES, language: English, comment: The author of this thesis is a practising Librarian with vast experience in the fiekd of Information Science spanning over twenty eight (28) years. He has worked in School, Academic, Industrial Training and Special Libraries with the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission as well as the Committee of Experts on Constitutional review precess in Kenya. He has also worked for the Office of the Prime Minister and currently he is serving with the Office of the Deputy President., abstract: Government libraries Kenya face many challenges, which include inadequate funding, inadequate space, increasing cost of library resources, and high proliferation of information literature, challenges in acquisition of modern equipment and facilities, increased demand for information by users, poor remuneration and lack of adequate qualified personnel. This calls for resource sharing as a means of overcoming some of these challenges. The aim of this study was to investigate the prospects of resource sharing in the provision of library services in Government ministries in Nairobi and ascertain the extent to which resource-sharing can assist to alleviate some of the challenges they are facing. The specific objectives of this study were to establish factors affecting the performance of Government libraries in Nairobi; examine Government policies within which these libraries operate and how these relate to the challenges of inadequate funding; establish the information resources and facilities available in Government libraries in Nairobi that can be shared among themselves; find out whether resource-sharing can assist to alleviate the challenges they are facing and propose recommendations to enhance resource-sharing among government libraries in Nairobi. This study is informed on the resource-sharing model as proposed by Sahoo (20

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3656882037
• ISBN13: 9783656882039
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"