Evaluation of Collection Development Practices of Electronic Information Resources in the Selected Academic Libraries in Tanzania.

Chanjarika, Eva Obed (2024) Evaluation of Collection Development Practices of Electronic Information Resources in the Selected Academic Libraries in Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate collection development practices of electronic information resources in selected academic libraries in Tanzania namely; College of Business Education, Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College, University of Dar es Salaam and Hubert Kairuki University libraries. The population involved library staff and head of library departments. The study engaged a mixed methods approach with a sample size of 52 participants that were obtained through censorship techniques. The study used questionnaires and interviews to collect data. The data was analyzed qualitatively through thematic analysis and quantitatively through descriptive analysis. The findings of the study revealed that the most available types of e-resources are electronic theses and dissertations, followed by electronic books and electronic journals. The major source of funds for public university libraries was government grants, while for the private universities was institutional budgets. Moreover, the study shows that the most used mode of procurement of e-resources in academic libraries was through the consortium. Furthermore, the study shows that the challenges faced by academic libraries in Tanzania in building library collections are low budget allocated to e-collection, licensing agreement and copyright issues, lack of library collection development policy for e-resources, and insufficient support from vendors., The study concludes that although academic libraries face challenges in buiding the library collection they managed to maintain hybrid collection. There are some procedures followed in e-collection development and the main mode of purchasing e-resources is through COTUL subscription. The study recommends the Mobilization of grants and aid from foreign and local donors, improvement of ICT infrastructures, involvement of all stakeholders throughout the collection development process, and effectively consideration of licensing agreements and copyright issues. Keywords: Collection development, electronic resources, e-resources, academic libraries.

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