Library Automation at the University for Development Studies: Challenges and Prospects
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| contents | Library Automation at the University for Development Studies: Challenges and Prospects Thompson, Edwin S. Pwadura, Joana Library Automation Academic Libraries Online Catalogs Library Services Library Development Barriers Profiles Library Administration Staff Development Financial Support Computer Software Selection Foreign Countries The automation of a library that basically aims at improving the management of the library's resources and increasing access to these same resources by users has caught on so well in the western world that virtually all academic libraries in that part of the world have automated most of their services. In Africa, however, several challenges are making it difficult for academic libraries to do the same, thus depriving them of the numerous touted benefits a library stands to gain from automating its services. The University for Development Studies (UDS) Library in Northern Ghana embarked on an automation project on one of its campuses that has thus far resulted in the full automation of the cataloguing and circulation operations. This article recounts the experiences of the Library in its bid to automate some of its services. The procedures that were followed, as well as the highlights of the automation, are recounted here. Lessons learned and challenges encountered are presented as an example for other academic libraries in Ghana, Africa, and other developing countries that have plans to automate. |
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| spellingShingle | Library Automation at the University for Development Studies: Challenges and Prospects Thompson, Edwin S. Pwadura, Joana Library Automation Academic Libraries Online Catalogs Library Services Library Development Barriers Profiles Library Administration Staff Development Financial Support Computer Software Selection Foreign Countries Library Automation at the University for Development Studies: Challenges and Prospects Thompson, Edwin S. Pwadura, Joana Library Automation Academic Libraries Online Catalogs Library Services Library Development Barriers Profiles Library Administration Staff Development Financial Support Computer Software Selection Foreign Countries The automation of a library that basically aims at improving the management of the library's resources and increasing access to these same resources by users has caught on so well in the western world that virtually all academic libraries in that part of the world have automated most of their services. In Africa, however, several challenges are making it difficult for academic libraries to do the same, thus depriving them of the numerous touted benefits a library stands to gain from automating its services. The University for Development Studies (UDS) Library in Northern Ghana embarked on an automation project on one of its campuses that has thus far resulted in the full automation of the cataloguing and circulation operations. This article recounts the experiences of the Library in its bid to automate some of its services. The procedures that were followed, as well as the highlights of the automation, are recounted here. Lessons learned and challenges encountered are presented as an example for other academic libraries in Ghana, Africa, and other developing countries that have plans to automate. |
| title | Library Automation at the University for Development Studies: Challenges and Prospects |
| topic | Library Automation Academic Libraries Online Catalogs Library Services Library Development Barriers Profiles Library Administration Staff Development Financial Support Computer Software Selection Foreign Countries |
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