Co-Operation between Librarians and PhD Students to Enhance Library Collection Development
Journal Title: International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
This study investigates whether there is adequate communication between librarians and the postgraduate students in the collection development process. The primary objective of this research is to critically evaluate the existing collection development process of Pandai librarians and investigate the criteria used to strengthen the library collection development. This research also critically investigates whether there is effective communication between librarians and postgraduate students to improve the library collection development. A triangulation method (quantitative, qualitative and descriptive) is employed in the investigation. The instruments used in this study, in which 150 postgraduate (PhD) students, 14 librarians and 15 support staff of the library participated, included questionnaires, interviews and observations. Result from observation revealed that librarians were helpful in providing information at the reference counter. Their body language, smiles and eye contacts communicated friendliness. Overall observations showed that reference librarians and support staff were well mannered, sociable and responsive. The findings from interviews and questionnaires showed that there was inadequate communication between the librarians and postgraduate students (PhD) to enhance the collection development process. The majority of the support librarians 83.3% agreed that postgraduate students were not consulted for the collection development process while only (16.6 %) indicated that postgraduate students were sometimes consulted by email. From 12 qualified librarians with a master’s or basic degree, 85.5% of the qualified librarians said that in their collection development process, postgraduate students (PhD) were not consulted.
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Dr. Qais Faryadi
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