The aim of this bachelor thesis is to investigate how collection development implemented in a changed media landscape affects the professional identity of librarians. The study is based on three questions: Which problems, quandaries or possibilities are librarians experiencing in collection development? What does the idealistic view of collection development look like - and how does it relate to librarians’ actual work? How does all these factors related to collection development affect the profession of librarianship? Former research indicates that collection development is not that uncomplicated, and it discusses all kinds of practical issues. There is though a lack of former research in the relationship between collection development and profession, which is the aim of this investigation taking place in small public libraries in the north of Sweden. To answer our questions six librarians were interviewed in a ”semi-structured” way. In the analysis we applied Roger Säljös construction of the sociocultural theory and related it´s concepts to lines of reasoning in our result. The results and analysis showed that in the current media landscape there are many factors and considerations affecting the collection development process. First there are fundamental documents and policies, written based on the democratic mission of the library and then, because there is a certain ambiguity in the directives, there are the librarians’ interpretations, which sometimes might be based on personal ideologies. All this in combination with failing collection development tools forces the librarians into a certain controlling role.

Thesis (MTech (Business Information Systems))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. / The aim of this research study is to explore the management of electronic resources used in libraries. Three tertiary institutions were used as case studies. The unit of analysis was the three libraries, with library employees (14) working and managing electronic resources being the unit of observation. Non-random, purposive sampling techniques were used. The finding of this study suggests that the participants do not use the Aleph integrated library system (ILS) optimally to manage electronic resources. Library employees do not keep up with current and new emerging technology trends in the library and academic environment. There is a lack of training, as well as understanding, of business processes and workflows. This is emphasised by a lack of knowledge of library system environments and, finally, the high cost of implementing the library systems. Electronic resource management (ERM) systems emerged in the early 2000s, and it became clear that traditional integrated library systems did not have sufficient capacity to provide efficient processing for meeting the changing needs and challenges of libraries at tertiary institutions. Libraries find it challenging to manage the wide range of licensed electronic resources, collaborating, cooperating and sharing resources with different libraries. The increasing number of electronic resource demands from users for remote or off campus access makes it difficult for libraries to manage electronic resources. As a result of this inability to manage the electronic resources, libraries are not effectively and efficiently using appropriate electronic resource systems to meet their business requirements.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to indicate changes in library services available to the citizens of Johnson City, Tennessee. The study covered library services available in educational and public settings for patrons from preschool to adult ages. Librarians in this study all worked in either a public library located in Johnson City, TN or worked in the Johnson City School System as a media specialist in either an elementary, middle, or high school. This qualitative study was conducted using interviews of librarians to gain their perceptions of the library and their roles within the libraries of Johnson City. Librarians were interviewed to determine their views in the past, present, and future of the library as an establishment. Documents from the various libraries were also analyzed to determine changes in library services. Various themes emerged from the data analysis. Participants discussed their roles as librarians, the library as an institution, and collection development. Other themes that emerged were discussions of library materials that were now or would become archaic. Participants also made projections as to the future of the library itself and whether or not it would become obsolete. The results of this study suggest that libraries will continue to evolve as technologies and community needs and expectations change. The appearance of the library will evolve to contain more learning spaces for active and group learning. The role of the librarian will evolve as the technology evolves. It will become more focused upon teaching patrons how to use learning tools and access information rather than simply managing and controlling the library’s assets. The librarians’ role has the potential to become one of service leadership in the community and in the school setting. The impact of the library and the librarians’ role will directly affect students, teachers, and community members. Recommendations from this study may assist in transitioning the librarian/media specialist’s role to a great service leadership model that supports individual growth and community development.

This study evaluates monograph acquisition decisions at an academic health sciences library using circulation and acquisitions data. The goal was to provide insight regarding how to allocate library funds to support research and education in disciplines of interest to the library user base. Data analysis revealed that allocations in 13 subject areas should be reviewed as the cost of circulation was greater than the average cost of circulation of the sample and the average cost of monographs was higher in these subject areas than the average cost of monographs in the sample. In contrast, 13 subjects returned cost of circulation rates lower than the average cost of circulation of the sample. These subjects merit stable budget allocation or increased allocation depending upon collection needs. Overall, this study found that this library is allocating a majority of resources to subjects with above average rates of use.

國立臺灣圖書館，其前身為日據時期的臺灣總督府圖書館，營運迄今已屆滿百年。走過政權轉變，經歷多次的組織變革，直到今日仍然為臺灣眾多讀者提供服務，影響其發展的因素值得探討。本研究將以組織發展做為研究主軸，探討國立臺灣圖書館的百年歷史發展，希冀可以從中獲得其成功發展的原因。根據此研究動機，研究目的為：(1)探討從臺灣總督府圖書館到國立臺灣圖書館組織結構的百年歷史發展與重要事件；(2)歸納國立臺灣圖書館的價值以及影響其發展的重要因素；(3)探討從臺灣總督府圖書館到國立臺灣圖書館的歷史發展與重要事件；(4)探討組織發展對國立臺灣圖書館百年歷史之影響；(5)探討國立臺灣圖書館百年歷史發展中的館藏建設。 本研究透過歷史研究法，以組織發展為研究主軸，並以國立臺灣圖書館歷史發展中的五大組織變革，作為歷史發展階段的分段依據，透過史料蒐集分析，探討國立臺灣圖書館的百年歷史發展。另外使用訪談法，透過與館員、學者的訪談，瞭解國立臺灣圖書館的組織與館藏現況，以及國立臺灣圖書館百年歷史發展過程中的重大歷史事件。經過歷史研究法的史料分析與訪談結果分析，獲得以下幾點結論：(1)國立臺灣圖書館是代表臺灣研究的圖書館，各個階段的組織因從隸屬不同，而有不同的發展；(2)組織功能隨著歷史發展而有所差異，組織功能也受到組織規程或相關條例的規範；(3)國立臺灣圖書館發展過程中的重大歷史事件也影響了國立臺灣圖書館的歷史發展；(4)國立臺灣圖書館的組織與歷史發展，亦受到館長成就事蹟的影響而有所改變；(5)國立臺灣圖書館組織的變革與發展，同時也影響了國立臺灣圖書館的歷史發展；(6)不同時期的組織發展，會因為所屬機關的變化而改變；(7)組織定位與組織發展息息相關，國立臺灣圖書館的研究型圖書館功能受到質疑；(8)圖書館上級機關的政策，影響了國立臺灣圖書館之館藏發展政策的制定與發展；(9)館舍的有無，影響圖書館的歷史與館藏發展；(10)1945年之後的館藏目錄出版不如日據時期編製的完善；(11)臺灣學研究中心與資訊中心為任務編組，業務推展上有其困難之處。 針對以上所獲得之結論，本研究提出下列幾點建議：(1)在組織結構上，應建立臺灣圖書館學的相關研究單位；(2)在人員編制上，應編制臺灣圖書館學的相關研究人員；(3)館藏特色的建立上，應區別出與其他典藏單位的差異；(4)數位典藏系統中的資料並不完整，應盡量將資料建置完善；(5)相關史料典藏單位不同，使得資料取得不易，可建立統一的查詢平台或是合作典藏目錄；(6)針對館藏特色，出版館藏目錄等。 / National Taiwan Library, as Taiwan Governor’s Library in Japanese ruled period, has been operated for a century. Going through the changes of political power and experiencing several organizational changes, it still provides services for numerous readers in Taiwan. The factors in the development are worth discussion. Aiming at organizational development, the historical development of National Taiwan Library in the past century is explored in this study, expecting to acquire the key success factors in the development. According to the research motivation, this study aims to (1)discuss the historical development and important events of the organizational structure from Imperial Taiwan Library to National Taiwan Library in the past century, (2)induce the value of National Taiwan Library and the factors in the development, (3)explore the historical development and important events from Imperial Taiwan Library to National Taiwan Library, (4)investigate the effects of organizational development on the history of National Taiwan Library in the past century, and (5)discuss the collection building in the historical development of National Taiwan Library in the past century. Aiming at organizational development, five major organizational changes in the historical development of National Taiwan Library are regarded as the stages; and, with Historical Research, the historical development of National Taiwan Library in the past century are explored through historical data collection and analyses. Furthermore, with Interview Survey, librarians and scholars are interviewed to understand the organization of National Taiwan Library and the current situation of collection as well as the major historical events in the historical development process of National Taiwan Library in the past century. Based on historical data analyses with Historical Research and interview analyses, the following conclusions are summarized. (1) National Taiwan Library is a library representing Taiwan studies. The levels of organizations reveal distinct development because of different subjection. (2) Organizational functions change with historical development and are regulated by the regulations of organization or relative rules. (3) Major historical events in the development process of National Taiwan Library also affect the historical development of National Taiwan Library. (4) The organization and historical development of National Taiwan Library also change with chief librarians’ achievement deeds. (5) The organizational change and development of National Taiwan Library also influence the historical development of National Taiwan Library. (6) The organizational development at different phases would change with changing subsidiary organizations. (7) Organizational positioning closely associates with organizational development that the research library function of National Taiwan Library is questioned. (8) The policies of the library supervising agency affect the formulation and development of collection development policies of National Taiwan Library. (9) The plan of premises influences the library history and collection development. (10) The publication of collection catalogues after 1945 is not as complete as those edited in Japanese ruled period. (11) Taiwan Study Research Center and Information Center are task force that the business promotion is rather difficult. Aiming at above conclusions, the following suggestions are proposed in this study. (1) In terms of organizational structure, research units for Taiwan library science should be established. (2) In regard to staffing, researchers on Taiwan library science should be appointed. (3) Regarding the establishment of collection characteristics, the difference from other archive units should be discriminated. (4) Incomplete data in digital archives should be established the data as complete as possible. (5) Relevant historical data cannot be easily accessed because of different archive units. A uniform enquiry platform or cooperative collection catalogues could be established. (6) Collection catalogues could be published according to the collection characteristics.

The study focused on the evaluation of the psychology book collection at UNITRA library. In particular, the study investigated the adequacy of the psychology book collection in terms of accessibility, availability, and pertinence. A sample of 264 respondents was selected from a population of 1123 students. A proportionate random sampling was used to select respondents from each stratum. The survey method was used, and questionnaires were administered to the sample of 1995 registered psychology students at UNITRA from Year 1 to Honours level. The questionnaire focused on the research questions, relating to accessibility , availability, and pertinence of the psychology collection. The data was analysed by means of a statistical package, SAS. The results were interpreted in relation to the variables. The findings revealed that accessibility and availability were affected by: the attendance of the first library orientation programme which is usually offered at the beginning of the year; the availability of library services at high school; the number of copies of the same title in the library; library opening hours; attitude of the librarians; procedure for locating books; number of borrower cards; and the age of books in the library. The identification of entries representing books on the catalogue, and the location of books on the shelves were found to be easier for those users who had attended library orientation and those who had libraries at their high school. It was recommended that lecturers and librarians should encourage students to also use the subject catalogue in order to get more books on the same subject. A number of other recommendations were suggested taken from the findings and other authorities on the subject to improve the accessibility, availability and pertinence of the psychology collection. The development of a written collection development policy would make the implementation of the above recommendations easier. / Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1997.

Submitted by Valdinei Souza (neisouza@hotmail.com) on 2016-03-23T22:02:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Carolina Magalhães_completa.pdf: 2769011 bytes, checksum: ed908dccf4e0f1d2e42ce58205f08de5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Uillis de Assis Santos (uillis.assis@ufba.br) on 2016-04-25T11:47:42Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Carolina Magalhães_completa.pdf: 2769011 bytes, checksum: ed908dccf4e0f1d2e42ce58205f08de5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T11:47:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Carolina Magalhães_completa.pdf: 2769011 bytes, checksum: ed908dccf4e0f1d2e42ce58205f08de5 (MD5) / CNPq / A presente pesquisa foca a formação de coleções de livros digitais nas bibliotecas universitárias públicas do Brasil. Essa recente tipologia de livros parece impor elementos novos que devem ser considerados ao se planejar sua introdução num acervo. Esses novos elementos abarcam uma gama de questões que interferem não só na cadeia das operações de organização, tratamento e recuperação da informação, mas, se situam em fases anteriores a começar pela seleção e aquisição das coleções digitais. Toma-se como universo de investigação as bibliotecas universitárias públicas brasileiras por serem organismos que, impulsionados pelo avanço dos recursos tecnológicos, necessitam criar um ambiente inovador para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas proporcionando aos usuários novas coleções e facilidades de acesso o que nos leva a analisá-las com o objetivo de elucidar variáveis presentes nesse processo. Questiona-se como e em que bases (políticas e ou diretrizes) realizam-se a seleção das coleções de livros digitais adquiridos pelas universidades públicas do Brasil para alicerçar essas escolhas. Com isso, o objetivo da pesquisa é averiguar os parâmetros de seleção dos livros eletrônicos para inserção nas coleções das bibliotecas universitárias públicas, se as políticas contemplam os recursos digitais para a formação dessas coleções. A pesquisa pode ser classificada como descritiva, com uma abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa. A técnica de coleta de dados que melhor se adequou a proposta foi o método survey, utilizando como instrumento de coleta de dados o questionário estruturado via web e o mapeamento nos portais das Universidades. A partir do referencial teórico levantado verificou-se que o mercado de livros digitais no Brasil está em franca expansão, porém a oferta de livros técnico-científicos em português que suprem as necessidades das bibliotecas universitárias, ainda é restrita. A partir da análise dos dados constatou-se que, a maior parte das universidades públicas federais, disponibilizam coleções de livros digitais em duas modalidades: assinatura e acesso perpétuo, cujo conteúdo é selecionado parcialmente pelas universidades. Esses livros digitais são disponibilizados nas plataformas dos editores ou agregadores/distribuidores de conteúdo, que são também responsáveis pelo acesso, armazenamento e controle dos direitos autorias, ainda que, em alguns casos, a custódia dos livros seja da universidade. Houve uma simetria no resultado referente à política de desenvolvimento de coleções, metade declarou que o acervo de livros eletrônicos atende a política e a outra metade que atende parcialmente. / ABSTRACT - This research focuses on the formation of collections of digital books in university public libraries of Brazil. This recent book´s typology seems to impose new elements that should be considered when planning its introduction in collections. These new elements cover a range of issues that affect not only the chain of the organization operation, processing and retrieval of information, but it lies at the earlier stages starting with the selection and acquisition of digital collections. Take as the universe of research the Brazilian´s university public libraries that driven by the advancement of technological resources, needs to create an innovative environment for the development of research providing for users new collections and access facilities which leads us to analyze them in order to elucidate the variables in the process. Wonders how and on what basis (politics and guidelines) are held selection of collections of digital books purchased by public universities in Brazil to underpin these choices. Thus, the aim of the research is to ascertain the parameters selection of electronic books for inclusion in the public collections of university libraries, if it policies includes digital resources for the formation of these collections. The research can be classified as descriptive in a qualitative and quantitative approach. The technique of data collection that best suited the proposal was the survey method, using as an instrument of data collection structured questionnaire via web portals and mapping in the Universities. From the theoretical referential was verified that the digital book market in Brazil is booming, but the provision of technical and scientific books in Portuguese to serve the needs of academic libraries, is still limited. From the data analysis it was found that most federal public universities, offer collections of digital books in two ways: subscription and perpetual access, whose contents are partially selected by the universities. These books are available in digital platforms of publishers or aggregators / distributors of content, which are also responsible for the access, storage and control of copyrights, although in some cases, the custody of the books is in the university. There was a symmetry in the results for the collection development policy, half stated that the collection of electronic books meets policy and the other half backorders.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2018-05-07T19:37:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 adrianaaparecidadeoliveira.pdf: 2875222 bytes, checksum: e807a9fefd39f99d038a2c01cac9e9f0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-05-07T19:39:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 adrianaaparecidadeoliveira.pdf: 2875222 bytes, checksum: e807a9fefd39f99d038a2c01cac9e9f0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-07T19:39:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 adrianaaparecidadeoliveira.pdf: 2875222 bytes, checksum: e807a9fefd39f99d038a2c01cac9e9f0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-30 / PROQUALI (UFJF) / As bibliotecas universitárias brasileiras vêm ampliando seu acervo de livros digitais e eletrônicos. Apesar disso, percebe-se ausência de pesquisas que tratam da avaliação desse acervo. Existem trabalhos que abordam o desenvolvimento de coleções de livros digitais e eletrônicos, porém, as pesquisas estão concentradas nas etapas de seleção e aquisição. Com a rápida expansão do acervo de livros digitais e eletrônicos, há urgência no desenvolvimento de metodologias para sua avaliação. O ponto de partida da pesquisa foi a necessidade de demonstrar para a instituição, através de metodologia de avaliação, a importância de manter e ampliar o acervo de livros digitais e eletrônicos na Biblioteca, mesmo diante do elevado custo das coleções e dos modelos de negócios praticados no Brasil. Em 2012, a Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) adquiriu a primeira coleção de livros digitais com objetivo de atender aos alunos de graduação dos cursos presenciais e a distância dos dois Campi da instituição. Nos anos seguintes, o acervo foi ampliado, mas, diante da crise econômica que afeta as instituições de ensino, a manutenção e a ampliação dos títulos encontram-se ameaçadas. As bibliotecas precisam comprovar a importância de se manterem coleções de livros digitais e eletrônicos em seus acervos e a avaliação é o melhor caminho. A avaliação da coleção de livros digitais da UFJF, objeto de estudo do trabalho, ocorreu através da aplicação de questionário a docentes das áreas de Ciências Biológicas, Ciências da Saúde, Ciências Exatas e da Terra e Engenharias que analisaram a utilização dos livros digitais em suas práticas acadêmicas. A perspectiva dos usuários docentes demonstra a importância desse acervo disponível na universidade e aponta deficiências que devem ser consideradas para incentivar, aprimorar e difundir o uso dos livros digitais e eletrônicos no âmbito da UFJF. / Brazilian university libraries have been expanding their collection of digital and electronic books. Despite this, there is no research that deals with the evaluation of this collection. There are papers that deal with the development of digital and electronic book collections, but the research is focused on the selection and acquisition stages. With the fast expansion of the collection of digital and electronic books, there is an urgent need to develop methodologies to evaluate them. The starting point of the research was the need to demonstrate to the institution, through an evaluation methodology, the importance of maintaining and expanding the collection of digital and electronic books in the Library, even if the high cost of collections and business models practiced in the Library in Brazil. In 2012 the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) acquired the first collection of digital books with the objective of attending undergraduate courses in classroom and distance course from the two Campuses of the institution. In the following years the collection was expanded, but in the face of the economic crisis that affects educational institutions, the maintenance and expansion of the titles is threatened. Libraries need to prove the importance of keeping collections of digital and electronic books in their collections and the evaluation is the best way. The evaluation of the UFJF collection of digital books, object of study of this work, occurred through the application of a questionnaire to teachers in the areas of biological sciences, health sciences, earth and science, and engineering that analyzed the use of digital books in their academic practices. The perspective of teaching users demonstrated the importance of this collection available at the university and pointed out deficiencies that should be taken into account to encourage, improve and disseminate the use of digital and electronic books within the UFJF.

L’importance culturelle et sociale des jeux vidéo n’est plus à démontrer : ces documents font désormais partie du quotidien d’un bon nombre de Nord-Américains et l’industrie du jeu vidéo était l’industrie du loisir la plus rentable en 2014. La popularité de ce médium a suscité l’intérêt de la communauté universitaire et plusieurs disciplines étudient maintenant les jeux vidéo, notamment la psychologie, la sociologie et les sciences de l’information. De plus, certaines universités ont créé des départements d’études vidéoludiques, qui sont uniquement consacrés à l’étude de ce type de document. Cet intérêt scientifique peut mener à la création de collections de jeux vidéo dans les bibliothèques universitaires. Toutefois, la littérature scientifique ne s’est pas intéressée à l’insertion des jeux vidéo dans les bibliothèques universitaires, la littérature disponible étant uniquement professionnelle. Cette recherche vise à contribuer de manière scientifique à une question qui a été traitée uniquement de manière professionnelle, afin d’apporter un regard objectif sur cette réalité que les bibliothèques universitaires pourront être appelées à vivre. Pour ce faire, nous avons procédé à une étude de cas multiples, en menant des entrevues semi dirigées avec des bibliothécaires, des employés de la bibliothèque, des enseignants et des étudiants de deux milieux, un canadien et un américain. Cette approche qualitative a été choisie pour répondre à quatre questions de recherche : [1] Quels sont les facteurs influençant le développement des collections de jeux vidéo?, [2] Comment les différentes étapes du développement de collections sont-elles appliquées lors du développement d’une collection de jeux vidéo?, [3] De quelles manières la collection est-elle utilisée par les usagers de la bibliothèque? et [4] Les jeux vidéo doivent-ils être traités différemment des autres types de documents? Si oui, de quelle manière? Les résultats montrent que les principaux facteurs influençant le développement de collections de jeux vidéo sont de nature organisationnelle et budgétaire, mais qu’une attention particulière doit être portée aux facteurs technologiques lors du développement de collections rétrospectif. Le développement d’une collection de jeux vidéo diffère du développement de collections de documents dits traditionnels, car les bibliothécaires procèdent à de la micro sélection et les critères de sélection importants concernent, en plus des demandes des usagers, le matériel pour accéder à l’information contenue dans le jeu. De plus, les commis et les autres employés travaillant au comptoir de prêt peuvent devoir nettoyer et réparer les objets qui ne fonctionnent plus. Les utilisateurs potentiels de ces collections, c’est-à-dire les enseignants et les étudiants qui utilisent les jeux vidéo dans leurs activités de recherche et d’enseignement, n’utilisent pas les ressources des bibliothèques, notamment à cause d’un manque de promotion et de l’impossibilité d’emprunter les documents pour les consulter à la maison. Finalement, outre les activités de développement de collections qui diffèrent des documents traditionnels, l’impact des jeux vidéo sur les employés des bibliothèques est minime, notamment car ces ressources sont isolées dans les bibliothèques et que les employés ne sont pas appelés à travailler avec d’autres types de documents. / Video games are culturally and socially important; they are part of daily life for most North Americans and were the most profitable leisure industry of 2014. Interest in this document was sparked in the academic community and several disciplines have studied it, such as psychology, sociology and information science. Some universities have created entire departments devoted to the study of video games: Game Studies. This rise in interest sometimes leads to the creation of a video games collection in academic libraries; this issue is not addressed in academic literature, however, only professional. This research aims to bring a scientific and objective viewpoint to an issue many academic libraries may experience. To do so, we conducted a multiple case study and interviewed librarians, members of the libraries’ staff, teachers and students of two universities, one Canadian and the other, American. This qualitative approach was chosen to answer our four research questions: [1] What are the elements influencing the development of video game collections?, [2] How do professionals treat video games in their collection development activities?, [3] How are video games used by patrons of academic libraries?, and [4] What is the impact of video games on the libraries’ employees tasks? The results show that the elements influencing the development of video game collections in academic libraries are mostly organisational and financial and that technological elements have to be taken into account when doing retrospective collection development. The development of video game collections differs from that of traditional documents in academic libraries, because librarians choose titles one by one and the important selection criteria include the users’ demands and the support to access the information in the game. Furthermore, clerks and other employees may have to clean and repair objects that are not working properly. The potential users of these collections – teachers and students using video games for teaching or for research – do not use the library’s resources, mainly because they are unaware of them, but also because they cannot borrow them and bring them home. Finally, other than the tasks related to the development of the video game collection, the impact on the employees is minimal, notably because these resources are isolated in the libraries and because employees do not work with other types of documents.

Information and communications technology (ICT) makes remote access to information possible. Resource sharing facilitates the provision of access to information sources not owned by an individual library. Case studies were conducted at the University of South Africa and University of Namibia libraries to explore the provision of access to information in academic libraries in southern Africa through collection development, resource sharing and acquiring remote access to electronic resources through ICT facilities. It was found that both libraries have recently adapted their collection development policies to accommodate electronic resources although their budgets did not increase accordingly. The recruitment of ICT knowledgeable staff tends to be a problem at both libraries. Resources are shared via interlending and document supply with Unisa Library as a model in southern Africa. Both libraries add their holdings to the national bibliographies and Sabinet and are members of GAELIC. However, the UNAM library is a passive partner. A consortium within Namibia’s borders is suggested to improve resource sharing. / Information Science / M. A. (Information Science)