The aim of this study was to assess the collection development practices in academic libraries in Tanzania. Specifically, the study examined the collection development practices and factors that influence these practices. The study involved four academic libraries and employed both qualitative and quantitative methods for data collection and analysis. Primary data were collected through informant interviews, observations and questionnaires methods. The study involved 44 library staff who filled in self-administered questionnaires. The study discloses that collection development practices and particularly evaluation and weeding or deselection are rarely conducted at these academic libraries. The findings further reveal that collection development practices in academic libraries in Tanzania are constrained by inadequate funding, lack of skills for hybrid collection management and lack of collection development policy catering for both print- and electronic-based information resources. On the basis of the findings, the study recommends that academic libraries should establish a comprehensive collection development policy and introduce professional development programmes to library staff for efficient management of hybrid collections.

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坦桑尼亚学术图书馆馆藏发展实践

本研究的目的是评估坦桑尼亚学术图书馆馆藏开发实践。具体而言，该研究检查了馆藏开发实践和影响这些实践的因素。该研究涉及四个学术图书馆，并采用定性和定量方法进行数据收集和分析。主要数据是通过知情人访谈、观察和问卷调查方法收集的。该研究涉及 44 名图书馆工作人员，他们填写了自我管理的问卷。该研究表明，这些学术图书馆很少进行馆藏开发实践，特别是评估和剔除或取消选择。调查结果进一步表明，坦桑尼亚学术图书馆馆藏开发实践受到资金不足的限制，缺乏混合馆藏管理技能，也缺乏同时满足印刷和电子信息资源的馆藏发展政策。根据调查结果，该研究建议高校图书馆应制定全面的馆藏发展政策，并向图书馆工作人员引入专业发展计划，以有效管理混合馆藏。