Makerere University Library procured 11,811 copies (4,662 titles) of the latest editions of textbooks with funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York. By the time of the study, there were 20,251 titles in both International Development Agency and Law textbook sections of the main library, of which 23% were the newly acquired titles. The books were selected by lecturers from all academic departments. Prior to the selection, lecturers were trained in modern book selection methods to ensure that they made appropriate selections and updated the reading lists. Once received, the bibliographic records of new books were entered in the Virtua Integrated Library System. After 1 year, Makerere University Library conducted a study to find out whether the new books were being used, how relevant the books were to users' needs, whether the reading lists were current, whether user education, library catalogues, etc., had any influence on the usage of new books. The first set of data was electronically collected for 2 weeks during the peak period (11th and 12th weeks of the semester) using the Virtua Integrated Library System circulation module. While the second set of data was collected in the 5th and 7th weeks of the semester both electronically and manually to address the gaps realized in the first set of data that was collected only electronically. A short, self-administered questionnaire was used to manually collect data; it had 10 questions, two of which were open-ended. The quantifiable data was analyzed using Google spreadsheets, while the qualitative data was categorized into themes. The findings indicated that the books were overwhelmingly relevant (95%); while 93% of the respondents identified the new books from the reading lists, confirming that the lists had been updated and hence the book selection training was timely. Course mates contributed 30%, online catalogue 14%, while library user education (20%) and other information literacy training sessions contributed to raising awareness about the new books and the sections where they are located. The article concludes by highlighting the implications of the study findings for policy and practice, lessons learned, as well as identifying areas in library services at Makerere University Library that require further research.

麦克雷雷大学图书馆在纽约卡内基公司的资助下，购买了最新版本的教科书11,811册（4,662个书名）。截至研究之时，国际开发署和主图书馆法学教科书中的标题共有20,251个，其中23％是新获得的标题。这些书是由所有学术部门的讲师选出的。在选择之前，对讲师进行了现代选书方法的培训，以确保他们进行了适当的选择并更新了阅读清单。收到后，新书的书目记录将输入到Virtua综合图书馆系统中。一年后，马克雷雷尔大学图书馆进行了一项研究，以查明是否正在使用新书，这些书与用户需求之间的相关性，阅读清单是否最新，用户的教育程度，图书馆目录等是否对新书的使用有影响。使用Virtua集成图书馆系统流通模块，在高峰期（学期的第11周和第12周）以电子方式收集了2周的第一组数据。虽然第二学期的数据是在学期的第5周和第7周以电子方式和手动方式收集的，以解决仅以电子方式收集的第一组数据中实现的差距。简短的自我管理调查表用于手动收集数据。它有10个问题，其中两个是开放式的。可量化数据使用Google电子表格进行了分析，而定性数据则分为主题。调查结果表明，这些书具有很高的相关性（95％）；93％的受访者从阅读清单中识别了新书，确认清单已经更新，因此选书培训非常及时。同学占30％，在线目录占14％，而图书馆用户教育（20％）和其他信息素养培训课程有助于提高人们对新书和新书所在部分的认识。文章最后总结了研究结果对政策和实践的影响，所汲取的经验教训以及在麦克雷雷大学图书馆的图书馆服务领域中需要进一步研究的领域。图书馆用户教育（占20％）和其他信息素养培训课程有助于提高人们对新书和新书所在部分的认识。文章最后总结了研究结果对政策和实践的影响，所汲取的经验教训以及在麦克雷雷大学图书馆的图书馆服务领域中需要进一步研究的领域。图书馆用户教育（占20％）和其他信息素养培训课程有助于提高人们对新书和新书所在部分的认识。文章最后总结了研究结果对政策和实践的影响，所汲取的经验教训以及在麦克雷雷大学图书馆的图书馆服务领域中需要进一步研究的领域。