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dc.contributor.author | Kumara, H.U.C.S. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-17T08:52:18Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-17T08:52:18Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Kumara, H.U.C.S. (2019). An Analytical Study on the Library Acquisition Policy of Public Libraries: Study based on the Public Libraries in Kegalle District. 3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p171 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/20717 | - |
dc.description.abstract | All Libraries should follow library policies for success services and activities. Public library proved user’s present needs and future needs and also parent body needs. Therefore public library should follow acquisitions policy success their goals and objectives. This research main objective to study library acquisition policies followed by Public Libraries in Kegalle. The secondary objective was analysing the library acquisition policy if enacted. Survey methodology was used in the research in which both qualitative and quantitative data were gathered. The research sample consists of 5 Public Libraries in Kegalle District. They were situated at Kegalle, Mawanella, Rambukkana, and Ruwanwella Pradeshiya Sabhas. The study observed a 100% absence of a written library acquisition policy in researched libraries. The study observed a 100% absence of a policy in activities. Conclusions of study the libraries do not follow a library acquisitions policy. There is no written library acquisitions policy as well. A written library acquisitions policy has to be introduced to each library to be set as a guideline to standardize the activities done in the libraries | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | 3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.subject | Acquisitions policy | en_US |
dc.subject | Library policy | en_US |
dc.subject | Collection development | en_US |
dc.subject | Public libraries | en_US |
dc.title | An Analytical Study on the Library Acquisition Policy of Public Libraries: Study based on the Public Libraries in Kegalle District | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | 3rd ICLIM - 2019 |
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