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An exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in Sri Lanka

Describes the responses from 48 resource managers as well as 183 students from selected schools in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. As case studies, the researchers also gather information about the collection composition from five selected schools to ascertain the currency and strength of collectio...

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Main Authors: Sunil, W., Zainab, A.N.
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Published: Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya 2002
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spelling my.um.eprints.143052018-10-26T03:30:12Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/14305/ An exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in Sri Lanka Sunil, W. Zainab, A.N. Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Describes the responses from 48 resource managers as well as 183 students from selected schools in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. As case studies, the researchers also gather information about the collection composition from five selected schools to ascertain the currency and strength of collections in Sri Lankan school resource centres. The results indicate that the majority of school resource centres did not follow any collection development guidelines. The school resource collection is still book-centred and veryfew possess electronic resources. More than ninety percent of resources are obtained and selected by personnel at the Ministry of Education. The school personnel in the survey did not accept this practice as they prefer to see more empowering of material selection by Special Book Selection Committee or cooperative selection by school teachers and resource managers. The results indicate that both students and teachers do not perceive the current resource collections as adequate for learning and teaching. The collections at the five resource centres indicate that the age of the books are generally less than 10 years and more than fifty percent are published between 1990-2000. This current collection however, does not ensure what has been acquired are relevant to students' and teachers' needs. The study proposes that a proper collection policy be drawn up to ascertain that the collection in Sri Lankan resource centers reach at least the minimum universally accepted standard. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya 2002-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/14305/1/An_exploratory_study.pdf Sunil, W. and Zainab, A.N. (2002) An exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in Sri Lanka. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 7 (1). pp. 31-42. ISSN 1394-6234 http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/VolumeListing.aspx?JournalID=3
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Sunil, W.
Zainab, A.N.
An exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in Sri Lanka
description Describes the responses from 48 resource managers as well as 183 students from selected schools in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. As case studies, the researchers also gather information about the collection composition from five selected schools to ascertain the currency and strength of collections in Sri Lankan school resource centres. The results indicate that the majority of school resource centres did not follow any collection development guidelines. The school resource collection is still book-centred and veryfew possess electronic resources. More than ninety percent of resources are obtained and selected by personnel at the Ministry of Education. The school personnel in the survey did not accept this practice as they prefer to see more empowering of material selection by Special Book Selection Committee or cooperative selection by school teachers and resource managers. The results indicate that both students and teachers do not perceive the current resource collections as adequate for learning and teaching. The collections at the five resource centres indicate that the age of the books are generally less than 10 years and more than fifty percent are published between 1990-2000. This current collection however, does not ensure what has been acquired are relevant to students' and teachers' needs. The study proposes that a proper collection policy be drawn up to ascertain that the collection in Sri Lankan resource centers reach at least the minimum universally accepted standard.
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Zainab, A.N.
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title An exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in Sri Lanka
title_short An exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in Sri Lanka
title_full An exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in Sri Lanka
title_fullStr An exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed An exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in Sri Lanka
title_sort exploratory study of collection development of selected school resource centres in sri lanka
publisher Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya
publishDate 2002
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/14305/1/An_exploratory_study.pdf
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