Interlending Services: Trends,Languages, and use for Collection Development at North-West University |
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| Authors: | Siviwe Bangani Mathew Moyo Sabelo Chizwina |
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| Institution: | 1. Library and Information Services, North-West University, Mafikeng, South AfricaSiviwe.Bangani@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5872-8123;3. Library and Information Services, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa;4. Library and Information Services, University of Technology, Free State (CUT), Bloemfontein, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | This paper uses the bibliometrics methods to analyse the interlending service trends, language and collection development at the North-West University. The results show that despite some challenges, ILS services at the NWU decreased. More than 98.5% of all documents requested are in English language followed by Setswana and Afrikaans. Out of the 535 books requested by the Mafikeng Campus, 138 were added to the collection of the library. These results point to a need for academic libraries in Africa to adopt strategies for the development of African languages. The results support the continued use of ILS data for collection development purposes. |
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| Keywords: | Collection development document supply interlending interlibrary language resource sharing |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5872-8123;3. Library and Information Services, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa;4. Library and Information Services, University of Technology, Free State (CUT), Bloemfontein, South Africa