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Unit 12: Academic Library

Self Assessment Notes

State whether true or false:
5. Evaluation is systematic determination of metrix, worth and significance of something.
6. Evaluation is the comparison of actual impacts against strategic plans.

7. Nigeria’s agricultural research institutes in Nigeria were founded during the period of
1961–1990.
8. The effectiveness of library resources and services can be measured in only one way.

12.4 Summary

• An academic library is a library that is attached to academic institutions above the
secondary level, serving the teaching and research needs of students and staff.
• The effective management of change is fundamental to a successful and productive
organization.
• Library collection development is the process of meeting the information needs of the
people (a service population) in a timely and economical manner using information
resources locally held, as well as from other organization.
• Economic development effort is simply any activity that raises real incomes, thereby
offering new hopes of expanded opportunities for people, communities, and enterprises.
• Evaluation is systematic determination of merit, worth, and significance of something or
someone using criteria against a set of standards.
• The main purpose of a program evaluation can be to “determine the quality of a program
by formulating a judgment” Stake and Schwandt (2006).
• Depending on the topic of interest, there are professional groups which look to the
quality and rigor of the evaluation process.

12.5 Keywords

EDICs : Economic Development Information Centers.
ROI : Return on Investment Analysis.
NEPAD : New Partnership for Africa’s Development.

MDGs : Millennium Development Goals.
SDI : Selective Dissemination of Information.

12.6 Review Questions

1. Explain the academic library.
2. Describe the collections and services development.

3. Explain the Changes in Academic Libraries.

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