Facing the shortage in Benin: a strategy for information and documentation access at the Université d’Abomey-Calavi
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to describe the response of students to the shortage of materials at the Université d’Abomey-Calavi (Republic of Benin).
Design/methodology/approach
A survey was conducted with over 2,000 students of the Université d’Abomey-Calavi in 2014, and the data were analysed. The paper deals with two questions related to the university library services they use.
Findings
To satisfy their information and documentation needs, students visit several university library services even on different campuses.
Practical implications
The study recommends the setting up and the implementation of a long-term development plan for the University of Abomey-Calavi libraries.
Originality/value
The study describes the behaviour of students of a developing country when faced with a lack of relevant information and documentation resources.
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Acknowledgements
This article is partially based on the content of a report (Mêgnigbêto, 2014) produced at the request of the Bibliothèque Universitaire Centrale of the UAC with the financial support of the Commission Universitaire pour le Développement (CUD) of the Conseil Interuniversitaire de la Communauté Française de Belgique (CIUF). A brief communication was published in French in 2015 (Mêgnigbêto, 2015). The author would like to thank the CUD/CIUF for its financial support. Recently, the CIUF has changed its name to the CUD. The CUD has become Commission de la Coopération au Développement and the Conseil Interuniversitaire de la CIUF has become Académie de Recherche et d’Enseignement Supérieur (ARES) de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (ARES, 2016).
Citation
Mêgnigbêto, E. and Osseni Bachabi, K.K. (2016), "Facing the shortage in Benin: a strategy for information and documentation access at the Université d’Abomey-Calavi", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 44 No. 3, pp. 97-103. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILDS-04-2016-0017
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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