an electronic current awareness system for pride college school-mpigi library

Description

The study aimed at designing an Electronic Current Awareness System for Pride College School-Mpigi Library. The objectives of the study were to; profile the Current Awareness Services at Pride College School-Mpigi Library, review the existing literature on Current Awareness Services System so as to document requirements for CAS system design and develop an electronic Current Awareness Service System for Pride College School-Mpigi Library. Data were collected through interviews and document review methods from 27 respondents who participated in the study. The research findings showed that library users visit the library on a daily basis, to get more information in their fields of study so there is a need for the current awareness services. The library users visit the library to consult about the new information materials, and to use computers for research. The study findings showed that majority of the respondents agreed that the library rarely displays the new arrivals, a good number of respondents disagreed that there are emails sent to them notifying about the new updates in the library. Majority of library users access citation alert services. The study findings revealed that Pride College School-Mpigi Library use a variety of methods in offering current awareness services to users which include personal visit to the library, communication through word of mouth, library displays and library newsletters. Findings from the study revealed that most of the challenges the respondents faced in current awareness services were; delayed display of the new arrivals, irregular CAS delivery by email, absence of internet access to some users, increased costs to the library in providing CAS to users. The requirements document requirements for CAS system design were to design a system that; restricts access to information to only authorized personnel, is easy to learn and use, has attractive interfaces with easy navigation throughout the system, enables a librarian to register and post a new information electronically. The study concluded that there was need to design a system that can support the current awareness services at Pride College School-Mpigi Library. The recommendations for the study were; use of social media networks, use of notice boards, visiting the classes and informing them on the new updates, library visit hours, training of the library staff, and orientation of library users.

Details

Level: under-graduate

Type: dissertations

Year: 2021

Institution: Makerere University

Contributed by: libraryadmin1@2022

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