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ISSN Print: 2394-7500, ISSN Online: 2394-5869, CODEN: IJARPF

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Vol. 9, Issue 4, Part B (2023)

Collection development through open access resources: A study on selected private university libraries of Bangladesh

Collection development through open access resources: A study on selected private university libraries of Bangladesh

Author(s)
M Monirul Islam and Dr. Udayan Bhattacharya
Abstract
Collection development is the core point of the library and it is a lively process. Collection development by OA (Open Access) is mainly helping to build up a wider collaboration, create a greater public engagement as well as the library collection without any cost or sometimes-partial cost in acquisition. The objective of this paper is to draw upon mostly the contribution of Open access materials on collection development at six selected libraries in Bangladesh. This paper is also examining the impact of open access resources in collection development at academic libraries in Bangladesh. It also tries to focus on the present scenario of using Open Access resources among the students and scholarly community.
Objectives
To assess the collection development through open access resources.
To find out the comparative analysis of traditional library collection vs open access materials in collection development of six selected private universities in Bangladesh.
To find out the barrier in collection development through open access resources.
To discuss the efforts made by different organizations and institutions in collection development through open access resources.
Methodology: The questionnaire, direct interviews, various documentaries, and direct observation are used for the present study. The questionnaire method has some limitations to collect the data, hence we adopted interview and own observation methods so that this method was used to collect the required information to supplement the questionnaire methods and to bring more clarity to the data. It is not feasible to collect large of data from every library in their study; therefore, samples were selected by using a stratified random sampling method. Hence, we selected six private universities, which started to use OA in their collection for development. The questionnaires were distributed personally among the librarian, staff, and students involved in this field. Then we tried to understand the present conditions of those libraries.
Data Collection: The major step of the study for data collecting was the survey data from six private universities in Bangladesh. Moreover, the discussions were held with the key important persons in those libraries to examine the actual condition of their Open access repositories and the uses of these resources and try to realize the library conditions of using OA materials before and after. Another step was to take help from various online sources, journals, Google, various blog sites, Google Scholars, etc.
Findings: This paper indicates the contribution of OA, which is continuously increasing. The awareness of Open Access is also growing among all people. Some of the private universities of Bangladesh have started to make their publication under OA in their repository but it is not sufficient.
Pages: 118-128  |  274 Views  74 Downloads
How to cite this article:
M Monirul Islam, Dr. Udayan Bhattacharya. Collection development through open access resources: A study on selected private university libraries of Bangladesh. Int J Appl Res 2023;9(4):118-128. DOI: 10.22271/allresearch.2023.v9.i4b.10735
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