Strategic Planning in Public University Libraries in Kenya

Janet Nankui Harrison, J. Otike, D. Amoth
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Libraries are competing with all the departments in their universities for resource allocation, even as universities continue to experience reduction of funding from the government every year. In addition, many public university libraries in Kenya lack strategic plans to offer direction as they are said to be difficult to develop, expensive exercise for the organizations and time consuming. The purpose of the study was to investigate the existence of strategic plans in public university libraries in Kenya. The study used descriptive survey research design and mixed method approach. The study population comprised 277 participants drawn from public universities in Kenya. A sample of 134 respondents was picked. Simple random sampling was used to select 124 library staff while purposive sampling was used to select 10 respondents comprising Deputy Vice Chancellors and Finance Officers. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used to collect data. The findings revealed that most university libraries do not have strategic plans. They rely on those of their parent institutions. It was established that official emails and meetings were the most used channels of informing staff and stakeholders about the existence of strategic plans in their institutions. The study will be significant in establishing models for strategic planning in pubic university libraries in the country.
肯尼亚公立大学图书馆的战略规划
图书馆正在与大学的所有院系竞争资源分配,即使大学每年都在经历政府资助的减少。此外,肯尼亚的许多公立大学图书馆缺乏提供指导的战略计划,因为它们据说很难开发,对组织来说昂贵且耗时。本研究的目的是调查肯尼亚公立大学图书馆战略计划的存在。本研究采用描述性调查研究设计和混合方法。研究人群包括277名来自肯尼亚公立大学的参与者。本次调查选取了134名受访者。采用简单随机抽样的方法,选取124名图书馆职员,而采用有目的抽样的方法,选取10名由副校长及财务主任组成的受访者。使用问卷调查和访谈表来收集数据。调查结果显示,大多数大学图书馆没有战略规划。他们依赖于他们的母公司。已经确定,官方电子邮件和会议是告知员工和利益相关者其机构存在战略计划的最常用渠道。本研究对建立我国公立大学图书馆战略规划模式具有重要意义。
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