A Proposed Partnership Model for University Libraries in Zimbabwe

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Author(s): Blessing Chiparausha (Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe)and Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita (Harare Polytechnic, Zimbabwe & University of South Africa, South Africa)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 19
Source title: Cooperation and Collaboration Initiatives for Libraries and Related Institutions
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita (Department of Information Science, University of South Africa, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0043-9.ch001

Keywords: Digital Libraries / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Library Administration

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Literature suggests that partnerships among libraries are important as they help with resource sharing and cost-cutting in the areas of expertise, information and communication technologies, library resources, subscriptions, publications, and library space. The chapter explores the literature on how libraries have been partnering for strategic reasons. Challenges and opportunities related to partnerships were also identified. The article seeks to find out whether there is a need to conduct further studies on the reception of the proposed Creative Library Partnership model by ZULC. Borrowing from success stories realized elsewhere, the authors make recommendations for the Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium (ZULC) and other library consortia to adopt the Creative Library Partnership model. A follow-up survey asks: how Zimbabwe university libraries have been partnering, challenges, and opportunities associated with those partnerships.

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