{"id":{"repo_id":"cape-town","oai_identifier":"oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9546"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/cape-town/oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9546","repository":{"repo_id":"cape-town","name":"University of Cape Town","base_url":"https://open.uct.ac.za/oai/request"},"display":{"title":"Environmental factors influencing the strategic planning of academic libraries : a comparative case study of the universities of Fort Hare and Port Elizabeth libraries","abstract":"Academic libraries play an important role in academic institutions by supporting teaching, research and learning processes. However, it does seem that sustainability of these vital information centres is increasingly below their utility value leading to poor information services. Factors such as increase in student numbers, budget cuts, dependency on foreign sources and falling exchange rates affect acquisitions, quantity and quality of information services. Strategic planning, that is widely propagated in business, is being increasingly considered by academic libraries to offer opportunities for proactive planning that can support uncertainties arising from internal and external environments. The aim of this thesis is to investigate and analyze the environmental factors that may affect an academic library's strategic planning. The relevant literature on strategic planning, not only in libraries but also in the wider field of management has been reviewed. The research traces the origins of strategic planning from military science through the corporate world and to non-profit organizations like academic libraries.","abstract_html":"Academic libraries play an important role in academic institutions by supporting teaching, research and learning processes. However, it does seem that sustainability of these vital information centres is increasingly below their utility value leading to poor information services. Factors such as increase in student numbers, budget cuts, dependency on foreign sources and falling exchange rates affect acquisitions, quantity and quality of information services. Strategic planning, that is widely propagated in business, is being increasingly considered by academic libraries to offer opportunities for proactive planning that can support uncertainties arising from internal and external environments. The aim of this thesis is to investigate and analyze the environmental factors that may affect an academic library's strategic planning. The relevant literature on strategic planning, not only in libraries but also in the wider field of management has been reviewed. The research traces the origins of strategic planning from military science through the corporate world and to non-profit organizations like academic libraries.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Amoah, James Kwadwo"],"institution":"Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC)","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["Underwood, Peter G"],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1998,"date_issued":"1998","date_published":"1998","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:23:44Z","subjects":[],"languages":["eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9546","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["Underwood, Peter G"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Amoah, James Kwadwo"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2014-11-11T12:51:36Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2014-11-11T12:51:36Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["1998"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.department","label":"Dc Publisher Department","values":["Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC)"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.institution","label":"Dc Publisher Institution","values":["University of Cape Town"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Master Thesis"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationlevel","label":"Dc Type Qualificationlevel","values":["Masters"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationname","label":"Dc Type Qualificationname","values":["MBibl"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["eng"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9546"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["Includes bibliographical references."]},{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Academic libraries play an important role in academic institutions by supporting teaching, research and learning processes. However, it does seem that sustainability of these vital information centres is increasingly below their utility value leading to poor information services. Factors such as increase in student numbers, budget cuts, dependency on foreign sources and falling exchange rates affect acquisitions, quantity and quality of information services. Strategic planning, that is widely propagated in business, is being increasingly considered by academic libraries to offer opportunities for proactive planning that can support uncertainties arising from internal and external environments. The aim of this thesis is to investigate and analyze the environmental factors that may affect an academic library's strategic planning. The relevant literature on strategic planning, not only in libraries but also in the wider field of management has been reviewed. The research traces the origins of strategic planning from military science through the corporate world and to non-profit organizations like academic libraries."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Environmental factors influencing the strategic planning of academic libraries : a comparative case study of the universities of Fort Hare and Port Elizabeth libraries"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor.advisor":["Underwood, Peter G"],"dc:creator":["Amoah, James Kwadwo"],"dc:date.accessioned":["2014-11-11T12:51:36Z"],"dc:date.available":["2014-11-11T12:51:36Z"],"dc:date.issued":["1998"],"dc:description":["Includes bibliographical references."],"dc:description.abstract":["Academic libraries play an important role in academic institutions by supporting teaching, research and learning processes. However, it does seem that sustainability of these vital information centres is increasingly below their utility value leading to poor information services. Factors such as increase in student numbers, budget cuts, dependency on foreign sources and falling exchange rates affect acquisitions, quantity and quality of information services. Strategic planning, that is widely propagated in business, is being increasingly considered by academic libraries to offer opportunities for proactive planning that can support uncertainties arising from internal and external environments. The aim of this thesis is to investigate and analyze the environmental factors that may affect an academic library's strategic planning. The relevant literature on strategic planning, not only in libraries but also in the wider field of management has been reviewed. The research traces the origins of strategic planning from military science through the corporate world and to non-profit organizations like academic libraries."],"dc:identifier.uri":["http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9546"],"dc:language.iso":["eng"],"dc:publisher.department":["Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC)"],"dc:publisher.institution":["University of Cape Town"],"dc:title":["Environmental factors influencing the strategic planning of academic libraries : a comparative case study of the universities of Fort Hare and Port Elizabeth libraries"],"dc:type":["Master Thesis"],"dc:type.qualificationlevel":["Masters"],"dc:type.qualificationname":["MBibl"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:23:44Z"}