Structural adjustment policies, currency devaluation and liberalised exchange rate on library acquisitions in the University of Malawi Libraries

Mapulanga, Patrick

doi:10.1108/08880451211276584

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“…Implications of government subvention on UNIMA libraries Income for UNIMA came from the government subvention, student's fees, and other sources of income such as conferences and workshops, hiring out facilities, rent receivable, recovery of overheads, consultancy fees, sundry sales and charges, sales catering, grants and donations, and projects and research income. As noted by Mapulanga (2012), while the budgets for UNIMA have been growing, the subvention from the government has been diminishing from 85. …”

Section: Unima Libraries Various Sources Of Incomementioning

confidence: 95%

“…UNIMA financial performance from 2004 to 2010 In order to understand the various sources of income and their impact, Mapulanga (2012) highlighted UNIMA financial position from the 2004 to 2010 budget estimates.The budget estimates revealed that, apart from research, development and special grants, much of the income in UNIMA came from student fees. The other sources of income included conferences and workshops, hiring out facilities, rent receivable, recovery of overheads, consultancy fees, sundry sales and charges, catering sales, grants and donations, and projects and research income Mapulanga (2012). further noted that from the 2005/2006 to 2007/2008, UNIMA accumulated three financial deficits of K79,553,000 (US$278,875) in 2005/2006; K567,925,000 (US$1.99 million) in 2006/2007 and K38,817,000 (US$136,059) in 2007/2008.…”

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Changing economic conditions for libraries

Mapulanga

2013

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to look at the impact of the Government subvention to the University of Malawi (UNIMA) from 2004 to 2009 financial years on its libraries and assess levels of fund raising initiatives in the libraries. Design/methodology/approach -The study adopted a case study approach. Interviews were conducted with five college librarians in the University of Malawi libraries. University budget estimates from 2004/2005 to 2009/2010 financial years were used to assess the amount of income generated by the libraries. Data are presented in the form of tables and analysed by calculating percentage increases and decreases. Findings -UNIMA as a whole has done extremely well in generating income equivalent to subvention. On the other hand, UNIMA libraries are on the receiving end. From financial years, UNIMA libraries realised 7.2 per cent and 5.4 per cent of the income. This means UNIMA libraries were heavily dependent on government subvention for their operations. Fundraising is not emphasised despite being an appropriate and alternative source of funding.Practical implications -The study recommends that college librarians should consider diversifying income-generating activities and consider fund raising activities as well. Heavy reliance on government subvention is not sustainable. Libraries should seriously consider fundraising. Originality/value -There is an information gap on fund raising activities in UNIMA libraries. This information bridges the gap on sources of income for UNIMA libraries and provides an assessment of fund raising initiatives taken by UNIMA libraries.

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Section: Unima Libraries Various Sources Of Incomementioning

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Changing economic conditions for libraries

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2013

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“…Several articles addressed this issue in the 1980s and, to a lesser extent, the 1990s, but this research tended to focus on the US (Conrad, 1983;Hepfer, 1988;Strauch & Strauch, 1989;Chressanthis & Chressanthis, 1994;Dorn, Cox, Hoffer, Powell, & Mouw, 1995) as well as the UK (Fishwick, 1986), Australia (Burrows, 1993), India (Reddy & Suseela, 1995), Poland (Howorka, 1995), Tanzania (Kaungamno, 1985), and Ghana (Kedem, 1990). A few studies have been published in the last decade on the topic, but these examined India, the UK, and Malawi, respectively (Kapoor, 2010;Kidd, 2010;Mapulanga, 2012).…”

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The Canadian Dollar versus the Collection: How Canadian Academic Libraries are Coping

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Eva

2017

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Through 2015 and into 2016, Canadian academic libraries' collections budgets were severely strained due to the steady decline of the CAD/USD exchange rate. As most subscription fees for electronic resources (e-resources) are billed in US dollars, the falling value of the Canadian dollar significantly reduced libraries' purchasing power. This study is based on a survey of the English-speaking member institutions of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), a Canadian collections consortium, carried out to determine the impact of the poor exchange rate on collection development and how libraries are coping with new budgetary pressures. Librarians from 33 universities provided survey responses. Of these, 22 participated in telephone interviews to further discuss concerns and ideas regarding the current crisis. The study finds that all participant libraries have taken actions to address the budgetary shortfall, including cancelling serial and database subscriptions, negotiating lower costs with vendors, purchasing fewer monographs, and soliciting additional funding from their institutions. While the financial strain resulting from exchange rate fluctuations is indeed a significant problem for which solutions should be sought, several respondents stressed that it only exacerbates the ongoing inflation of e-resource subscriptions. This deeper and enduring issue, which is expected to outlast the present exchange rate crisis, is enabled by an inherently flawed scholarly publishing system. Thus, librarians engaged in discussions with their wider academic communities concerning collections budgets should not focus exclusively on the exchange rate but should leverage the opportunity to explore alternatives to the current scholarly communication model. If solutions exist, they will likely only be achieved through the support of faculty and university administrators, as well as cooperation among post-secondary institutions and library consortia.

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“…Like many African universities, government funding flowed steadily into the university, along with donors' interest in buildings and research (UNIMA, 2005). From 1994 to 2004 the subvention from the government dwindled due to competing demands on the national budget and poor economic performance (Mapulanga, 2012). As a result, in the 2001/2002 academic year, only 46 per cent of the requested subvention was given to UNIMA.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The funding increased to 56 per cent in 2003/2004and 73 per cent in 2004(UNIMA, 2005. Poor economic conditions was followed by Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) initiated by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (Mapulanga, 2012). SAPs became the major impediments to UNIMA funding generally and library funding specifically, as the devaluation of national currencies inhibited the ability of university libraries to import books and journals from overseas (Mapulanga, 2012;Chiweza, 2000).…”

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