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Libraries in research and scholarship in Ghana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

A.A. Alemna
A.A. Alemna*
Affiliation:
University of Ghana, PO Box 60, Legon, Ghana
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Abstract

The paper examines the contributions that libraries in Ghana are making towards research and scholarship in the country. The libraries discussed are mainly academic and special libraries as it is the view of the writer that school and public libraries are so poorly developed as to provide any materials of value to scholarship and research. It is also the view of the writer that libraries in Ghana are not making adequate contributions to scholarship and research in large part because of inadequate funds and physical facilities.

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 57 , 1991 , pp. 6 - 14
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Copyright © African Research & Documentation 1991

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