AIS1602 Assignment 1 (100% COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025

Introducing Management in Libraries and Information Centres - AIS1602 Assessment 1 Semester 1 2025 ;100 % TRUSTED workings, Expert Solved, Explanations and Solutions. For assistance call or W.h.a.t.s.a.p.p us on ...(.+.2.5.4.7.7.9.5.4.0.1.3.2)........... ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS A special library is a library that provides specialised information resources on a particular subject, serves a specialised and limited clientele, and delivers specialised services to that clientele. Special libraries include corporate libraries, government libraries, law libraries, medical libraries, museum libraries, news libraries, and non profit libraries. Special libraries also exist within academic institutions, including law school libraries and medical school libraries. These libraries are included as special libraries because they are often funded separately from the rest of the university and they serve a targeted group of users (Shumaker 2011:). Answer the questions that follow: 1. What is the significance of special libraries and information centres? (10) 2. Financial management is concerned with planning, decision making, negotiation and control with regards to the finances of the library or information centre in its entirety (AIS1602 Only study guide 2012:27). Discuss the role of budgeting in libraries and information centres. (20) 3. Greenstone Inc. is a new private mining organisation that has been operating in your town for a few years. The organisation has recently opened a library that aims to serve both its clientele and the community. You have been appointed as the manager of this library. This library does not yet have mission and vision statements. You have been tasked to formulate the mission and vision statements for the library. In formulating the mission and vision statements, provide background information by consulting reputable sources of information and thereafter provide the mission and vision statements. (20) TOTAL: [50 marks]