Financial Sustenance of South Asian Library Schools: A Case Study of National Institute of Library and Information Sciences of Sri Lanka in Retrospect

Wijetunge, Pradeepa

dc.contributor.author	Wijetunge, Pradeepa
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-20T04:09:28Z
dc.date.available	2015-05-20T04:09:28Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.identifier.citation	DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology, Vol. 27, No. 2, March 2007, pp. 27-36	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/4079
dc.description.abstract	ThepaperdiscussesthefinancialissuesofthelibraryschoolsresidinginthepublicuniversitiesespeciallyintheSouthAsianregion.Itspecifiestheparticularissuesfacedbythelibraryschoolsbecauseoftheirsmallsize,highproportionofwomenasstaffandstudents,lackofresearchandtheirtendencytorelatemoretotheprofessionalworldthantheacademicworld.ItprovidesadetailedSWOTanalysisoftheNationalInstituteofLibraryandInformationSciences(NILIS).ItalsodescribestheAnsoffMatrix,which is a commonly used tool by the business organisations to develop market–productstrategies.ThepaperanalysestheeducationprogrammescommencedbytheNILISduring2003-2005inthelightofmarketing-productstrategy.ItdiscussesthesuccessoftheendeavourusingtheBostonMatrix,whichisatoolusedtomeasurethesuccessofthemarket–productstrategy.Thepaperalsohighlightssomethreatsposedbytheenvironment,whichhinderthesuccessfulimplementationoftheprogrammesandconcludesthatanauthoritytomanagefinancialmattersandqualifiedstaffwithasoundknowledgeoffinancialregulationsisessentialforthesuccessofthemarket–product strategies.
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	Financial Sustenance of South Asian Library Schools: A Case Study of National Institute of Library and Information Sciences of Sri Lanka in Retrospect	en_US
dc.type	Research paper	en_US