The Relationship Between Academic Library and The Purpose of University: The

Study Case of Púnguѐ University.

Viriato Mateus Matosse
1st Semester, 30/08/2021.
Faculty of Linguistics and Translation
Púnguѐ University
viriatomatosse@gmail.com

1.0 Introduction
Universities serve to make students think, to think a student has to read, to read he or she has to find
a book, to find a book he or she has to direct him or herself to the library which in Unipúnguѐ it has
no book. High education give students competences such as how to seek out what is relevant to the
resolution of a problem, where they learn progressively to identify problems for themselves and to
resolve them by rational argument supported by evidence, to seek out what is relevant to the resolution
of a problem they need to read many books, to read many books, they need to have a library, which
is not there in Unipúnguѐ. They also learn to seek the true meaning of things, it is, to distinguish
between the true and the merely seemingly true, to verify for themselves what is stable in that very
unstable compound that often passes for knowledge, to accomplish that issue they need library near
them to provide books related to the information. This paper focuses on the relationship of the purpose
of university and library.

1.1 Research problem

Mozambique experiences high failure rate of all subjects even physical education subject in secondary
schools due to the shortage of resources where teachers are trained. This shortage includes resources
such as equipped laboratories and libraries. Universities with little or no learning resources, are
susceptible to high failure rate.

1.2 Objectives of the study

This study seeks to investigate how libraries can be organized in order to improve teaching and
learning processes in academia. Specifically, the study seeks to:

1.2.1 General:
 Find out how Unipúnguѐ can relate its purpose of forming high quality teachers to its libraries
in order to enforce learning and teaching processes in Mozambique.
1.2.2 Specifics:
 Show the relationship between library and the purpose of university;
  Explain how well-equipped library affects the productivity in academia;
 State how university could organize its library to well form professionals.
1.3 Research questions:
1.3.1 General question
 How can Unipúnguѐ relate its purpose of forming high quality teachers to its libraries in order
to enforce learning and teaching processes in Mozambique?
1.3.2 Specific questions
 What is the relationship between library and the purpose of university?
 how could well-equipped library affect the productivity in academia?
 how could university organize its library to form high quality professionals?
1.4 Definition of key terms
University - is the place to which a thousand schools make contributions; in which the intellect
may safely range and speculate. It is a ground of critical thinking, (Mohammed, H., 2010)
Library - is a place for knowledge creation and sharing. It is a storehouse for knowledge in
different formats (print and electronic). It engages the users in activities intended to make them
critical thinkers, problem solvers, independent information seekers and lifelong learners, (Somi
and De Jager, 2005).
1.5 Delimitations of the Study
First of all, this study is focused to examine only the relationship between relationship library and
the purpose of University of Púnguѐ. This choice has been made due the facility of data collection
and analysis in that university, where the campus is located near research location.
1.6 Limitations of the Study
Considering the individuality of this paper development, it means personal paper, also the funding is
individual which a researcher lacks, in this context it unable him to visit more universities and their
libraries in order to be provided a combination of several data from several university libraries, which
could be positive for the reader if it could be done.

2.0 Literature Review

2.1 The relationship between the purpose of high education and library

High education is more directed towards commercially defined objectives, and teaching towards the
production of graduates, particularly with highly specialized skills in science, technology and
business, to directly serve the needs of national economies. But to almost surprise, Mozambique has
yet again failed to live up to expectation. The agendas objectives are failing again and again, biggest
economic crisis in recent history intervened, lack of well-formed engineers, nurses, teachers and so
on. All these happenings are due the low quality of education in Mozambique especially in high
education, where we can point out an empty library as an agent of this failure. Idowu (2007) opines
that libraries constitute a major part of memory and reflect the diversity of Arts, languages and
cultures of that society. Lichterman (2011) asserts that the school of information is training the next
generation of information professionals with the skills to manage and preserve information. The
respondents commented that:

“Library provides a contact point and physical place for teachers and learners to meet outside the
structure of the classroom, thus, allowing people with different perspectives to interact in a
knowledge space that is both larger and more general than the one shared by any single discipline
or affinity group”.

Madukoma and Haliso (2011) strongly believe that information sources and services are essential to
the modern correctional objectives of reformation and rehabilitation of the juvenile in remand home.
Lehmann (2000) upheld that every institution shall have a library for the use of all categories of
prisoners, adequately stocked with both recreational and instructional books, and the prisoners shall
be encouraged to make use of it.

3.0 Research design

It refers to the approach that one selects to participate the various mechanisms of the study in a
coherent a logical way so to productively report the issues consisting of the collection, analysis,
interpret and present data. William, M.K (2006). This study will use an Action Research which is
grounded in practical action. Also based on collecting, enlightening and structure theory (Anne,
B2015). It is very important to use in the study because, in this study we will be more focusing on
non-numerical theory. Also whatever data collection will help university organizing its library.
Action research is relevant to our study in a way that the data that is collected is practical, as the
researchers we are involved in the research site.

3.1 Data collection instruments.

Data collection instruments includes the questionnaires in paper, interviews and the audios to record
the participants while interviewing them. Karim (2014) further states that questionnaire comprises of
the questions on the paper so that the participant could respond to the questions, and also observation
which refers to the way of gathering data by watching. In this instrument as the researchers we going
to be within the setting academic library, where it will be observed how students use library and do
they fulfill their need in the library.
3.2 Population, Sample and sampling techniques
A population can thus be said to be an aggregate observation of subjects grouped together by a
common feature. This study will be conducted in Mozambican Public University in this ca Unipúnguѐ,
where will be visited a library to be seen what kind of book it contains after that will be used the
purposive sampling, whereby, Patton (2002) states that the purposive sampling is a method that is
mostly utilized in qualitative research for the purpose of selection of data. The population consists of
Unipúnguѐ members which is 250 members including lecturers and the learners. Therefore, the
sampling will be drawn from the first year and fourth year English course only, which there are less
than 40 learners.

4.0 conclusion

The case study presented in this proposal research has common elements that are necessary for the
development of information services designed to improve the organization of academic libraries to
scientific research, clinical services, quality of education, country growth and the public health. The
common elements are needs assessment, collaboration between information professionals and
information users, and evaluation. We believe that these elements will contributed to the success of
our projects by meeting our librarians and the users of library. Moreover, each case study described
here will provide experience and data to inform future initiatives to identify information services,
librarian skill sets.
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