Abstract:
The study provides on assessment of the operations and activities of the Consortium
of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) since its inception in
2004. It examines the viewpoints of members from the institutions that make up
the consortium on issues such as knowledge about the activities of the consortium,
governance and management of the consortium, information resource sharing
especially the provision of e-resources to member libraries/institutions. The study
also assessed member's views about the content or subject coverage and cost
shoring models of the e-resources as well as the effects of CARLIGH e-resources
on reaching, learning and research in the member institutions. It concludes with
some recommendations on the way forward for the consortium.
