Environmental Scan

Internal Factors

• Need to prioritize the library activities during the budgeting process
• The growing number of academic programmes constrain the available human resources
• Students lack the necessary accessories to access digital information
• Poor response to maintenance/ Slow response to address/ fix broken/ faulty systems and equipment
• Resistance of staff (both librarians and lecturers) to adopt the new changes in the curriculum

External Factors 

• Lobby for additional funding towards university academic activities
• Continuous internet interruptions as a result of fiber optic cuts
• The continuous embargo on recruitment of staff by the government