Abstract
M.Com. (Library and Information Science)
In this study attention was given to the vast
amount of information in periodicals which is not usually
utilized in media centres. The popularity of periodicals
amongst teenagers should be used to stimulate research in
this relevant, updated medium which contains the most recent
facts on such a wide range of topics.
The promotion of magazines as a resource of information received
attention and certain strategies to promote the utilisation
of periodicals were suggested. The whole process of planning, budgeting and ordering of
periodicals was looked at from the user's point of view,
especially to 'satisfy the user's information needs. These
information needs must first be established and thereafter
the best medium must be obtained in order to satisfy them.
A communication system was formulated by which teachers and
pupils could be informed of the latest arrivals as well as
the latest information on a specific topic. Secondly, a
system was devised which can be used to analyse and index information
from periodicals and keep it on record until it can
be taken up in the catalogue, whether it is in pamphlet form,
or as bound magazines. This way, no information from periodicals
need be wasted or lost due to the lack of
printed indexes in South Africa.