Oliva, Arineitwe2019-11-152019-11-152013Arineitwe, O. (2013). Factors Hindering the Proper Management of Academic Libraries in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of the Uganda Martyrs University Kabale Campus Library. Diploma Report, Kabale University. Uganda.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/246A Research Report Submitted to the Department of Library and Information Science in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement of the award of Diploma of Library and Information Science of Kabale UniversityThe study was entitled on factors hindering proper management of academic libraries in Kabale municipality.it was carried out at Uganda martyrs university Kabale campus library .The purpose of this was to investigate factors hindering proper management of academic libraries in Kabale municipality and later come up with the solutions. The study was guided by the following objectives; to establish the kinds of services offered by academic libraries, to find out contribution of academic libraries towards students’ performance, to find out the factors hindering the proper management of academic libraries and to suggest the possible solutions for the factors hindering the proper management of academic libraries. Data collection was both through qualitative and quantitative methods using methods using questionnaires, observations, interviews and analysis of written documents as instruments. It included 30 respondents that is 5 lecturers, 22 students, 2 administrators and one (1) librarian as the respondents. The research was guided by the following questions, what are kinds of services offered by the academic libraries, what contribution of academic libraries towards the students’ performance, what are the factors hindering the proper management of academic libraries, what are the possible solutions for the factors hindering the proper management of academic libraries? The data collected was analyzed and presented graphically using bar graphs and tables where the findings revealed that; the common factor was economic in nature noting lack of funds as the biggest factor. In addition, social and political factors greatly hindered the proper management of academic libraries in Kabale municipality. The study concluded that; libraries have linked both students in learning and teaching process respectively. However, the libraries are affected by the same problems such as limited reading space, lack of cooperation and resource sharing amongst libraries, limited time for borrowing, noise made by students and un updated information materials. In addition, recommended that, more research should be carried out to critically find out more about the factors that hinder the proper management of academic libraries.en-USAcademic LibrariesManagementThesis