NABOB, the National Bibliography for Botswana: history, present state and perspective for development

This paper gives a brief history, status and analysis of users and contexts of use of the National Bibliography of Botswana. (here after referred to as NABOB) The paper also illustrates the position of NABOB in the digital age. National bibliographies are constantly changing: they include records for digital resources and printed versions are gradually replaced with electronic, and one can ask if this applied to NABOB as well. If it doesn’t, then advice and assistance would be given to assist Botswana National Library Services (BNLS), to respond to the growing significance of electronic media to produce electronic national bibliographies. This can only be done if NABOB status is discussed at length. The intended audience of this paper will be that team that is charged with the management of National Bibliographic services, (BNLS (University of Botswana Library and Botswana National Archives. These are also legal deposit centres in Botswana.