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ABSTRACT Consultation with institution academic staff is regarded as a crucial component of collection development because it provides a room for the exchange of thoughts between the academic community and the library. Good relationships between library information professionals and the academic community add value to the collection development. Collection development in an academic library is practiced by librarians and library services staff with inputs from different stakeholders, including the academic and non-academic staff, administrators, and students. It was observed that library users lack information literacy skills and they are rarely involved in selection, evaluation and weeding of library information resources. Based on this ground, this study was undertaken, and it was recommended that academic libraries should establish an academia forum within a library website for sharing information with the academic departments and information users in general in respect to library collection development. Additionally, users should be provided with annual evaluation and weeding forms to comment on quality and usefulness of the resources and data sources available in their respective areas of study, with amendments made where necessary. Key words: Hybrid academic library, collection development, library users, Information literary skills, library professionals