Utilization of the Digital Information Resources and Services Provided in the Engineering College Libraries in Karnataka, India: User’s Perspective

Authors

Dr. Bharathi K, Librarian, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Adyar, Mangaluru -575007Follow
Dr. Sujatha H R, Librarian(SG), Sri Venkataramana Swamy College, Bantwal, D KFollow

Date of this Version

4-12-2019

Document Type

Article

Citation

Arvind, S ( 2017). Use of Electronic Resources in Engineering College Libraries: User Study. Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, 6(1), 2017. 85-89

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Comments

This is my research article. not published anywhere.

Abstract

Purpose - The current analytical survey investigates the utilization and effectiveness of digital libraries in 51 self-financed Engineering Colleges affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in the State of Karnataka, India.

Design/methodology/approach - The research paper is based on survey of Final year (IV year) undergraduate students who use these digital information resources to a great extent for their project work, and faculty members have been chosen for the study. Questionnaire tool was used to gather data.

Findings - Utilization of Digital Information Resources for overall purposes is found to a large extent among respondents with mean value of 2.28±0.89. The Mann Whitney test shows that there is a significant difference in utilization between student and faculty members as p=0.000