Measuring the Awareness and Usage Level of the Libraries by Law Students of Law Colleges of Lahore, Pakistan

Authors

Bushra Mansha Mrs., University of the Punjab, Lahore.Follow
Muhammad Shahzad Chaudhry Dr., Government College University, Lahore PakistanFollow
Imran Ghaffar Sulehri Mr., Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, Lahore.Follow
Mudassar Zafar Bhatti, University of Central Punjab, Lahore.Follow

Date of this Version

2021

Abstract

In any society and institution the libraries play an important role in nation building and to create knowledgeable society. Law students during their whole life try to read and locate the relevant references related to their cases. Therefore, they are considered the information literate and able to locate the relevant information. During the studies, libraries and their professional usage make the law students able to locate their needed information from anywhere using their skills and abilities acquired during the studies. This study is conducted by following the quantitative research method and the population of the study was law students. Results reflect that majority of law students are aware of the available resources within their institutional libraries and they possess the skills to locate their needed information. Moreover, their purpose to the visit the libraries is the study purposes and they have basic level information needs. They also use digital resources and able to search the resources with good skills. This study will inform about the information behaviors of the law students.