Analysis of Relationship between Library Book Borrowings and Student Grades

In the era of technology, every student around the world is mostly dependent on internet based resources. From KG to PG, it is general observation that nowadays students are more attracted to E-learning systems which are easily available at any point of time. Thus students are becoming reluctant to actually borrow books from the library and use them physically for reading or learning purposes. Researcher would like to understand the relationship between habit of borrowing library books and grades achieved. The samples of 338 passed out students of 2011-13 and 2012-14 batches of MMS for four semesters are being studied to reveal the relationship. The hypothesis considering the association between grades and books borrowings is tested with the help of chi square test .It is generally observed that that student who has borrowed more books had achieved better grades than less book borrowing student except few cases.However, it would be foolish to say that simply borrowing a more books will fetch better grades.