Objectives: To identify the issues and challenges in engineering college libraries, first we should identify the user needs. To identify the resources available in engineering college libraries. To find out the user needs of engineering college libraries.
Methods: Data collected from 60 users of engineering college libraries by questionnaire method.
This study was conducted in Jeppiaar SRR Engineering College Library users i.e. students teaching and non teaching members of the institution.
Findings: Almost all the users are satisfied with Textbooks/Book bank resources and Reference books.
Majority of the users agree those prescribed text books/book banks are available in library.
Many users agree that all reference books for one subject is available, some of the users of engineering college library disagree with the resource. Almost all the users agree that project reports, CDs collections, back volumes of printed journals & question bank are not given outside the library. Majority of the users agree that limited number of computers with internet facility is available in the library.
Improvements/Applications: It was observed from the study number of text books given to the users only by central library is impossible; it is possible by providing text books by book bank or department library. User satisfaction as well as resource utilization could be reached by issuing Journals, Magazines, Reference books, Project Reports, CDs Collections, and Back Volumes of the Journals etc can be issued to the users for one day by collecting their id card. Providing extension services ie evening library hours and shelf catalogue will save the time of the user.