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Awareness and Usage of E-Resources by the Library Users of IIT-Delhi:A Case Study


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1 Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 University of Kota, Kota, Rajasthan, India
     

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Advancement of e-journal during recent years has given librarians an influential resource to support learning and research. This study is based on the survey (questionnaire) method. A structured questionnaire was designed to collect the data from the PG students, research scholars and faculty members of 10 major departments of IIT-Delhi. The study examines the information source mostly preferred by the users, conduction of training programmes by the library for their users, Users capability to find out the E-Resources, frequency of the use of E-resources by the users, purpose of using the e-resources etc. The studies found that the majority of users preferred e-journals for their academic/research purpose. IIT-Delhi library provides the user training programme for the maximum use of e-resources. The majority of respondents can easily discover the relevant information from the e-resources offered by the library.

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E-Resources, Information Usages, User Study, IIT-Delhi, India.
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Authors

Amit K. Tamrakar
Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, India
Jyoti Jadon
University of Kota, Kota, Rajasthan, India

Abstract


Advancement of e-journal during recent years has given librarians an influential resource to support learning and research. This study is based on the survey (questionnaire) method. A structured questionnaire was designed to collect the data from the PG students, research scholars and faculty members of 10 major departments of IIT-Delhi. The study examines the information source mostly preferred by the users, conduction of training programmes by the library for their users, Users capability to find out the E-Resources, frequency of the use of E-resources by the users, purpose of using the e-resources etc. The studies found that the majority of users preferred e-journals for their academic/research purpose. IIT-Delhi library provides the user training programme for the maximum use of e-resources. The majority of respondents can easily discover the relevant information from the e-resources offered by the library.

Keywords


E-Resources, Information Usages, User Study, IIT-Delhi, India.

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