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User Education Programs in Universit Libraries:Feedback from Faculty


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1 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), Vidya Vihar, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
2 Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Karnataka, India
     

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This article is based on analysis of data gathered from Social Science faculty in ten State Universities in Maharashtra that are conducting user education programs. 291 (82.97%) Social Science faculty responded to the questionnaire. Data analysis reveals that only 35.05% of the respondents attended user education programs. Most professors were 'Not aware' of the programs while more than half of 'Associate Professors' (54.29%) attended these programs. Majority (58.42%) of the Social Science faculty have 'not attended any program' - 'No time to attend' (43.20%), 'Lack of information' (36.80%) are the primary reasons for not attending these programmes. But majority of the faculty have indicated that these programs are useful to them (68.73%) and 97.50 percent of these respondents indicated that their 'accessing the Online Sources' will improve immensely.

Keywords

Awareness, Impact of User Education, Social Science Faculty, User Education.
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Ishappa Bandi
http://infobits.pilani.ac.in
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), Vidya Vihar, Pilani, Rajasthan
India

Deputy Librarian, University Library

K. C. Ramakrishnegowda
Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Karnataka
India


Notifications

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Authors

Ishappa Bandi
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), Vidya Vihar, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
K. C. Ramakrishnegowda
Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Karnataka, India

Abstract


This article is based on analysis of data gathered from Social Science faculty in ten State Universities in Maharashtra that are conducting user education programs. 291 (82.97%) Social Science faculty responded to the questionnaire. Data analysis reveals that only 35.05% of the respondents attended user education programs. Most professors were 'Not aware' of the programs while more than half of 'Associate Professors' (54.29%) attended these programs. Majority (58.42%) of the Social Science faculty have 'not attended any program' - 'No time to attend' (43.20%), 'Lack of information' (36.80%) are the primary reasons for not attending these programmes. But majority of the faculty have indicated that these programs are useful to them (68.73%) and 97.50 percent of these respondents indicated that their 'accessing the Online Sources' will improve immensely.

Keywords


Awareness, Impact of User Education, Social Science Faculty, User Education.

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