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Use of IT in Information Centres:Gender-Based Analysis


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1 Department of Library and Information Science, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 585 106, India
2 Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Gachchibowli, Hyderabad 400 032, India
     

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The paper makes an attempt to study if gender has a role in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), since it is strongly held by various studies that the social and cultural factors impede a woman's preference to scientific and technical subjects. With this background, the paper analyses to see if cultural, family and educational background can change this generalized notion.

Keywords

Information and Communication Technologies, Information Centres.
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Lalitha K. Sami
Department of Library and Information Science, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 585 106
India

Shahida
Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Gachchibowli, Hyderabad 400 032
India


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Authors

Lalitha K. Sami
Department of Library and Information Science, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 585 106, India
Shahida
Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Gachchibowli, Hyderabad 400 032, India

Abstract


The paper makes an attempt to study if gender has a role in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), since it is strongly held by various studies that the social and cultural factors impede a woman's preference to scientific and technical subjects. With this background, the paper analyses to see if cultural, family and educational background can change this generalized notion.

Keywords


Information and Communication Technologies, Information Centres.

References