Opinion and Attitude of Students towards to Vandalism in Two Selected College Libraries in Shimoga, Karnataka: A Comparative Study

The purpose of this study is to find out the opinion and attitude of students towards to vandalism in the National College of Education (NCE) and Mahatma Gandhi College of Education (MGCE) libraries. Present study will examine the problem of vandalism faced by libraries. Different types of activities and vandalism that occur in college libraries will be discussed with examples from the literature. It helps to know the difficulty faced by the users in locating the library books, include types of problem experienced in locating the library books. The study also reveals the reasons for stealing or mutilation of the library documents and the reasons for tearing of books. Finally this paper will discuss the preventive measures to eliminate vandalism.