CONSIDERATION AND UTILIZE OF LIBRARY WEB RESOURCES BY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING COLLEGE IN EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH: A STUDYB. Vinoda 1,
Dr. B. R. Doraswamy Naick 2 1 Library
Professional, AIIMS, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India 2 Associate Professor and Head, Department of Library
& Information Science JNTUK, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
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Received 5 November 2021 Accepted 17 December 2021 Published 31 December 2021 Corresponding Author B.
Vinoda, winoda.bharatha@gmail.com DOI 10.29121/granthaalayah.v9.i12.2021.4455 Funding:
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ABSTRACT |
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Digital information resources are fetching more
and more imperative for the academic community. The increase of technical
colleges in Andhra Pradesh are quiet noteworthy and in advance of various
states of India. Digital resources are measured as imperative resources of
teaching, research and training. Consequently, digital resources play a
important role in academic libraries as they are mostly jingle for the support
of academic brilliancy and research. For these research questionnaires were
distributed to the faculty members of 10 selected engineering colleges in
East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, 400 questionnaire
distributed amongst the faculty members of 10 engineering colleges. Out of
400, only 336 questionnaires were received back that is the overall response
rate is 84%.. 27.98% of the faculties are utilize digital resources for bring
up to date Knowledge. It is also found from the study that preponderance of
the faculty members were satisfied with available digital resources. |
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Keywords: Digital
Library, Engineering Colleges, Faculty Members and Digital Resources 1. INTRODUCTION Digital library is a
place in which collections are accumulated in digital formats and reachable
by computer terminals. Digital library is creation the library endure a
transform in the model of its role to produce, organize and distribute
information resources. A digital library is a distributed electronic
collection that covers almost all fields of human Endeavour to serve a
distinct community. Digital libraries play a
momentous role in engineering libraries, as they are habitually tuned for the
encouragement of academic distinction and research. The main objective of an
engineering college library is to assist engineering professionals in
enhancing and updating their knowledge and skills in engineering education
and research. The principal role of engineering college library is to collect
and organize record information in engineering and connected subjects to meet
the needs of the users. Engineering college libraries in Andhra Pradesh offer diverse
information services and resources including SDI(selective Dissemination of
Information) and end-user guidance. They pledge the digital resources such
like E-books, E-journals, CD-ROM databases, online databases, web base
resources and a assortment of other digital resources. This study focuses on
the present status of |
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availability of digital resources in engineering institutions and also studies the attentiveness and utilize of library digital resources by the faculty of engineering college libraries located in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
Deenadhayalu (2021) Studied ISB of faculty of 41 engineering colleges in Rayalaseema region, bring into being that more than 50% of the faculty facing trouble while seeking information in their libraries, nearly 50% of faculty were not proverbial with e- resources, nearly 60% of faculty using google for search for their essential information.
Singh and Mahajan (2021) found that majority of research scholars 60.7% across the libraries were aware about e-resources being subscribed by their respective libraries nearly 30% of users access electronic resources twice a week, nearly 40% of users were satisfied from the electronic collection available in their respective libraries.
Naik and Kumar (2021) studied to distinguish the consideration of library resources and services. The majority 74.86%t of student pleased with reading space for reading room and 57.43% of users were stated that satisfied with physical facilities, available in the library. Suggested collection of library and other operation must be automated to meet the users’ needs quickly and promptly.
Meenu and Mini (2021) found that the below half of the users were satisfied with the collection of resources. 63.50percent of the users ware satisfied with utilize of print resources. Only 31.50% were satisfied by utilize of electronic resources. 47.24 percent of the students said that none availability of various copies are the main crisis in utilizing print resources.
Kumar et al. (2021) found that nearly half of respondents using lending services, students stated that the main predicament is information is too vast, there is no significant difference in the purpose of visit to Library and colleges of users, there is a significant difference in the Problems facing while using library resources and services used by the users and colleges of users, and a significant difference in the Problems facing while using library resources and services used by the users and colleges of users.
Bhat et al. (2021) recognized the awareness on collections of library and services and assessed the satisfaction of users with library resources and services, 84 percentage of users are aware of e-question papers, 80 percentage of users of e- Books, 76 percentage of users aware of e-newspapers 42 percentage of respondents experience internet speed is low, 36.54 percentage of users feel be short of of training. is the problem in finding information from library, 38percentage of users suffer lack of computer facility, 32.69 percentage of respondents find be short of of time in finding information.
Vinoda et al. (2021) stated that faculty members highly depended on books for getting relevant informal sources for their academic requirements, majority of faculty 76.43 percent facing difficulty to seek information is lack of time, that means faculty are busy with other things than information gathering, there is significant difference in the Sources of information generally use between the faculty, in the level of dependency between the faculty members with regard to books, Reference Books, thesis and dissertations, conference proceedings, technical R&D reports, Standards and patent specifications, to official documents in engineering departments, reprints and preprints from fellow professionals, abstracting the indexing sources/ journals (including online/ CD-ROM), personal collections, trade catalogues, and Audio/ Video recordings for getting relevant sources for their requirements
Pitla et al. (2020) studied 63.54%
of respondents are male users, more than half of users were assistant
professors, 36.73% of respondents visit the library on a daily basis, 89.50%
respondents who feel that the library had convenient working hours, found that
majority of user’s visits library for borrowing books, reference books and
electronic journals, majority of users use IEEE, SCOPUS, Springer, NPTEL
services, users highly satisfied with IEEE database, DELNET resources, NPTEL
lectures and 59.43% are not availing the facility of CMIE Prowess, suggested
that the users are not aware of about some electronic information resources, so
the engineering college libraries will conduct information literacy programmes
on electronic resources.
3. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
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To recognize the
engineering college libraries provided that digital library resources and
services.
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To study the different
types of digital library resources and services.
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To identify the
attentiveness and utilize of different types of digital resources.
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To examine the purpose
and consumption of the digital library resources.
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To examine the levels
of knowledge in the use of digital resources and services.
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To discover out the
troubles faced by the faculty whereas admittance and utilizing digital
resources.
4. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
The scope of the study is limited to the faculty members of engineering colleges in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, as the study is to know the Awareness and Use of Web based Library resources. There are many engineering colleges in East Godavari, but a few of them have recognized digital library in their college libraries. Based on the establishment year and accessibility of digital resources of library, only 10 engineering colleges were selected in this study.
5. METHODOLOGY
The survey technique was adopted to collect chief data on this investigation exploration. The data is collected was prepared to achieve the above objectives. These questionnaires were disseminated to the libraries and the faculty members of 10 selected engineering colleges in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, 400 questionnaire were distributed among the faculty members of 10 engineering colleges. Out of 400, only 314 questionnaires were received back that is the overall response rate is 78.5%. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed with the applications of simple statistical tools.
6. DATA ANALYSIS
Table 1 Basic
information about selected engineering colleges |
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Name of the college |
Affiliation |
Year of
Establishment |
Code |
A S R COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY |
JNTU KAKINADA |
2010 |
ASRK |
ADITYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE |
JNTU KAKINADA |
2001 |
ADTP |
BADARI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND
SCIENCES FOR WOMEN |
JNTU KAKINADA |
2009 |
BITW |
CHAITANYA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES AND
TECHNOLOGY |
JNTU KAKINADA |
2005 |
CHKN |
IDEAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
JNTU KAKINADA |
2009 |
IDEL |
KAKINADA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY |
JNTU KAKINADA |
2001 |
KIET |
KAKINADA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY |
JNTU KAKINADA |
2009 |
KIEK |
KAKINADA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY FOR WOMEN |
JNTU KAKINADA |
2008 |
KIEW |
SRI ADITYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE |
JNTU KAKINADA |
2008 |
SACS |
SRI SAI ADITYA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES
AND TECHNOLOGY |
JNTU KAKINADA |
2004 |
SISS |
Table 2 Gender-wise distribution of
questionnaires and response rate |
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College |
Questionnaire Distributed |
Questionnaire Received |
Total Respondents |
Respondent Percentage |
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Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
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ASRK |
24 |
16 |
21 |
14 |
35 |
87.50 |
ADTP |
24 |
16 |
20 |
15 |
35 |
87.50 |
BITW |
24 |
16 |
19 |
11 |
30 |
75.00 |
CHKN |
24 |
16 |
18 |
12 |
30 |
75.00 |
IDEL |
24 |
16 |
22 |
14 |
36 |
90.00 |
KIET |
24 |
16 |
19 |
13 |
32 |
80.00 |
KIEK |
24 |
16 |
20 |
15 |
35 |
87.50 |
KIEW |
24 |
16 |
18 |
16 |
34 |
85.00 |
SACS |
24 |
16 |
19 |
15 |
34 |
85.00 |
SISS |
24 |
16 |
19 |
16 |
35 |
87.50 |
TOTAL |
400 |
336 |
336 |
84.00 |
Gender-wise allotment of faculty members according to the number of questionnaire distributed and the rejoinder received is tabulated in Table 2. The examined data in Table 2 pointed out that a total of 400 questionnaires were disseminated among 240 male and 160 female faculty members. Out of which 336 faculties have responded for filling the questionnaires. So, the overall response rate is 84.00%. Out of 336 faculty members, 195 (58.03%) of the faculties are male and 141 (41.96%) female.
Table 3 Awareness of Web based Resources |
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Awareness |
Female |
Total |
Chi- Square Value |
D.F |
P-Value |
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Yes |
134 |
98 |
232 |
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-68.72 |
-69.5 |
-69.05 |
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-39.88 |
-29.17 |
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No |
61 |
43 |
104 |
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-31.28 |
-30.5 |
-30.95 |
0.024 |
1 |
0.878 |
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-18.15 |
-12.8 |
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TOTAL |
195 (100) (58.04) |
141 -100 -41.96 |
336 -100 |
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Figure 1 Awareness of Web based
Resources |
The allocation of faculty according to the attentiveness of Web based resources is given in Table 3. It is apparent from Table that greater part (69.05%) of the faculty members of engineering was aware about the digital resources, whereas only 30.95% were not aware of resources. There is no significant relation between awareness of digital resources and gender which is greater p value.
Table 4 Purpose of Using Web based Resources |
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Purpose |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Chi- Square Value |
D.F |
P- Value |
For
Communication |
39 (20.00) (11.61) |
34 (24.10) (22.70) |
73 (21.73) |
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To
modernize knowledge |
58 (29.74) (17.26) |
36 (25.53) (25.53) |
94 (27.98) |
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Teaching
and research Work |
62 (31.79) (18.45) |
39 (27.66) (27.66) |
101 (30.06) |
2.346 |
3 |
0.504 |
To
Collect Subject information for Career Development |
36 (18.46) (10.71) |
32 (22.70) (22.70) |
68 (20.24) |
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TOTAL |
195 (100) (58.036) |
141 (100) (41.96) |
336 100) |
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Figure 2 Purpose of Using Web based
Resources |
The data in Table 4 and Figure 2 depicts that 101(30.06%) of the faulty were using Web based resources for teaching and research work, 94(27.98%) for update knowledge purpose, 73(21.73%) for communication, and 68(20.24%) for collect subject information for career development purpose using digital resources for their career development. There is no significant relation between purpose of using digital resources and gender which is greater p value.
Table 5 Access and Use of Web based Resources |
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Digital Resources |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Chi- Square Value |
D.F |
P- Value |
E-
Journals |
53 (27.18) (15.77) |
44 (31.21) (13.10) |
97 (28.87) |
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E-
Books |
22 (11.28) (6.55) |
14 (9.93) (4.17) |
36 (10.71) |
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E- News
Papers |
17 (8.72) (5.06) |
15 (10.64) (4.46) |
32 (9.52) |
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E-Zines |
16 (8.21) (4.76) |
3 (2.13) (0.89) |
19 (5.65) |
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Online databases |
24 (12.31) (24.82) |
35 (24.82) (10.42) |
59 (17.56) |
18.256 |
7 |
0.011 |
E-Thesis
and Projects |
12 (6.15) (3.57) |
8 (5.67) (2.38) |
20 (5.95) |
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Internet\OPAC |
39 (20.00) (11.61) |
15 (10.64) (11.61) |
54 (16.07) |
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CD-ROM |
12 (6.15) (2.08) |
7 (4.96) (2.08) |
19 (5.65) |
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TOTAL |
195 (100) (58.036) |
141 (100) (41.96) |
195 (100) (58.036) |
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Figure 3 Access and Use of Digital
Resources |
The data in Table 5 demonstrate the use of Web based resources by the faculty. It is exposed that 28.87% of the respondents who use E-journals, next by online databases are used by 17.56% respondents, followed by Internet which is used by 16.07% respondents. A percentage of 54 respondents use library OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue), follows by e-books are used 10.71% of users, followed by E-newspapers which is used by 9.52% respondents, 5.95% of respondents using e-thesis and projects, 5.65% of respondents using CD-ROM databases, and E- zines. There is a significant relation between access and use of digital resources and gender which is lesser p value.
Table 6 Use of different types of Web based
resources |
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Digital resources |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Chi- Square Value |
D.F |
P- Value |
IEEE |
45 (23.8) (13.39) |
29 (20.57) (8.63) |
74 (22.02) |
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ASME |
14 (7.18) (4.17) |
8 (5.67) (2.38) |
22 (6.55) |
7.266 |
10 |
0.7 |
ACME |
18 (9.23) (5.36) |
5 (3.55) (1.49) |
23 (6.85) |
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Springer
link |
2 (1.03) (0.60) |
1 (0.71) (0.30) |
3 (0.89) |
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INDEST-AICTE |
2 (1.03) (0.60) |
2 (1.42) (0.60) |
4 (1.19) |
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DELNET |
39 (20.0) (11.61) |
35 (24.82) (10.42) |
74 (22.02) |
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J-GATE |
43 (22.05) (12.80) |
34 (24.11) (10.12) |
77 (22.92) |
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NPTEL |
18 (9.23) (5.36) |
19 (13.48) (5.65) |
37 (11.01) |
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Proquest |
4 (2.05) (1.19) |
2 (1.42) (0.60) |
6 (1.79) |
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EBSCO |
3 (1.54) (0.89) |
2 (1.42) (0.60) |
5 (1.49) |
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Open
access Databases |
7 (3.59) (2.08) |
4 (2.84) (1.19) |
11 (3.27) |
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TOTAL |
195 (100) (58.04) |
141 (100) (41.96) |
336 (100) |
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Figure 4 Use of different types of digital resources |
Table 6 and Figure 4 illustrate that 22.692% were aware about the J-Gate resources, followed by 22.02% aware about the IEEE journals and DELNET resources. A percentage of 11.01% respondents are aware about the NPTEL resources, followed by ASME/ASCE resources 7.85%/ 6.55% and Open access databases 3.27%. Only few of the faculty members are aware about the Proquest 1.79% and EBSCO 1.49% and 1.19% aware about AICTE-INDEST and least aware about0.89% of Springer digital resources. There is no significant relation between use of digital resources and gender which is greater p value.
Table 7 Opinion about the availability of Web
based resources |
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Digital Resources |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Chi- Square Value |
D.F |
P- Value |
E-
Journals |
59 (30.26) (17.56) |
44 (31.21) (13.10) |
103 (30.65) |
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E-
Books |
21 (10.77) (6.25) |
15 (10.64) (4.46) |
36 (10.71) |
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E- News
Papers |
18 (9.23) (5.36) |
12 (8.51) (3.57) |
30 (8.93) |
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E-Zines |
11 (5.64) (3.27) |
3 (2.13) (0.89) |
14 (4.17) |
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Online
databases |
26 (13.33) (7.74) |
35 (24.82) (10.42) |
61 (18.15) |
11.598 |
7 |
0.115 |
E-Thesis
and Projects |
12 (6.15) (3.57) |
8 (5.67) (2.38) |
20 (5.95) |
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Internet\OPAC |
39 (20.00) (11.61) |
17 (12.06) (5.06) |
56 (16.67) |
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CD-ROM |
9 (4.62) (2.68) |
7 (4.96) (2.08) |
16 (4.76) |
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TOTAL |
195 (100) (58.04) |
141 (100) (41.96) |
336 (100) |
The data in above Table shows the faculty opinioned of availability of Web based resources. Out of 336 responses, 13(30.65%)% of the faculty indicate that the library have facility of good E-journal access, followed by 61(18.15%) who have opined that the library has good online databases, 56(16.67%) faculty opinioned that Internet/OPAC facility is good, 36(10.71%) are of the opinion that the library has a good number of E-Books, 30(8.93%) of the faculty members have opined that good collection of E- News apers is available in their library, 20(5.95%) of the users opinioned that the library have good collection of E-thesis and Projects 16(4.76%) of the faculty members have opined that there are good CD-ROM Databases facility in their library, only 14(4.17%) of users opinioned that the collection of E-Zines were less collection.
There is a significant relation between Opinion about the availability and gender which is lesser p value.
Table 8 Comparison between Web based
resources with resources |
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Male |
Female |
Total |
Chi-
Square Value |
D.F |
P-
Value |
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Time Consuming |
30 (15.38) (8.93) |
18 (12.77) (5.36) |
48 (14.29) |
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Costly |
20 (10.26) (5.95) |
15 (10.64) (4.46) |
35 (10.42) |
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Easy to use |
40 (20.51) (11.90) |
30 (21.28) (8.93) |
70 (20.83) |
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More Useful |
25 (12.82) (7.44) |
17 (12.06) (5.06) |
42 (12.50) |
0.831 |
6 |
0.991 |
More Preferred |
28 (14.36) (8.33) |
19 (13.48) (5.65) |
47 (13.99) |
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More Interactive |
27 (13.85) (8.04) |
21 (8.04) (6.25) |
48 (14.29) |
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More informative |
25 (12.82) (7.44) |
21 (14.89) (6.25) |
46 (13.69) |
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TOTAL |
195 (100) (58.04) |
141 (100) (41.96) |
336 (100) |
Above Table shows the comparison of Web based resources with the print resources. It clearly shows that 70(20.83%) respondents have the view that print resources are Easy to Use. A percentage of 48(14.29%) respondents have the view that print resources are more interactive and time consuming when compared with the digital resources, 47(13.99%) of the respondents have digital resources are more preferred than the print resources,46(13.69%) have the view that digital resources are more informative 42(12.5%) of the responds have digital resources are more useful than print resources, 35(10.42%) of users compare the digital resources are costly that the print resources.
There is no significant relation between Comparison between Web based resources with resources and gender which is greater p value.
Table 9 Features of Web based resources over print resources |
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Digital Resources |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Chi- Square Value |
D.F |
P- Value |
Easy Downloaded |
24 (12.31 (7.14) |
13 (9.22) (3.87) |
37 (11.01) |
3.005 |
6 |
0.808 |
Access from any location |
35 (17.95) (10.42) |
22 (15.60) (6.55) |
57 (16.96) |
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Easy to search |
46 (23.59) (13.69) |
41 (29.08) (12.20) |
87 (25.89) |
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Easy Format |
23 (11.79) (6.85) |
21 (14.89) (6.25) |
44 (13.10) |
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Hyperlinks to references |
24 (12.31) (7.14) |
17 (12.06) (5.06) |
41 (12.20) |
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Speed of Publication |
14 (7.18) (4.17) |
10 (7.09) (2.98) |
24 (7.14) |
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E-mail alerts |
29 (14.87) (8.63) |
17 (12.06) (5.06) |
46 (13.69) |
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TOTAL |
195 (100) (58.04) |
141 (100) (41.96) |
336 (100) |
Table 9 shows the features of Web based resources over print resources. Most of the faculty members that is 87(25.89%) have opined that Easy to search are the best feature in comparison to print resources, followed by 57(16.96%) are Access from any location, 46(13.69%) have opined about e-mail alerts, 44(13.10%) have opined that Easy formats, 41(12.20%) about hyperlinks to references and 37(11.01%) of the respondents have opined that digital resources can easy downloaded from any location compare with print resources and only 24(7.14%) are opined that digital resources are speed publication that print resources.
There is no significant relation between Features of Web based resources over print resources and gender which is greater p value.
Table 10 Problems faced while using Web based library resources |
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Digital Resources |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Chi- Square Value |
D.F |
P- Value |
Limited
computers |
36 (18.46) (10.71) |
23 (16.31) (6.85) |
59 (17.56) |
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Be
short of sufficient information |
26 (13.33) (7.74) |
18 (12.77) (5.36) |
44 (13.10) |
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Internet
speed is slow |
56 (28.72) (16.67) |
42 (29.79) (12.50) |
98 (29.17) |
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Be
short of sufficient E- resources |
48 (24.62) (14.29) |
37 (26.24) (11.01) |
85 (25.30) |
0.364 |
5 |
0.996 |
Be
short of assistance by library staff |
12 (6.15) (3.57) |
9 (6.38) (2.68) |
21 (6.25) |
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Be
short of time |
17 (8.72) (5.06 |
12 (8.51) (3.57) |
29 (8.63) |
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TOTAL |
195 (100) (58.04) |
141 (100) (41.96) |
336 (100) |
Table 10 raveled that the troubles faced though utilizing the Web based resources by the faculty of. Preponderance of the respondents that is 98(29.17%) have faced difficulty due to slow internet speed. It was followed by 85(25.30%) respondents who faced short of sufficient e- resources, lack of sufficient E- resources, 59(17.56%) respondents limited computers, 44(13.10%) be short of sufficient information, 29(8.63%) respondents express lack of time, and 21(6.25%) responded express short of assistance by library staff.
There is no significant relation between Problems faced while using Web based library resources and gender which is greater p value.
Table 11
Satisfaction Level of Web based resources |
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Digital Resources |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Chi- Square Value |
D.F |
P- Value |
Fully Satisfied |
64 (32.82) (19.05) |
36 (25.53) (10.71) |
100 (29.76) |
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Satisfied |
97 (49.74) (28.87) |
82 (58.16) (24.40) |
179 (53.27) |
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Partial Satisfied |
30 (15.38) (8.93) |
21 (14.89) (6.25) |
51 (15.18) |
2.744 |
3 |
0.433 |
Not Satisfied |
4 (2.05) (1.19) |
2 (1.42) (0.60) |
6 (1.79) |
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TOTAL |
195 (100) (58.04) |
141 (100) (41.96) |
336 (100) |
Table 11 designated that the greater part of the faculty members that is 179(53.27%) are satisfied with the accessibility of Web based resources in their libraries. It is followed by 100(29.76%) of the faculty members who are fully satisfied, 51(15.18%) partially satisfied with the accessibility of digital resources and 6(1.79%) of the faculty members who are not at all satisfied with the Web based resources accessible in their library.
There is no significant relation between Satisfaction Level and gender which is greater p value.
7. FINDINGS
·
In the present study,
majority of the faculty of engineering were aware about the Web based
resources.
·
27.98% of the faculty were
using Web based resources for bring up to date Knowledge,
·
Majority 30.06%
of the faulty were utilizing Web based resources for teaching and research work purpose.
·
Majority of the
faculty members are aware about the E-Journals
·
More faculty members
have opined that Web based resources are easy to search when comparison to the
print resources.
·
Majority of the
faculty members have expressed slow internet is the common problems for
accessing Web based resources.
·
It is also found from
the study that majority of the faculty members are satisfied with available Web
based resources.
8. CONCLUSION
Web based resources are producing a revolution in engineering college libraries. These have rapidly changed the way of on the lookout for and disseminate information, greater part of the engineering college faculty members are aware of the availability of Web based resources in their respective libraries and therefore are accessing them. Some of the faculty members are unaware and have not used online thesis/ dissertations, abstracts/indexes and online databases, which are very relevant for their study and research. So, the libraries can take initiatives to organise awareness programmes in digital area. This study helps the librarians to know the consequence of Web based resources in academic and research environment particularly in engineering colleges. However, all libraries have reasonable Web based resource facilities at their end. Engineering libraries should rationalize their information-resource management activities in line with global level.
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