Author:Â Nimesh Kantilal Jotangia
Abstract:Â This paper aims to assess and evaluate the use of e-resources by the students and faculty members of post graduate engineering colleges affiliated to GTU, with a view to examine the exposure of students and faculty members to e-resources. Besides, it aims to highlight the problems encountered by the users and suggests some remedial measures for its improvement. The author investigates the use of e-resources by the students and faculty members of post graduate engineering colleges through a survey based on a structured questionnaire. Various statistical methods have been used for data analysis. The study confirmed that students and faculty members are aware of the e-resources and various types of e-resources, e-database, and e-journals. A questionnaire was distributed among the students and faculty members to collect desired data. A total 1322 questionnaires were distributed to the users of 20 selected post graduate engineering colleges out of 59 colleges. The study found that the majority 786 (84.97%) of respondents out of 925 are aware about the availability of e-resources. The result reveals that 17.51 % of respondents want to access only electronic version whereas only 3.68% users want to use only printed resources, but maximum 78.81% respondents want to use both electronic and printed version. The analysis reveals that many of the respondents search e-resources through linking facility available on the library website.
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