Use of E-Resources Through Consortia With Special Reference to College Libraries

2021 ◽  
pp. 907-925
Author(s):  
M. Suresh ◽  
R. Natarajan
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Common Activity ◽  
Library Consortium ◽  
Assistant Professors ◽  
College Libraries

A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. Library consortium gives the freedom for a library having a smaller collection to access any product at a nominal price. The chapter has shown that 58 (31.53%) assistant professors occasionally use it, followed by 44 (23.92%) respondents using it frequently, 39 (21.2%) respondents use it rarely, 26 (14.14%) respondents use it very frequently, and 17 (09.24%) respondents never use it.

Use of E-Resources Through Consortia With Special Reference to College Libraries

2020 ◽  
pp. 124-142
Author(s):  
M. Suresh ◽  
R. Natarajan
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Common Activity ◽  
Library Consortium ◽  
Assistant Professors ◽  
College Libraries

A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. Library consortium gives the freedom for a library having a smaller collection to access any product at a nominal price. The chapter has shown that 58 (31.53%) assistant professors occasionally use it, followed by 44 (23.92%) respondents using it frequently, 39 (21.2%) respondents use it rarely, 26 (14.14%) respondents use it very frequently, and 17 (09.24%) respondents never use it.

Role of DELNET in Engineering College Libraries: With Special Reference to Islamic Management Colleges of Tamil Nadu

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
N. Abdul Latheef ◽  
T. K. Thiruvengadamani
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
High Bandwidth ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
College Libraries ◽  
Proper Orientation

This paper studies to determine the availability of DELNET electronic resources in Islamic Management engineering college libraries of Tamil Nadu. The objective of the study is to inspect the availability, usage, awareness, and level of satisfaction of DELNET resources in Libraries. Methodology- adopted to identify the Islamic Management engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. A systematic Questionnaire has prepared and distributed to selected colleges of Tamil Nadu. Total 1000 questionnaires were distributed among them 864 were received back and considered for analysis. SPSS Software version2.0 applied for the analysis of data. Findings of the study reveal that 90% of the colleges were subscribing to DELNET resources and users are very well known about the DELNET resources, in case of level of usage 112 respondents that are 15.5% accessing the DELNET resources. Suggestions were given to conduct proper orientation, user awareness, retrieval techniques about the DELNET access resources and a regular internet connection, and high bandwidth network facility to be provided.

Information Access by Research Scholars in R.M.K. Engineering College Library: A Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-72
Author(s):  
P. Krishnamoorthy . ◽  
C. Muthusamy .
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Research Scholar ◽  
College Libraries ◽  
College Library

This study is an investigation of Information access by Research Scholars in Engineering College Libraries with special reference to R.M.K. Engineering College Library, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu. 58 questionnaires were distributed among research scholars of R.M.K. Engineering College to collect relevant data. 94.83% (55) research scholars responded where 23 (41.82%) visit the library once in a week, 17 (30.91%) visit Twice a week, 10 (18.18%) respondents visit daily, 5 (9.09%) visit fortnightly. It is found that 85.44% opined that the working hours of their respective libraries is convenient and only 14.56% researchers opined not convenient and majority of the research scholars 96.36% visit the Library to use E- journals and 50.91% researchers visit the Library for audio visual resources. Library is playing vital role to meet multidimensional demands of staff, students and research scholar for information and knowledge.

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