Information Seeking Pattern among the Faculty Members of National College of Engineering: A Study

K.  Mutharasan; V. Geetha

doi:10.51983/ajist-2018.8.3.197

Authors

K. Mutharasan Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Manonmanium Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
V. Geetha Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2018.8.3.197

Keywords:

Academic Library, Library Resources, Library Services, Information Seeking Pattern

Abstract

The present study examines the Information Seeking Pattern in Library by the Faculty Members of National College of Engineering, Maruthakulam, Tirunelveli. The Library of any institution is the knowledge centre housed with a collection of various resources such as Books, Periodicals, CDROMs, Newspapers, Rare collections and Online resources and Information needed is gathered from the various resources of the Library. This study focuses on the usage of the Academic Library by the Faculty Members of various Departments and their frequency of visit to the Library based on the Library Services. In the recent years, Traditional Libraries are getting changed into Digital Libraries. So, the Library Professionals are also to be equipped with the required technical skills related to Library activities. The need and focus of the users in various ways lead to save time and also to acquire the right information at the right time as well.

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