Perception of Faculty Members towards the Usage of E-resources at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru: A Survey

Prathibha S N; Shilpa Rani N R

Prathibha S N Research Scholar, DoS & R in Library & Information Science,KSOU, Mukthagangothri, Mysore.
Shilpa Rani N R Associate Professor, DoS & R in Library & Information Science, KSOU, Mukthagangothri, Mysore

Abstract

Electronic resources are need of the hour to enrich academic, research and developmental activities of an institution. In this connection present study is carried out to know the awareness of faculties in the use of e-resources at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology in Bengaluru. The questionnaire was designed and circulated among faculty members of various departments to get their input on the e-resources that the central library subscribes to. NMIT faculty members were given a total of 150 questionnaires to fill out but 120 (80%) responses were received. MsExcel tool has used to analyze the collected data. The findings reveal that majority of respondents are aware of available e-resources in the library and they felt like, those resources are extremely useful to enrich their research & academic activities. Most of the faculties 82(68.33%) rate that the use of e-journal databases & e-books subscribed by the NMIT Library are accelerating the overall research output of the institution. The study also focuses on various problems encountered by the users while using e-resources. Faculty members of Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology 76(63.33%) are felt strongly as problems they are facing while using e-resources are very negligible hence they are very satisfied with the available e-resources of the library.

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