Library Progress (International)

  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue: 2

Print versus digital issues: A comparative study

  • Author:
  • Amit Kumar Deval
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 293 to 302

Assistant Librarian, University Information Resource Centre (UIRC), Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Sector 16-C, Dwarka, New Delhi-110075 Email: akdeval@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

Information are available in a variety of formats, depending upon the formats of the resources through which, it is being delivered to the users. The two common formats of information resources are print information resources and digital/electronic information resources and both are being utilized by the user, as per their will for the academic work. The choice of one format over another format by the user, mainly depend upon the unique qualities and functionalities of both these resources. This research paper throw light upon the choice of the users with respect to qualities and functionalities of these resources and tries to find out the supremacy of one over the another format.

Keywords

Information resources, Print resources, E-resources, Digital information resources, Library resources