Library Progress (International)
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue: 1

Effective use of e-resources among engineering community in Tirunelveli district

1Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar UniversityAbishekapatti, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu627012, India. E-mail: sharafath.shahnaz@gmail.com

2University Librarian and Head, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu627012, India. E-mail: bala_phd2010@yahoo.com

*Corresponding Author: Dr. P. Balasubramanian, University Librarian and Head, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu627012, India. E-mail: bala_phd2010@yahoo.com

Online published on 7 July, 2022.

Abstract

This paper discuss about a study on Effective use of E-Resources among Engineering Community in Tirunelveli District. The author distributed 200 questionnaires among the faculty members of self financing engineering college academicians in Tirunelveli Dt. Out of 200 questionnaires, 160 responses (80.00%) were received from faculty members. Online learning resources have made productive impact on the teaching community which can be understood by many studies conducted in this direction including this present study. Out of total 160 faculty members, 110 (68.75%) are using CD-Rom in every day and 25(15.63%) are using 2–3 times in a week, followed by 10 (6.25%) are using once in a week and 12(7.50%) are using once in a month respectively.

Keywords

Self financing Engineering Colleges, Electronic resources, Frequency of library, Barriers of access