International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 2

Attitudes towards Information and Communication Technology (ICT) among library professionals in and around Chennai

  • Author:
  • K.S. Sivakumaren1,, B. Jeyaprakash2, S. Gopalakrishnan1, V. Geetha3
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 61 to 68

1Assistant University Librarian, MIT Campus, Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu

2Assistant Librarian, University Library, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamilnadu

3Associate Professor, PG & Research Dept of Library and Information Science, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, Tamilnadu

*Correspondence Author: K. S. Sivakumaren, siva_kumaren@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 16 May, 2017.

Abstract

This paper examines the various attitudes of library professionals on ICT in the libraries. The questionnaire method was used to collect data from the respondents working in universities and colleges. The data were collected from 55 respondents out of 71 respondents. The study found that the majority of library professionals have positive attitude on ICT and some of them were not able to update their knowledge and skills on ICT. The study has further recommended for ICT based programmes to train the library professionals.

Keywords

Attitudes, ICT, Library, Library Professionals