Information Use Pattern towards Library Services and Facilities by the Faculty Members of Siddhartha Educational Institutions Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh: A Study

This article reports the result of a study of the Information use pattern of library services and facilities by the faculty members of Siddhartha Educational Institutions in Vijayawada. A questionnaire was distributed to 640 faculty members and 455 filled in questionnaires were returned, giving an overall response rate of 71.09%. The results shows that the senior faculty members are using the borrowing facility, reference service, and internet searching facility more in number when compared to junior faculty members. Overall the faculty members heavily using the borrowing facilities and less use the current awareness service, selective dissemination of information service and inter library loan service when compared to other services.