Satisfaction in Use of Digital Information Resources and Services among the Students of IIT Madras

The concept of digital library has emerged because of exponential growth of information on the World Wide Web and increase in number of users seeking information on the web site is also increasing day by day. To maintain the digital collections and to provide access, digital libraries have become essential in the contemporary information society. Present study aims to provide an overview about the user'sawareness, importance, purpose and satisfaction of using digital information resources and services amongst the students of IIT Madras Central Library. The study shows that majority of respondents visit the library. 64.7% of the respondents prefer to use print as well as digital resources. 79.7% respondent's purpose of using digital information resources is to collect the study material whereas 83.8% respondents purpose of using digital information services is to know the availability of material. The central library is widely used by majority of respondents (57.8%) to use Digital Information Resources and Services. 64.5% respondents are satisfied with the available Digital Information Resources and services.