Information seeking behaviour towards the library resources and services in Coimbatore district central library; A study

The Public Library in Coimbatore District Central Library established in 1952. The state government contribution and cess collected as per the provision in the act the primary source of revenue of the public libraries in Tamil Nadu. The Coimbatore District Central Library is new building established in 1981. The Coimbatore District Central Library has the availabilities of Branch Library, Rural Library, Mobile Library, Part time Library and children Library. The Library generally funded by the public sources and operated by civil servants. Coimbatore has one district central public library are selected for the purpose of present study. The questionnaires are open-ended and close-ended questions method. Researcher proposed to select 150 respondents from interview questionnaire survey. However, actual reply was received from 130 respondents. The sampling of the study is based on purposive random sampling.