Indian Journal of Science
Open Access
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue: 71

Awareness of e-resources among faculty members in sri durgadeve polytechnic college, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India-A case study

  • Author:
  • M. Saravanan1, S. Mohammed Esmail2
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 79 to 85

1PH.D Research Scholar, Librarian, RMD Engineering College, Chennai, India-601206, rmdlibrary@yahoo.in

2Associate Professor, Dept of Library & Information Science, Annamalai University, India-608002, mesmailau@yahoo.in

Online published on 6 November, 2015.

Abstract

The paper focuses on use and awareness of electronic resources among faculty members of Sri Durgadevi Polytecnic, Chennai. It highlights the use of e-resources by faculty members of SDDP college. The purpose of seeking information, formal and informal sources used by faculty in searching the relevant information is studied in the paper. It also discussed frequency of their visit to the library and tools used for searching the information. The role of library professionals in helping faculty for finding information is also touched upon. The suggestions given by faculties are also discussed.

Keywords

Electronic resources, types of electronic resources, SDDPC, user survey, case study