Journal of Information Management

  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

Chartered Accountancy Users Attitude Towards Information Resources in NCR Delhi, India: A Study

  • Author:
  • Surjeet Kumar1, Shailendra Kumar2, Sujit Kumar Pandey3
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Published Online: Jan 1, 2015
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 1 to 11

1Research Scholar Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi

2Associate Professor Department of Library & Information Science, University of Delhi, India

3University Librarian Kumaun University, Nainital

Abstract

The main purpose of the study is to find out significant differences among the chartered accountants and chartered accountancy students attitude towards information resources such as user type and category, usages of information resources, need of the user, purpose of use information resources, frequency to use the information resources, users’ preferences towards information resources and user attitude towards information. In this study questionnaire method was employed to gather data from charter accountancy users of Central Council Library of ICAI, NCR Delhi, India. Responses received from 77chartered accountancy users and their categories such as chartered accountants and students. Users’ categories have shown significant difference towards the attitude of usage of information resources.Further study finds most of the chartered accountancy users are students they prefer print resources but in case of chartered accountants, they prefer to electronic resources.

Keywords

Information Resources, E-Resources, Users’ Attitude and Central Council Library of ICAI