Awareness and Usage of Electronic Resources among Humanities and Social Sciences Research Scholars of Central Library, Tezpur University: A Survey

Information technology plays a significant role in digital era. The technology affords a great impact on the services and resources of library. Traditional libraries have transformed into digital and virtual libraries. Print resources are also being digitised. The rapid growth of electronic resources has changed the scenario of university library collections. Every year all universities invest huge amount of budget to procure electronic resources for students so that it is very essential to investigate the awareness, utilisation of library electronic resources and related issues facing by patrons of the library. The finding of the study revealed that all respondents are aware and use various types of electronic resources and the study recommended that improvement of high speed Internet connectivity and subscription of more electronic resources for patrons.