Awareness and Use of UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium by the Scholars in University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India

The present study reports on a survey of scholars who use UGC INFONET Digital Library Consortium for accessing the e-journals and there by making awareness. It explores how and why they use it. An attempt has been done to determine the problems faced by scholars to use UGC INFONET Consortium. A questionnaire was administered among 100 scholars randomly but the response rate was of 90 percent. Present study also discusses library consortia and its features. The study has enabled the respondents to express their satisfaction level and their aspiration for further improvements in the service. The research focuses on the scholars of University of Lucknow only.