Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 2

Role of digital resources and services in shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management Library: A Study

  • Author:
  • Usha S. Kulal1, A. P. Ramesh2
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 13 to 20

1Librarian, Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal Udupi District Karnataka.574115, ushalibrary@gmail.com

2Assistant Librarian, College of Horticulture, Sirsi Uttara Kannada Dist. Karnataka-581401, Email: rameshapnaik@gmail.com Email:

Online published on 24 January, 2018.

Abstract

The present study is an effort to evaluate the role of Digital Resources and Services among the students of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management library. This study was conducted by using a well-structured questionnaire, interview with the students and personal observations to elicit the opinions of the students to analyses the use and awareness of digital resources and services. A total of 150 well-structured questionnaires were distributed to the students of undergraduate and out of which 130 were returned duly filled in overall response rate was 86.7 percentages. The analysis of the collected data covers the digital resources and services and how the digital resources improve the carrier of the students and also deals with the problems that are faced in using the resources and services. Finally it concludes that the main intention of the role of digital resources and services has been the academic interest of the students. On the basis of findings some suggestions have also been given to overcome these problems.

Keywords

Digital Resources, Digital Library Services, Students, Academic Interest, Electronic resources, User survey