KIIT Journal of Library and Information Management
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Use of E-Resources by the Students of Arts and Science Colleges of Raipur City: A Comparative Study

1Deputy Librarian and Head, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

2Senior Assistant Professor, SOS in Library and Information Science, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, sr_kashyap1976@rediffmail.com

*Corresponding author email id: drsksatpathy@gmail.com

Online published on 28 February, 2019.

Abstract

The significant demand of this generation users towards use of e-resources, space problems in libraries and also reducing staff structure have made the libraries mandatory to acquire and process enormous electronic resources. In the aforesaid direction, analysis of various studies on use of eresources in Indian libraries reflects that the usage of e-resources is not at par with other developed countries. This study attempts to evaluate the status of use of e-resources by the students of arts and science colleges of Raipur city with constructive suggestions and recommendations.

Keywords

E-resources, Internet, ICT, Indian libraries, e-infrastructure, Raipur