1Dean of E-Transaction and Communication, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2Librarian, Siri Guru Har Rai Sahib College for Women, Chabbewal, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. email id: 2bittusoori@yahoo.co.in
*Corresponding author: email id: akhtar.a47@gmail.com/ahusain.c@ksu.edu.sa
Online published on 20 May, 2017.
The objective of the study was to analyse the internet usage in Punjab libraries in Indian states. An online questionnaire method was used for data collections. A total of 500 filled-in questionnaires were received, out of which, only 450 questionnaires were selected for analysis of the data. The results revealed that most of the respondents were regular internet usage in libraries, update knowledge and usage email for exchange of information, whereas mostly users use Google search engine and access e-Book. It has also found that shortage of time, slow speed and trouble in finding relevant information were major problems when browsing the internet.
India, Internet, Libraries, Punjab, User studies, WWW
