Information Use Pattern of Faculty Members of Agricultural Sciences: A Study

The purpose of this study was to examine the information use pattern of agricultural faculty members working in Andhra Pradesh. The research population comprises of 235 faculty members working in Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, A.P. To collect data, questionnaires were employed. Findings revealed that nearly 50% of the faculty members are visiting library once in a week, the motivator ‘preparation for teaching’ has received the highest rank by the faculty members for collecting information, 34.0% of the faculty members are spending 1–5 h per week for collecting the required information, most of the faculty members (82.1%) are maintaining personal libraries for their information requirements, three-fourths of the faculty members (77.5%) responded that they are aware of e-journal portals.