SRELS Journal of Information Management

  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue: 6

Library habits of early teenagers: A study

  • Author:
  • Partha Sarathi Mandal1, Amit Kumar Bandyopadhyay2
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 623 to 629

1 M.Phil Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science. The University of Burdwan. Golapbag. Burdwan-713104. West Bengal, INDIA. E-mail: mandalpsm@gmail.com

2 Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan. Golapbag, Burdwan-713104, West Bengal, INDIA.

Online published on 4 December, 2012.

Abstract

This paper makes a comparative study of library habit among three types of school students namely, students of Ramakrishna Mission aided schools, Private English medium schools and Govt. aided schools. It is found in the study that the library habit exists among student community, which is a positive sign for a developing nation like India. It will increase the quality of reading and research.

Keywords

Library habit, Lack of library habits, School student, School library