An Evaluation of Using Library Resources and Services by the Agriculture Scientists in Postgraduate Agriculture College Libraries: special reference to Chhattisgarh, India

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mahipal, D. S.^a | Verma, M.^b

Affiliations: [a] Doctoral Fellow, Department of Library and Information Science, Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Amanaka G.E. Road, Raipur – 492010, Chhattisgarh. (E): dsmahipal82@gmail.com | [b] Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Amanaka G.E. Road, Raipur – 492010, Chhattisgarh. (E): verma-maya64@reddifmail.com

Abstract: Library resources and services are pivotal role players in teaching, learning, and innovation. Owing to the adoption of information communication technology (ICT) in library and day-to-day changing information needs of the users, it is need of present era to redesign the library resources and services. The study which forms the subject matter of the present article highlights the usage of resources and services by agriculture postgraduate colleges of Chhattisgarh and examines the library resources and services which are really useful to agriculture scientist. Further the study is focused on significance satisfaction level differences amongst agriculture scientists. For carrying out this study, the research approach was used as a survey method. Questionnaire was used as a tool for getting information from respondents. The findings of the study have confirmed that most of the agriculture scientists were occasional visitors to the library due to less information resources in the library. It was found that majority of the agriculture scientists were partially satisfied with the library resources and services.

Keywords: Resources, Services, Agriculture scientist, Library

DOI: 10.18329/09757597/2020/13207

Journal: World Digital Libraries - An international journal, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 87-94, 2020