USE OF E-RESOURCES BY THE FACULTY MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGES OF VARANASI DISTRICT: A CASE STUDY
Anuj Kumar Singh
Assistant Professor-Library, Govt. Girls Degree College, D.L.W. Varanasi
Abstract- This study deals with the use of electronic resources in Government Degree Colleges of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. This study also deals with the awareness, usefulness of N-List/DELNET consortia, frequency of accessing e-Resources, preferences over e-resources and print resources, search strategies, relevancy of available e-Books and e-Journals, value added services, academic requirements, technical teaching aid, enhancement of teaching-learning capability, ICT facilities, and hindrances faced towards e- Resources. A survey has conducted in this regard. A total 54 faculty members are there in these four colleges and their responses have been collected online through a questionnaire with the help of Google forms application. The finding shows that the most of the Faculty members are very much aware about the use of e-resources/digital resources, majority of the members are using e-resources for research purpose. All colleges have the membership of NLIST/DELNET Consortia. However some basic infrastructure, fast Internet connectivity and membership of some more e-Resources are required for better knowledge and teaching- learning activity.
Keywords: E-Resources, e-Library, Digital Library, Electronic Information Resources, e- Books, e-Journals, Government College Library.
1. INTRODUCTION
In this digital era, the information resources are available on digital platform through information and documentation agencies. The digital device has been reached into the hand of each and every people of the world. The advance ICT tools and technology has brought revolutionary changes in the information scenario and increased a lot of options to handle these information sources conveniently and effortlessly. Users are now using these information resources through their devices from anywhere of the world. This result the change in modern library services which satisfies their users with the minimum risk and time. The e- Resources have acquired a major portion of library collections. The Department of Higher Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh has developed a website in the name of “Digital Library Portal”
(http://heecontent.upsdc.gov.in)on which thousands of e-Contents are available for accessing and retrieving by the faculty members and students at one click.
Information Technology has changed the scenario of retrieving information. It has become the most important tools for retrieving information. The value of e- Resources has increased. The use of e- Resources has increased with time.
Department of Higher Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh has setup e- Library system in each and every
Government Degree College Library of Uttar Pradesh. Under this project, each library has the membership of N-LIST consortia and DELNET. Each Government College has setup wi-fi connectivity in their campuses. Under RUSA project, smart classes and computer centre has been developed in colleges. The college library system has been modified.
Automation of library has also been developed. A lot of ICT tools and techniques have been adopted in the college library system. Faculty members and students of the college can utilize these resources at free of cost.
How much these resources are useful and beneficial for faculty members? This is a question which must be analyzed. Therefore I wish to conduct a survey in these four Government Degree Colleges of Varanasi District to find out the actual cost effectiveness.
2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Before study on this case, I have searched a lot of literature. I couldn’t find any literature exactly on this topic rather than some similar topic is available. The present study is conducted in the light of these topics. Some valuable and most retrieved topics are being mentioned here.
A study was conducted onthe use of e- Resources by the faculty members at the Mahatma Phule Agricultural University,
Rahuri (M.S.) by Kalbande, Dattatraya T.;
Shinde, P.A. & Ingle, R.N. The findings show that users are aware towards the use of electronic resources where as Khaiser Nikam & Pramodini B. evaluates the use of e-journals and databases by the academic community of University of Mysore. Result shows that the use of e- resources/e-journals needs constant guidance and training. The librarian has to play an important role in this regard.
Neetika Sharma from Delhi evaluates the use of e-resources by the faculty members and students at Swami Shraddhan and College, University of Delhi. In this study, most of the respondents were aware towards the use of e-resources whereas some of them were using only electronic version but few of them preferred printed resources. However teaching faculties are using e-resources for their teaching and research purposes. T. Kavitha from Tamilnadu took a study on the use of electronic resources by teacher of Degree College in Cuddalore District, Tamilnadu.
In her study, she found that most of the teachers used electronic resources and got access while some of them faced problem regarding proper training. Singh, Kunwar and Varma, Akhilesh Kumar evaluates the use of e-resources by the students and researchers with special reference to faculty of Arts, B.H.U.
Varanasi. This study shows that users were highly satisfied with the use of e- resources. However some users identified some impediments regarding IT infrastructure and limited access of e- resources.
3. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY This study basically deals with the use of electronic resources available in the college library through e-library or digital library setup, only by the faculty members of Government Degree Colleges of Varanasi district. Some affecting variables will be identified, some problems associated with the use of electronic resources, will be highlighted. The result of the findings will be beneficial for the academician and other professionals who are interested in this study.
4. LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This study is based on the user capability of the faculty members of Government Degree Colleges of Varanasi district, Uttar
Pradesh. The scope of the study is limited to the use of digital resources and to fulfill the teaching and research purpose of the faculty members. It also covers the availability of digital resources and services in Government Degree College libraries of Varanasi, U.P.
There are three (3) central universities, one (1) state university, four (4) Government Degree Colleges and eight (8) aided degree colleges in Varanasi district.
I choose only these four (4) Government Degree Colleges for my study. Since Varanasi is a capital of knowledge hub. Banaras Hindu University is the biggest University in Asia where thousands of students and teachers are gaining knowledge. A lot of research work has been taken over there.
The eight (8) aided degree colleges are almost located in the city area and most of the researchers have their study over them.
The four (4) Government Degree Colleges are located in each corner of Varanasi. Government Girls Degree College DLW is located in the mid city, Government Degree College Palahipatti is located in rural area in the North, Government Women Degree College Sewapuri is located in rural area in the West and Government Degree College Jakkhini is located in rural area in the South of Varanasi district. This is the reason why I choose these colleges for my study and no one has had any study over there in this discipline.
5. OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of this study are as follows:
To assess the contemporary use of e-resources by the faculty members;
To study the purpose, frequency, impact of using the e-resources available in the library;
To locate the barriers and problems faced by the faculty members while accessing the e-resources available in the library;
To find out the cost effectiveness of e-resources.
6. METHODOLOGY
This research study is being conducted online by a structured questionnaire method. A systematic and consolidated
questionnaire was being prepared on Google Forms platform. Wherever needed, a personal interview had also been conducted to the LIS professionals regarding services, data storage problems, internet problems etc. of e-resources.
After sending link of this questionnaire to the faculty members of these four (4) Government Degree Colleges, out of 54 faculty members only 39 faculty members have given their responses.
After collecting the responses, data is analyzed, tabulated, interpreted and presented here in the study.
7. ANALYSIS OF DATA
Data analysis is very important step in research process. Through data analysis,
we reach at the conclusion. In this study, data is presented here in the form of tabulation and graph with the help of some statistical formula like average mean, standard deviation and chi-square test.
7.1 Population Study
The first section of my questionnaire is related to the sex/gender of the selected population. Table 1 shows the gender wise distribution of the respondents.
Question 2 is related to the age group of the respondents. The whole population is divided into three age group i.e. 1st age group is 25-34 years, 2nd age group is 35-44 and 3rd one is above 45 years. Table 2 shows the result.
Table-1
Sex/Gender No. of Respondents Percentage of the respondent
Male 26 67%
Female 13 33%
Total 39 100%
Table-2
Age Group No. of Respondents Percentage of the respondent
25-34 06 15%
35-44 23 59%
Above 45 10 26%
Total 39 100%
7.2 Academic Status Study
In this study, out of total 39 respondents, the number of Assistant Professor is 32 (83%) and Associate Professor is 07(18%) as mention in Table 3.
Table-3
Designation No. of Respondents Percentage of the respondent
Assistant Professor 32 83%
Associate Professor 07 18%
Total 39 100%
7.3 Awareness
Table 4 shows the awareness regarding e-Resource by the respondents. Out of 39 respondents, major portion of the respondents i.e. 41% are getting information from library user orientation programme. All the faculty members are aware towards e-resources.
Table-4
Awareness from the sources No. of Respondents Percentage of the respondent
College’s website. 04 10%
Library user Orientation programme 16 41%
From library notice board 04 10%
From the library staff 05 13%
Not aware 00 00%
Total 39 100%
7.4 N-List/DELNET Users
The libraries of these four colleges have the membership of N-List/DELNET Consortia.
Major of the respondents are using N-List/DELNET consortia. Table 5 shows the percentage of the users.
Table-5
N-List/DELNET Users No. of Respondents Percentage of the respondent
Yes 28 73%
No 08 20%
Others 03 8%
Total 39 100%
7.5 Frequency and place of accessing e-Resource
Faculty members are browsing e-resources from Library, college campus, home and rather use computer lab. Through wi-fi facility, faculty members (64%) prefer their department to browse the e-Resource content. 41% faculty members came to library for accessing e- resources. Table 6 shows the percentage of frequencies and places of accessing e-resources by the respondents.
Table-6
Place/Frequencies No. of Respondents
Daily 2-3 Times per Week Weekly Fortnightly Monthly
Home 10 (26%) 15 (38%) 06 (15%) 04 (10%) 04 (10%)
Library 16 (41%) 12 (30%) 09(23%) 00 (0%) 02 (5%)
College Campus 25 (64%) 07 (18%) 06(15%) 01 (3%) 00 (0%)
Computer Lab 02 (05%) 05 (13%) 11(28%) 03 (8%) 18 (46%)
7.6 Search Strategies
Faculty members are using different search strategies for searching the databases. Majority of the respondents (73%) are alwaysusing keyword search technique and then title (56%).
Table 7 shows the percentage of search strategies adopted by the faculty members.
Table-7
Search Strategies No. of Respondents
Always Frequently Sometimes Seldom Never
Keyword 28 (73%) 09 (23%) 02 (5%) 00 (0%) 00 (0%)
Author 09 (23%) 16 (41%) 14 (36%) 00 (0%) 00 (0%)
Title 22 (56%) 12 (31%) 05 (13%) 00 (0%) 00 (0%)
Subject 11 (28%) 07 (18%) 18 (46%) 02 (5%) 01 (3%)
No Such Specific
Search Strategy 00 (0%) 00 (0%) 04 (10%) 07 (18%) 28 (73%) 7.7 Advanced search options
Advanced search options are frequently adopted by the respondents while searching databases. Most of the respondents(56%) use Book Title/Chapter title search; 49%
respondents frequently use Boolean Search; cited author search and title search. Rarely do they use editor search option. Table 8 shows the responses of these four degree colleges.
Table-8 Advanced Search
Options
No. of Respondents
Always Frequently Sometimes Seldom Never Publication type 6 (15%) 11 (28%) 15 (38%) 4 (10%) 3 (8%)
Cited Authors 8 (21%) 10 (26%) 13 (33%) 3 (8%) 5 (13%)
Chapter Title/ Book Title 22 (56%) 7 (18%) 10 (26%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Editor 1 (3%) 5 (13%) 7 (18%) 13 (33%) 13 (33%)
Boolean Search 3 (8%) 17 (44%) 19 (49%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
7.8 Filtration Strategies
Most of the respondents (49%) filter their documents by the title and (46%) respondents filter their documents by their relevancy. Table 9 shows the actual figure.
Table-9
Filtration No. of Respondents
Always Frequently Sometimes Seldom Never
Relevancy 18 (46%) 6 (15%) 9 (23%) 6 (15%) 0 (0%)
Title 19 (49%) 12 (31%) 8 (21%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Publication year/date 0 (0%) 9 (23%) 21 (54%) 8 (21%) 1 (3%) Smart Text Searching 14 (36%) 14 (36%) 9 (23%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%) No filtration strategy 0 (0%) 4 (10%) 9 (23%) 7 (18%) 19 (49%)
7.9 Preferences
Most of the respondents always prefer electronic copy of the information. Sometimes they prefer printed materials. Some of them prefer e-books but frequently prefer e-journals.
Table 10 shows the actual figure of the respondents.
Table-10
Types and format of resources No. of Respondents
Always Frequently Sometimes Seldom Never
Print resources 13(33%) 7(18%) 19(49%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
e-Books 14(36%) 13(33%) 12(31%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
e- Journals 12(31%) 14(36%) 9(23%) 2(5%) 2(5%)
No Search preference 0(0%) 7(18%) 6(15%) 7(18%) 19(49%) 7.10 Purpose
Most of the respondent fulfills the criteria according to the need of the study. 93%
respondents use e-Resources for quality teaching aids and writing research papers. Table 11 shows the percentage of the respondents.
Table-11
Sr. No. Purpose Strongly
Agree Agree Neither Agree
Nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree
1. Keep yourself updated 28 (73%) 8(21%) 0(0%) 2(5%) 1(3%)
2 Seminars / Conferences 23(59%) 12(31%) 1(3%) 2(5%) 1(3%)
3 Research Projects Writing 25(64%) 9(23%) 0(0%) 3(8%) 2(5%)
4 Teaching Learning aids 36(93%) 1(3%) 0(0%) 1(3%) 1(3%)
5 Writing Book/ Book Chapters 30(77%) 5(13%) 0(0%) 2(5%) 2(5%) 6 Writing Research papers
/articles 36(93%) 3(8%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
7 To Trained others 20(51%) 15(38%) 00(%) 2(5%) 2(5%)
7.11 Databases
In this section, the question is related to the e-Books, e-Journals and Bibliographical databases. Most preferred e- Books, e-Journals and Bibliographical databases have been listed below in Table 12. As mentioned in table 12, most of the respondents are using most popular and commonly known e-Books, e-Journals and Bibliographical. In rare case, they use some specific databases. Table 12 shows the actual figure of the respondents.
Table-12 Sr.
No. Database Not Useful Sometime
useful Useful Moderately
Useful Extremely Useful E-BOOK
1 Cambridge book Online 1(3%) 1(3%) 7(18%) 5(13%) 25(64%)
2 e-brary/e-book central 0(0%) 2(5%) 12(31%) 5(13%) 20(51%)
3 EBSCO Host-Net Library 3(8%) 1(3%) 9(23%) 2(5%) 24(62%)
4 Hindustan Book Agency 2(5%) 2(5%) 14(36%) 1(3%) 20(51%)
5 Institute of South East Asian Studies (ISEAS) Books
4(10%) 1(3%) 12(31%) 2(5%) 20(51%)
6 Oxford Scholarship 3(8%) 2(5%) 10(26%) 3(8%) 21(54%)
7 Taylor Francis eBooks 1(3%) 1(3%) 7(18%) 1(3%) 29(74%)
8 Sage eBooks 0(0%) 2(5%) 3(8%) 2(5%) 32(83%)
9 Mylibrary eBooks 0(0%) 1(3%) 2(5%) 3(8%) 33(85%)
10 Springer eBooks 0(0%) 1(3%) 1(3%) 1(3%) 36(93%)
E-JOURNALS
1 American Institute of
Physics 24(62%) 5(13%) 6(15%) 3(8%) 1(3%)
2 American Physical Society 23(59%) 6(15%) 4(10%) 4(10%) 2(5%)
3 Annual Reviews 20(51%) 2(5%) 7(18%) 2(5%) 8(21%)
4 Cambridge University Press 6(15%) 8(21%) 12(31%) 4(10%) 9(23%) 5 Economic and Political
Weekly (EPW) 0(0%) 3(8%) 10(26%) 2(5%) 24(62%)
6 Indian Journals 0(0%) 2(5%) 12(31%) 0(0%) 25(64%)
7 Institute of Physics 26(67%) 2(5%) 6(15%) 2(5%) 3(8%)
8 JSTOR 1(3%) 2(5%) 9(23%) 0(0%) 27(69%)
9 Oxford University Press 1(3%) 3(8%) 11(28%) 0(0%) 24(62%) 10 Royal Society of Chemistry 18(46%) 6(15%) 10(26%) 0(0%) 5(13%)
11 H. W Wilson 3(8%) 6(15%) 4(10%) 2(5%) 24(62%)
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATABASE
1 Mathscinet 31(79%) 2(5%) 6(15%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
2 AGRICOLA 29(74%) 2(5%) 3(8%) 0(0%) 5(13%)
3 Analytical Sciences of
Digital Library 3(8%) 6(15%) 7(18%) 0(0%) 23(59%)
4 BASE (search engine) 2(5%) 4(10%) 3(8%) 1(3%) 29(74%)
5 Biological Abstract 15(38%) 4(10%) 6(15%) 2(5%) 12(31%)
6 Books in Print 10(26%) 6(15%) 12(31%) 3(8%) 7(18%)
7 Citation Index 6(15%) 5(13%) 11(28%) 2(5%) 15(38%)
8 Current Contents 2(5%) 7(18%) 15(38%) 0(0%) 15(38%)
9 Google Scholar 0(0%) 2(5%) 8(21%) 1(3%) 28(73%)
10 Indian Citation Index 2(5%) 4(10%) 9(23%) 2(5%) 22(56%)
11 LexisNexis 9(23%) 5(13%) 17(44%) 4(10%) 4(10%)
12 MEDLINE 19(49%) 5(13%) 8(21%) 4(10%) 3(8%)
13 Open J-Gate 6(15%) 5(13%) 19(49%) 1(3%) 8(21%)
14 PubMed Central 11(28%) 6(15%) 14(36%) 0(0%) 8(21%)
7.12 Features related
The value added services have been categorized into the following categories as mentioned in Table 13. The respondents show their interest according to their usefulness. Most of the time, they became confused that what to answer. They immediately contact to me. After discussion and suggestion given by me, they were able to answer. Table 13 shows the actual figure of respondent’s interest on usefulness of the value added services of e- Resources.
Table-13 Sr.
No. Features of e-Resources Not
Useful Sometime
useful Useful Moderately
Useful Extremely Useful
1 Multiple Database
Accessibility 3(8%) 5(13%) 11(28%) 2(5%) 18(46%)
2 Quick Availability 2(5%) 4(10%) 15(38%) 1(3%) 17(44%)
3 Add to my Favorites 1(3%) 4(10%) 12(31%) 1(3%) 21(54%)
4 Easy to Cite 9(23%) 4(10%) 15(38%) 2(5%) 9(23%)
5 Full text availability 0(0%) 2(5%) 12(31%) 0(0%) 25(64%) 6 Graphic capabilities 1(3%) 6(15%) 9(23%) 0(0%) 23(59%)
7 Alerting Services 2(5%) 8(21%) 14(36%) 1(%) 14(36%)
8 RSS Feeds 1(3%) 2(5%) 5(13%) 4(10%) 27(69%)
7.13 Staff Support
In these colleges, there is only one staff and that is Assistant Professor-Library (earlier Librarian). Table 14 shows that the Library staff is very helpful in supporting the respondents (83%) while using e-Resources in college campus. His helping nature is extremely satisfied, training provided by Him is extremely satisfied, reference service is satisfied and Respondents are also satisfied with the article delivery services. Actual percentage is mentioned below.
Table-14 Sr. No. Library Staff Not
Satisfied Sometime
Satisfied Satisfied Moderately
Satisfied Extremely Satisfied
1 Helping nature 0(0%) 2(5%) 5(13%) 0(0%) 32(83%)
2 Training 2(5%) 5(13%) 15(38%) 1(3%) 16(41%)
3 Reference service 0(0%) 3(8%) 19(49%) 2(5%) 15(38%) 4 Alerting Services 0(0%) 1(3%) 14(36%) 2(5%) 22(56%) 5 Article Delivery 11(28%) 5(13%) 13(33%) 1(3%) 9(23%) 7.15 ICT Infrastructure facilities
Information Communication Technology (ICT) makes and institution full strong. These infrastructures facilitate a lot of opportunities among the faculty members. The available ICT infrastructure creates a lot of knowledge subway. Computer terminals, Internet and wi- fi facilities, printing facility and uninterrupted power supply create interest among the faculty members and they will spend a long period of time in college campus and satisfied their curiosity. Table 16 shows the percentage of the respondents.
Table-16 Sr.
No. ICT Infrastructure
Facilities Not
Satisfied Sometime
Satisfied Satisfied Moderately
Satisfied Extremely Satisfied
1 Computer Terminals 6(15%) 9(23%) 10(26%) 2(5%) 12(31%)
2 Internet accessibility 1(3%) 9(23%) 12(31%) 2(5%) 15(38%)
3 Wi-Fi facility 3(8%) 7(18%) 11(28%) 1(3%) 17(44%)
4 uninterrupted power supply 9(23%) 9(23%) 15(38%) 2(5%) 4(10%)
5 Printing Facility 6(15%) 5(13%) 15(38%) 1(3%) 12(31%)
7.16 Training Programmes
No one is too much skilled in any disciplined. Users required a training to handle or browsing or searching the databases related to their need. So, it’s become mandatory to provide some training programme to the users regarding e-resources for their level of satisfaction. In my study, the selected colleges provide some training programme from time to time. Training programme list is given in table 17. Table 17 shows the actual level of satisfaction of the respondents. In which printed manual (59%) and one to one training (54%) is much more effective.
Table-17 Sr.
No. Types of Orientation
Programmes Not
Satisfied Sometime
Satisfied Satisfied Moderately
Satisfied Extremely Satisfied
1 Workshops 5(13%) 8(21%) 11(28%) 2(5%) 13(33%)
2 Tutorials 2(5%) 5(13%) 14(36%) 1(3%) 17(44%)
3 One to One 3(8%) 5(13%) 6(15%) 4(10%) 21(54%)
4 Printed Manual 2(5%) 4(10%) 9(23%) 1(3%) 23(59%)
5 Lectures 5(13%) 6(15%) 4(10%) 7(18%) 17(44%)
6 Practical Hand-on training 1(3%) 5(13%) 14(36%) 1(3%) 18(46%) 7 Online training from
publisher’s website 2(5%) 10(26%) 17(44%) 1(3%) 9(23%) 8 No need, I am self sufficient 2(5%) 7(18%) 18(46%) 3(8%) 9(23%) 7.17 Storage Media
Storing our data in safe mode is always a big problem in our mind. This electronic age has created a lot of storage medium and devices where we can store our data in safe mode for a long period of time. Now a day, we generally store our data in pen drive or on cloud drive, sometimes on email or other storage medium. Cloud computing and cloud drive has become very popular. In this study, I have listed some most popular storage devices for the respondents. Table 18 show the actual figure of the respondents. According the table 18, most of the respondents prefer pen drive (77%) and online or email (69%) to store their data.
Table-18
Sr.No. Storage Media Always Frequently Sometimes Seldom Never
1. Pen-Drive 30(77%) 3(8%) 5(13%) 1(3%) 0(0%)
2 CD/ DVD 20(51%) 5(13%) 12(31%) 0(0%) 2(5%)
3 E-mail/ online storage 27(69%) 2(5%) 10(26%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
4 e-book reader 4(10%) 3(8%) 8(21%) 1(3%) 23(59%)
5 mobile/tablets/Phablets/
iphonesetc 21(54%) 4(10%) 12(31%) 1(3%) 1(3%)
6 Cloud drive 14(36%) 8(21%) 4(10%) 0(0%) 13(33%)
7.18 Hindrance related
Language barrier always creates hurdle in browsing data. Qualitative and quantitative research works are generally in English language. Since, we belongs to eastern UP, language barrier may create some problems while searching data. A lot of hindrances I have listed here for the respondents. Technical knowledge, database literary, awareness etc. have been mention here. Table 19 shows the actual figure of the respondents. Respondents are conscious about the technical knowledge and health. Some of the respondents are facing problem regarding malware, subject related queries, backup files and journals contents.
Table-19
Sr.No. Problems faced Always Frequently Sometimes Seldom Never 1. Lack of technical know-how 12(28%) 3(8%) 9(23%) 2(5%) 13(33%)
2 Lack of Awareness regarding
database literacy 9(23%) 5(13%) 3(8%) 0(0%) 22(56%) 3 Provides Irrelevant
Information 3(8%) 8(21%) 9(23%) 0(0%) 19(49%)
4 Irrelevant Article in spite of
Journals subscriptions 3(8%) 5(13%) 7(18%) 1(3%) 23(59%) 5 Adverse Effect on Health 13(33%) 5(13%) 10(26%) 2(5%) 9(23%)
6 Language Barrier 11(28%) 2(5%) 3(8%) 0(0%) 23(59%)
7 Lack of Library Support 2(5%) 1(3%) 3(8%) 0(0%) 33(85%) 8 No Update Information 1(3%) 4(10%) 1(3%) 1(3%) 32(82%) 9 Subject related Queries 26(67%) 8(21%) 4(10%) 0(0%) 1(3%) 10 Curriculum Based Queries
have not been solved 4(10%) 2(5%) 6(15%) 1(3%) 26(67%) 11 Unsolved Research Problems 5(13%) 6(15%) 2(5%) 1(3%) 25(64%)
12 Malware Problem 17(44%) 5(13%) 2(5%) 1(3%) 24(62%)
7.19 Suggestions
This section of my study is related to suggestion. Some most important suggestion string I have listed below in table 20. What actually respondents want to improve to access e- Resource and what type of services actually they want while searching and browsing e- Resources is very crucial to know. Most of the respondents are wishing to have had more discipline oriented e-Journals (44%), e-Books (59%) and single search facilities (51%). Some of the respondents want an improved training programme. Table 20 shows the actual figure of the respondents.
Table-20 Sr.
No.
Suggested strings Not Required
Sometime Required
Required Moderately Required
Extremely Required 1. Better Searching Facilities 25(64%) 8(21%) 6(15%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
2 More discipline Oriented e-
Journal 12(31%) 0(0%) 10(6%) 0(0%) 17(44%)
3 More discipline Oriented e-
Books 8(21%) 1(3%) 7(18%) 0(0%) 23(59%)
4 Single Search Facility for
Multiple Database 4(10%) 2(5%) 12(31%) 1(3%) 20(51%)
5 Training Programmes 2(5%) 4(10%) 14(36%) 2(5%) 17(44%)
6 Curriculum based e-
Resources 6(15%) 4(10%) 17(44%) 0(0%) 12(31%)
7 Personal Assistance 31(79%) 8(21%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
8 Hands on Training 12(31%) 8(21%) 16(41%) 0(0%) 3(8%)
9 Article Delivery 9(3%) 13(33%) 15(38%) 0(0%) 2(5%)
8 CONCLUSIONS
Now a day, Faculty members prefer online resources rather than print resources.
Degree college library environment has also currently undergone drastic change in terms of their collection and services.
Establishment of e-library and taking membership of N-List and DELNET has also increased their resources. Faculty members of these four degree colleges have taken more and more interest to access information from these available resources. However some more infrastructure and other facilities are required in the library of these degree colleges. This has a significant impact on the way of academic community using, storing and preserving information. This study shows that Faculty members seem
to be very positive towards e-Resources for their study and research and the role of the libraries as a gateway to provide assistance in accessing these resources.
As mention earlier in the table, it shows that faculty members are heavily dependent on e-Resources for their required information and to keep themselves up-to-date in their subject arena. Study shows that some of them are accessing e-Resources from their personal laptop/desktop from their home and departments. The role of libraries as a gateway to the e-Resources will have less importance in future. So library must facilitate such services in a fruitful manner so that faculty members attracts towards libraries. More training programme must be there regarding e-
Resources. It must provide more training and guidance to the Faculty members regarding how to use most authentic and relevant information.
The study reveals that the Faculty members of these four degree colleges of Varanasi district are using the available e-Resources satisfactorily.
Although, they are facing some problem regarding Internet facility and uninterrupted power supply but they are using these resources anyhow. The staff of library (Single man-Assistant Professor- Library) has also played an important role in promotion, assistance and guidance in accessing the e-Resources. However there is enough scope for these four government degree college libraries to develop its infrastructural facilities for accessing e- Resources, procurement of more e- Resources as per requirement, accessing more e-journals and e-books of Hindi and Sanskrit languages, Agricultural digital contents, strong wi-fi facilities, better computer terminals and system hardware.
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