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PAPER ID:IJIM/V.I(IX)/6-17/2
AUTHOR: Giriraj G. Halkar
TITLE : AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF E-RESOURCES BY FACULTY MEMBERS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HEALTH SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS IN DELHI, INDIA – A CASE STUDY
ABSTRACT: In the present study is undertaken to assess their information needs, information seeking behaviour in electronic age, use of electronic resources, services, the problems and barriers encountered, purpose of using databases, e-journals, search methods of electronic resources in health science and its related organizations has attempted to suggest for designing a model through which the faculty members can meet their information needs. Survey method for used the present study. The sampling method adopted for the purpose of this study was the simple random sampling technique. The study covers 354 Faculty Members who are engaged in a number of health sciences institutions and its related organizations in Delhi. Faculty includes Professors (32.48%), Additional professors (3.95%), Associate Professors (25.15%), and Assistant Professors (38.42%). The sample size comprising of 55.08% male and 44.92% female. The questionnaires were distributed to 400 faculty members. In the process, 354 duly filled in questionnaires. Through the findings, it is clearly indicated that the respondent agree the information are scattered in too many sources as their main problem in seeking information seems that nowadays there has variety choices of format. It is suggested and recommends that library should conduct events involving students and faculties so that there has cooperation in order to educate the library users.
KEYWORDS: Information-Seeking Behaviour, e-resources, User Needs, Information; Information retrieval; Faculty; Delhi; India