PAPER ID: IJIM/Vol. 8 (XI) March 2024/46-55 /7

AUTHOR: Sumit Chakraborty ^[I] Dr. Asitabha Das^[II] 

TITLE: INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY LIBRARY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DCPL KOLKATA: A CASE STUDY

ABSTRACT:

Purpose: The development process and the exponential growth of various technical documents in engineering fields are booming day to day which is surrounded by the services offered to patrons or users of such engineering consultancy firms. The library or data center should possess accurate information concerning all aspects of its operation and be aware of its measure of usefulness, and the efficiency with which services are performed. Our study attempt to determine the effectiveness of the use made of the engineering library, that organization providing services to build a strong nation to use hard core technical papers and documents.

Methodology:  This study is followed a Survey method. A structured questionnaire was distributed among the Sr. engineer, Jr. Engineer and draftsman of the said consulting firm. Results are analyzed by means of numerous tables and necessary discussions have been made regarding the output.

Findings: The limited information resources are available to engineers at such consultancy firms.  Engineers of this firm are able to locate their required document in their own through searching various databases. They are used various technical papers, literatures and National and International Standards’ for job specification titled

KEYWORDS: Consulting engineering services, Data Centre, Information Services, Dissemination of Information, Standards.

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