ACCESSIBILITY TO, AWARENESS AND USAGE PATTERN OF ONLINE JOURNALS IN CENTRAL LIBRARY OF RANI DURGAWATI UNIVERSITY
Keywords:
Serials, Journals, E-journals, Online journals, Use pattern, Sunrise University, Alwar Rajasthan. Introduction, Library is one of the key-tool that constitute important components inAbstract
With the emergence of ICT, a drastic change is discerned in library services. Theimpact of ICT causes transition of traditional library into ICT enabled library. Vis-a-vis, a
revolutionary change has been viewed in library resources, particularly in serial collection
of a university library. A great shift from traditional print journals to online journals can be
assessed in the 21st century. This study was conducted to explore availability of, the usage
pattern of and level of awareness about and accessibility to the e-journals of the user
community and to assess current user characteristics associated with use of online resource
of Central Library, Jadavpur University. To investigate this, mainly survey method was
adopted and a structured questionnaire had been distributed among 180 sample population
which constitutes research scholars, Post Graduate students and Under Graduate students
who use Central Library. But, it has been found that though 93.8% of the total respondents
are aware of the availability of online journals but 80.9 % use the online journals. This paper
contains major findings of the study and on the basis of those findings a set of suggestions
has been given at the end.
References
Achonna, A.U. (2008). Awareness, access and usage of e-journal resources of the Library,
Information Studies, 8(1), 26-34.
Ali, N. (2005). Use of electronic resources at IIT Delhi library: a study of research
behaviors.
Electronic Library, 23(6): 691-700.
Chigbu, E.D. (2012). Scholarly electronic journals: availability and use in universities in
Nigeria. Library and philosophy and Practice.
De Groote, S.L. & Dorsch, J.L. (2003). Measuring use patterns of online journals and
Dillon, I.F. & Hahn, K. (2002). Are researchers ready for the electronic only journal
collection?: results of a survey at the University of Maryland. Libraries and the Academy,
(3), 375-390.
Flecker, D. (2001). Preserving scholarly e- journals. D-lib magazine, 7(9). Retrieved July
, 2013, from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september01/flecke r/09flecker.html
Rogers, S.A. (2001). Electronic journal usage at Ohio State University. College Research
Madhusudhan, M. (2008). Use of UGC- Infonet e-journals by research scholars and students
of the University of Delhi, Delhi: A study. Library Hi Tech, 26(3), 369-386.
Thanuskodi, S. (2011). User Awareness and Use of E-Journals among Education Faculty
Members in Chennai: A survey, International Research: Journal of Library and Information
Science, 1(1), 1-13.
Tyagi, S. (2012). Awareness and use patterns of online journals and databases: a study of
P. K. Kelkar Library at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Library Student Journal.
Vasistha, S. & Dr. Navijyoti, (2011). Trends in the use of e-journals: a case study of PEC
University of Technology, Chandigarh. Library Philosophy and Practice.
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright Notice
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. The Editors reserve the right to edit or otherwise alter all contributions, but authors will receive proofs for approval before publication.
Copyrights for articles published in World Scholars journals are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author's responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author.
