Library Use Pattern of Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar: A Study
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https://doi.org/10.48165/Keywords:
Information needs, Library use pattern, Undergraduate students, Post graduatestudents, Research scholars and Faculty membersAbstract
Library is considered as a heart of any institution. As such, they are expected to have sufficient collection so that they could provide good services to their readers. Hence, the collection of any library must be so strong that they can satisfy the needs of their readers. There are various ways of studying the information needs of the users and library use pattern is one such method on which basis the needs of resources can be ascertained. The present study is an attempt to analyze the use pattern of library users comprising of undergraduates, postgraduates, research scholars and faculty members of Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar. The data were collected with the help of a standard questionnaire distributed to 150 users. The results of the study reveal that majority of the library users are of between 20-30 years’ age group and males are dominating over female users. Most of the users visit library daily for borrowing books from the library. Books are the most used type of reading material which is used by 135 library users that constitute to 90.00% of the total sample. 74.66% of the library users seek assistance from the library staff to locate the books / documents. However, a lack of staff and ICT -based infrastructure is noticed in the study.
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