Library Use Pattern of Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar: A Study

Abstract

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.