Educational Use of Smart Phone: A Study with Special Reference to the Research Scholars in Central Library, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan

Sri Jishnu Mondal; Sukumar Mondal; Tridib Tripathi; Piyali Kundu

doi:10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.274

Authors

Sri Jishnu Mondal Professional Assistant, Central Library, Visva-Bharati University, West Bengal, India
Sukumar Mondal Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Tridib Tripathi Professor (Retd.), Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Piyali Kundu Senior Research Fellow, Department of Statistics, Visva-Bharati University, West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.274

Keywords:

Smartphone, Mobile Learning, ICTs, MOPAC, QR Code, Library and Information Services

Abstract

Smartphones are becoming increasingly popular in students‟ lives for variety of purposes. Advancement in mobile technologies has demonstrated that they provide great potentials for educational and academic use. In this paper an attempt has been made to investigate into the use of smart phones for academic purposes by the Research Scholars (RS) at Visva-Bharati Central Library. The present study also investigates the perception of Research Scholars on proposed Smartphone- based resources and services if they are offered by their university. The findings suggest that smartphone can be very useful as an educational tool. The findings also reveal that the respondents‟ perception on the application of smartphone in the context of Library and Information services is found to be very positive.

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