Performance of Research Scholars in Engineering College Libraries with Special Reference to R.M.K. Group of Institutions, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu

Authors

  • P. Krishnamoorthy Ph.D., Research Scholar, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore., Tamil Nadu, India
  • C. Muthusamy Librarian, Mohamed Sathak College of Arts & Science, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • A. Sudhaker Ph.D., Research Scholar, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore., Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2016.5.2.1206

Keywords:

Library resources and services, Research Scholars, Information Search

Abstract

This study is an investigation of Performance of Research Scholars in Engineering College Libraries with special reference to R.M.K. Group of Institutions, Thiruvallur District. 154 questionnaires were distributed among research scholars of R.M.K. Group of Engineering Colleges to collect relevant data. 99.97% (148) research scholars responded where 72 (48.64%) visit the library twice a week, 52 (35.13%) visit once in a week, 19 (12.83%) respondents visit daily, 5 (3.37%) visit fortnightly. It is found that 93.24% opined that the working hours of their respective libraries is convenient and only 16.76% researchers opined not convenient and majority of the research scholars (99.32%) visit the Library to use E- journals and 67.56% researchers visit the Library for audio visual resources. Library is playing vital role to meet multidimensional demands of staff, students and research scholar for information and knowledge.

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Published

11-09-2016

How to Cite

Krishnamoorthy, P., Muthusamy, C., & Sudhaker, . A. (2016). Performance of Research Scholars in Engineering College Libraries with Special Reference to R.M.K. Group of Institutions, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu. Asian Journal of Managerial Science, 5(2), 23–27. https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2016.5.2.1206

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2016): July-December 2016

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