Self-Assessment of Tools Usage for Selecting Books and Journals in Private Autonomous Engineering College Libraries of Andhra Pradesh Kiran Velamuri Venkata Lakshmi Ravi1,*, Rao Kodela Venkata2,** 1Research Scholar, Rayalaseema University, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India 2University Librarian, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India *Corresponding author email id: vvlravikiran@gmail.com
**kodela2006@yahoo.com
Online published on 9 April, 2020. Abstract This work examines the issues related to self-assess of tools usage for selecting books and journals in print and electronic formats among the private autonomous engineering college libraries of Andhra Pradesh. This article tries to assess the tools using for selecting books and journals in the libraries. Andhra Pradesh has total fifty autonomous engineering colleges up to academic year 2018–19 as per UGC (https://ugc.ac.in/subpage/Autonomous_Colleges.aspx) (Charles et al., 1999), out of which, five are government autonomous engineering colleges, and the remaining 45 are under private management. The 45 private autonomous engineering college libraries selected to my research study. At first gathered these librarian names, contact numbers and e-mail IDs. Closed form questionnaire was structured and mailed to all the librarians. The questionnaire related to various traditional and modern effective tools of selecting books and journals in libraries. Data were received from eight colleges on the appointment visit, 15 colleges sent by post, 18 colleges sent by e-mail and 4 colleges not responded any way. The response rate was 91%. This article identifies books and journals selecting tools usage and selecting gaps in these college libraries. The study suggests helpful findings for librarians to make a development in selecting books and journals. Top Keywords Self-Assessment, Autonomous engineering colleges, Books selection, Journals selection, Tools. Top |