Awareness of E-Resources: A Study of Faculty of Lakki Reddy Bali Reddy Engineering College, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh Naick B.R. Doraswamy1,*, Ramesh R.2 1Associate Professor, Library and Information Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India 2Research Scholar, Library and Information Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India *Corresponding author email id: drnaickdora1970@gmail.com
Online published on 14 August, 2018. Abstract The basic aim of the study, designed based on the observation that electronic information resources (EIS) are used by engineering college faculty, was to find out or investigate the use of different types of EIS by the faculty of LBRC Engineering College Library. The objective survey design was adopted for the study. Thus, in total, 246 faculties in Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering were used as the sample for this study. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. The results obtained revealed that faculty of different branches are quite aware and highly use EIS. The study also finds that faculty are aware of how to use the available electronic resources in the library. The study also investigated the number of days the faculty are using the college library in the campus and the frequency of visit by the faculty to library? Based on the findings, the study concluded that EIS are necessary for all department faculty of Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering for their individual development, research and teaching purpose. Top Keywords Electronic resources, Faculty, Engineering institutions, Library facilities, Electronic services, Open access, Electronic data. Top |