Impact of Electronic Media on Reading Habits of Faculty Members
A CASE STUDY OF BLDE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BIJAPUR
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The paper attempts to explore the impact of electronic media on reading habits of one hundred twenty five faculty members of BLDE college of engineering, Bijapur and highlights the use of different type of electronic media. It is observed that there is no association between sex and type of electronic media used. It also finds that the faculty members use e-resources mainly for promoting reading habits (41.6%), enhancing the general knowledge (30.4%), analyzing research project (63.2%) and analyzing the research data (55.2%) presentations and project works. Further it is found that electronic resources have made the great impact on reading habits of faculty members (74.40%). It has been suggested that Library staff must adopt modem library organizational framework for maintenance and preservation of the electronic documents.
IMPORTANCE OF LIBRARY IN BUILDING HEALTHY SOCIETY
The all round development of a person is cause for development of his personality. According to Sarwagna a Kannada poet, “Face of Knowledged person is very pleasant whereas the face of ignorant is dull and sober”. To gain knowledge of his surroundings a person requires acquisition of education. The information can be had from library and information centre. Today’s libraries are adorned with information technology and are ready to serve for the welfare of society by inviting the people towards them. Continue reading
Services Provided by K S Hegde Medical College Library, Mangalore: A Survey
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The Paper Presents “Services Provided by K S Hegde Medical College Library” A Survey conducted to collect information concerning various elements and aspects of libraries and librarianship. The range of the opinions will depend not only the information wanted but or the state of knowledge in a given field. From such survey’s, levels and kinds of users needs can be identified, and trends in research and changes in interests can be determined.
Use of UGC — INFONET facilities in the Selected University Libraries of Karnataka State
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Increasing support in promoting the Library automation and networking by UGC has given a new direction and dimension to the growth and development of university libraries as vibrating knowledge centers. UGC – INFONET has changed the very outlook of the usage of electronic journals by the academic and research community in the Universities. Continue reading
Meteorology: A Bibliometric Study
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The paper presents bibliometric analysis of literature on ‘Meteorology’ from 2006 to 2009 as available in the database ISI Web of Science . A total of 1651 articles were collected related to the subject meteorology for the study. Data was analyzed with respect to authorship pattern; chronological distribution; geographical distribution; institutional contribution and channels of communication. The results shows that the highest number of articles were contributed by multiple authors, which is 844 articles i.e. 51.14% of the total articles, the highest number of articles were published during the year 2009 i.e. 461 which constitute 27.92% of the total articles, United States of America has the largest number of publications contributing 626 articles i.e. 37.91% of the total articles.
