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Article Name :
IMPACT OF ICT ON COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT OF R & D LIBRARIES IN KARNATAKA: A SURVEY
Author Name :
Selvaraja A , P. Sarasvathy
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-339
Article URL :
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Abstract :
The present study is an attempt to identify the impact of ICT on collection development of R & D libraries of Karnataka. For the purpose of data collection the researcher has selected twelve R & D libraries of Karnataka state and distributed questionnaires for the librarians of these institutes. It discusses the amount spent towards collection of print and E-resources from last five years. Further, the opinion of the librarians towards the impact of ICT on different areas of collection development is discussed. The measures taken to promote E-resources use, services providing by using ICT tools, advantages and disadvantages on the users by implementing ICT, the librarians opinion towards the E-resources collection out dated soon and the problems faced by the librarians while collecting print and E-resources are also covered. Finally, this study lists some of the major findings and fruitful suggestions.
Keywords :
  • collection development
  • r&d libraries
  • ict
  • e-resources
  • karnataka
  • survey