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Article Name :
INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE DIGITAL AGE: A STUDY OF DEEN BANDHU CHHOTU RAM UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MURTHAL, SONEPAT
Author Name :
Dharmesh Kumar , Joginder Singh Burman
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-375
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Abstract :
Study focused on how the digital era influence the information seeking process among the different faculty member of Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal. Out of 89, 64(71.91%) of the faculty members frequently visit the library ‘daily’ to seek their information and 31(34.84%) of the respondents mostly used the text books.Faculty members with 58(65.17%) and 45(50.56%) frequently visit the library for the purpose of teaching works and reading books respectively.42 (47.19%) of the faculty members use periodicals and 53(59.55%) use the internet ‘Daily’Majority of the faculty members with 48 (53.93%) use information in the format of Power Point. 59(66.29%) of the faculty members use Science Direct and 48(53.93%) respondents ‘mostly’ use internet at home. A majority of the respondents i.e. 63(70.79%) have lack of time to seek information.
Keywords :
  • information needs
  • information seeking behavir
  • faculty members
  • digital age
  • dcrust library