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Article Name :
EXPLORING THE SATISFACTION LEVEL OF SOFTWARE USAGE IN GULBARGA AND BELGAUM REGION'S ENGINEERING COLLEGE LIBRARIES IN KARNATAKA: A SURVEY
Author Name :
K. R. Mulla , M. Chandrashekara
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-266
Article URL :
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Abstract :
The Visvesvaraya Technological University is having presently 198 colleges are affiliated in Karnataka; these large numbers of college were distributed in four regions, namely Bangalore region, Mysore region, Belgaum region and Gulbarga region for smooth administrative purpose. For this paper we have selected Gulbarga and Belgaum regions 34 engineering college libraries to explore the satisfaction level of software usage, and to find out their problems and suggestions. This study carries detailed enquiry into the experiences undergone by the engineering college libraries in the use of Integrated Library Software (ILS). It gives a status view of the software packages used by different libraries and opinions of the librarians about the performance of the software they have used and also opinions of users regarding computer based services provided by these college libraries. The data collected were analyzed qualitatively, and conclusions were drawn along with recommendations. The research is limited to automated libraries of Gulbarga and Belgaum region and focuses on the comparison of software and determining the opinion of librarians.
Keywords :
  • integrated library software
  • library automation
  • engineering colleges
  • visvesvaraya technological university
  • gulbarga
  • belgaum and karnataka