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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 : | |  | Author Profile | | 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
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