Use of Library Portal by Engineering and Technology Students at Aligarh Muslim University: A Survey

Fatima, Nishat; Ahmad, Naved; Ahmad, Shadab

doi:10.14429/djlit.31.3.985

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“…The researchers suggested conducting user orientation sessions for making the users aware of the library portals. A similar study is done on the use of the library portal of Aligarh Muslim University Library by engineering students 7 and other studies [8][9] .…”

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How Efficient are University Library Portals of NIRF Ranked Indian Universities

Kumar

Yadav

2020

DESIDOC Jl. Lib. Info. Technol.

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Seeing the underlying value of having a unified interface to update users about library services and activities, most libraries have developed library portals. The paper aims to evaluate the contents and services of top ten NIRF ranked university library portals and score them in the classes of Excellent, Good, Average and Poor. Further, the study aims to investigate the most preferred type of content available on Indian university library portals. The top ten NIRF ranked university library portals were evaluated using a checklist based framework covering broad categories such as Information about general, information about the library’s physical collection, Information about subscribed e-resources, information regarding the library’s services, and Information regarding the use of social Web technologies. Findings suggest that six of the selected library portals were rated in the ‘Average’ class(scores 40-60 %), which shows that most of them lack essential user-oriented information. JNU’s library portal carries maximum information for their users scoring maximum University Score of 28(62.22 %). Among the selected library portals 49.23 per cent prominently provide information about the library’s collection, followed by general information(46 %) and information regarding library services(35.33 %). Only one portal exploits social networking features. The study report that the Indian university library portals suffer from issues like currency, transparency, visibility of collection, availability of online services, and uniformity. The findings of the study will help the portal development team to select the most common category of content describing information about services and facilities available on library portals. The existing portals can also improve their interface based on the findings of the present study. Assessment of existing university library portals of the national top ten university library portals in India is the first attempt to evaluate this kind of sample. The study’s value lies in its evaluation framework, that’s minimal in nature covering the minimum information categories that must be available on any university library portal.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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How Efficient are University Library Portals of NIRF Ranked Indian Universities

Kumar

Yadav

2020

DESIDOC Jl. Lib. Info. Technol.

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“…Bhatnagar 3 explores the web-based services, its necessity and its popularity among users, with their advantages and disadvantages, Samyuktha 4 illustrated the features and proactive role of the campus portal of the University of Madras in enhancing the quality of research; Jange 5 , et al analysed the library web portals of academic institutions in Karnataka in order to enhance the effective use of library websites to become more user friendly for information access; Kanamadi & Kumbar 6 discussed the library portals and the web-based library services expected at management institutes in Mumbai City, and explores the availability of institute website, importance, and extent of the library details hosted on the institute website; Das & Jeevan 7 in their study evaluated e-portal providing access to e-book such as Elsevier, Science Direct, Project Gutenberg, Digital library of India, University of Virginia Library (E-Text century), and Batlleby.com, using twenty selected parameters; Sunil & Sudheer 8 address the newly emerging paradigm of scientific knowledge distribution and collaboration by describing the existing technological solution of websites, adopted by online communities of practice, for maintaining the knowledge portals in the library and Information services; Fatima & Ahmad 9 found that the majority of the respondents gave average value to their library with regard to portal provision of course material and useful links, and also majority of the respondents expressed that they needed instructions and help for the effective utilisation of resources on the library portal.…”

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Use of Library Portal by Research Scholars and Faculty Members at Kuvempu University: A Survey

Geetha¹,

Mamatha²,

Farhana³

2013

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The main objective of this present study is to provide a detailed usage statistics of the Kuvempu University library portal during the academic year 2011-2012. The study examined the usage of library portal by research scholars, and faculty members of various science departments of Kuvempu University. The study investigated, and observed the factors like attitude and perception towards library portal, purpose of use, benefits of using the library portal. The study also identified the difficulties faced by respondents while using the library portal. The study shows that 85 % of respondents used the library portal. Research is the major reason for which majority (70 %) of respondents use the library portal. 75 % of the respondents opined that the portal has provided more efficient access to electronic resources (e-resources). 48.33 % of respondents have partially agreed with the information reflected on the main page of the portal. Low speed connectivity is a major problem found from this study. Based on the findings, the study suggests: proper training to the users as well as library staff, marketing of resources and services through advertisements, and display of printed guides, announcements of new e-resources, more high-speed computers for further improvement of library portal. This study would assist the library administrators in developing a more complete understanding of users information needs.

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“…And for undergraduates, they prioritise information that meets their educational needs most of the time when they search for information. Information needs satisfaction is a broad term, which involves the contentment that follows a set of actions that an individual, such as a university student, takes to express, seek, evaluate, select and finally use this information (Fatima & Ahmad, 2008). It is, therefore, described as an individual's fulfilment after gathering and obtaining information for personal use, knowledge updating and development.…”

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Use of Mobile Technology-Based Library Services and Information Needs Satisfaction of Undergraduates in Universities in South-West Nigeria

Udem,

Ogungbeni

2023

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Aim: Users’ satisfaction has been a subject of research since the establishment of the first university library in 1984, which signalled the commencement of the provision of information services to academic library users in Nigeria. However, empirical studies on the use of mobile technology-based library services in relation to students’ information needs satisfaction are rare. Thus, there is a knowledge gap, and this study, therefore, sets out to fill this gap by investigating the use of mobile technology-based library services and information needs satisfaction among undergraduates in universities in South-West Nigeria. Methods: The research design for the study was a survey, involving a multistage sampling technique. Two questionnaires (on the level of use of mobile technology-based library services and information needs satisfaction of undergraduates) were used to sample 1,086 undergraduates across three faculties at six universities in South-West Nigeria. 1,045 responses were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results: The study found that some mobile technology-based library services were frequently used by undergraduates, while others were not. Most of the students expressed satisfaction with the services provided by their university libraries. The results of this study also showed that there is a highly positive relationship (Pearson r = 0.53) between the use of mobile technology-based library services and the information needs satisfaction of undergraduates in South-West Nigeria. Conclusion: This study concluded that with a good deployment of infrastructure, the provision of mobile technology-based library services will encourage their effective use by undergraduates and, consequently, a higher level of information needs satisfaction. The study recommended, among other things, that university library management should subscribe regularly to mobile technology-based library services to overcome some of the challenges posed by COVID-19.

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Use of Library Portal by Engineering and Technology Students at Aligarh Muslim University: A Survey

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

How Efficient are University Library Portals of NIRF Ranked Indian Universities

How Efficient are University Library Portals of NIRF Ranked Indian Universities

Use of Library Portal by Research Scholars and Faculty Members at Kuvempu University: A Survey

Use of Mobile Technology-Based Library Services and Information Needs Satisfaction of Undergraduates in Universities in South-West Nigeria

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