Whether big deals are really big for engineering college libraries?

Abstract

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Information Seeking Behaviour of Graduate Students and Faculty Members in Engineering Colleges of Chennai District, Tamilnadu, India

“…User education about library using must and should be carried out as a seminar or workshop training [10]. Valerie K. Tucci, "Assessing Information-Seeking Behavior of Computer Science and Engineering Faculty" suggested that Changes included replacing print journals with online-only versions of the journals, developing new interlibrary loan and acquisition policies and processes and subscribing to a major engineering and computer science resource, but even more important is initiating a dialogue with faculty via the focus groups [11].…”