International Journal of Library Science

and Research (IJLSR)

ISSN(P): 2250-2351; ISSN(E): 2321-0079
Vol. 6, Issue 5, Oct 2016, 37-44
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ICT USAGES IN ENGINEERING COLLEGE LIBRARIES A STUDY

G. CHANDRASEKAR1 & K. NITHYANANDAM2
1
2

Research Scholar, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu India

Former HOD & Chief Librarian, Hindustan University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

ABSTRACT
This study conducted to identify ICT Facility in library and its usage. To find out which form of resources ie.
Printed books and online journals are preferred resources in engineering college libraries. In order to perform this study
questionnaire methods used to collect information from the users and collected data analyzed. From this study we found
that Pen drive is most preferred storage devices among the users followed by CD. Irrelevant and information overload
was the main problem accessing internet. sitting in front of computer too long time is not possible and most the users felt
that licensing cost of e resources too high, and most users agree that system hanging due to virus as the main problem
while accessing online journals.
KEYWORDS: ICT, Internet Usage, Digital Library, Online Resources, Pen Drive, CD DVDs, Search Engines, Storage
Devices

INTRODUCTION
The advancement of science and technology has made a tremendous improvement and change almost in
all walks of life. Especially the magnetic world information technology has been changed in all corners of the

Original Article

Received: Sep 21, 2016; Accepted: Oct 07, 2016; Published: Oct 10, 2016; Paper Id.: IJLSROCT20165

global arena and been incorporate in organization, managerial, departmental and marketing sector. The activities
which were carried out manually in libraries with so much of pain and strain are being carried out smoothly with
the help of ICT (Information Communication Technology) with greater effectiveness.

NEED FOR THE STUDY

ICT facilitate Interaction with potential information uses. It gives interaction with information resources.
It act as mediation between information resources and users to add value during the information transfer process.
ICT are essential to enable more people to create and use vast amount of distributed information and to contribute
to the quality and quantity available via to web ad future access frameworks. ICT remain closely linked to
advances in high performance computing and networking and both contribute to and validate these technologies.

METHODOLOGY AND LIMITATIONS

25 Questionnaires were distributed to the users of five private engineering colleges in Chennai. Out of
125 questionnaires 118 filled questionnaires received from the respondents (94.4%). Data obtained from the
colleges analyzed under various headings in analysis and interpretation part for this study.
List of Engineering Colleges participated in this study

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MNM Jain Engineering College

Thangavelu Engineering college

SMK Fomra Institute of Technology

Agni College of Technology

Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering and Technology

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

M. Mazoom Raza, study reveals that Information seeking behavior of CDRI Lucknow reveals that Information
and communication Technology are must for handling complex information and demands of users.
Lohar and Roopashree (2006) have analyzed the collected data to cover the use of electronic resources and how
the electronic resources have improved the academic career of the faculty and also the problems that are faced in using the
electronic resources. They conclude that the main intention of the use of electronic resources has been the academic
interest of the users. Baljinder Kaur, Rama Verma, (2009), It has been found that usage of e-journals is increasing; this is
due to awareness among the users about the library e-resources and services. Owing to an easy access available at various
places in the institute, users are accessing these resources at hostels and departments more as compared to the library.
The users coming to library have decreased.
R Arumugam 2013 resources are for use : Online databases, e- Journals, e-books are use anywhere at any time
ie., 24X7 in 365 days by using ICT. Every Reader his/her Resource: Needs of various types of users satisfied by using
ICT effectively. Like Needs of the users vary from department to department and users to users i.e., IEEE, ASME, ASCE,
EBSCO, DELNET, Science Direct etc., Every resource its Reader: Usage of Resources Vary from users to users which is
highly satisfied by using ICT. Save the Time of Reader: It is the very important aspect of satisfaction of the users as
earliest by using ICT.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

To find out the user time duration for searching information in engineering Colleges.

To identify the users requirement of various information for engineering colleges.

To analyze the users frequency utilization of ICT Facility.

To identify the problem facing while accessing online resources available in the library.

To identify the users purpose of collecting or accessing online resources and satisfaction level of the users.

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

Table 1: Respondents Category Wise
Category
Students
Faculty Members
Total

Impact Factor (JCC): 3.6829

Number of Respondents
82
36
118

Percentage
69%
31 %
100%

Index Copernicus Value (ICV): 6.1

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Chart 1: Category Wise Respondents

Engineering college libraries students are the main customer. It is come to true from the above table 1 and Chart 1
clearly indicated that 69% of respondents belongs students and 31% of the users belongs to Faculty members
(Assistant Professor, Associate Professor & Professor).
Table 2: Gender Wise Respondents
Category
Male
Female
Total

Number of Respondents
79
39
118

Percentage
67%
33%
100%

In all colleges/ Higher educational institutions male members dominate in admission. The above table 2 also
accepted that statement. Nearly 67% of them were male and 33% belongs to female.
Table 3: Frequency of Internet Usage to Gather Information
Frequency
Everyday
More than once in
a week
Once in week
More than once in
a week
Fortnightly
If Required
Total

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Number of Respondents
48 (40.7%)
17 (14.4%)
19 (16.1%)
21 (17.8%)
4 (3.4%)
9(7.6%)
118 (100%)

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Chart 2: Frequency of Internet Usage

Usage of e- resources possible only by frequency of visit to library and access internet. 40.7% of the users
everyday access internet in college library, 30.5 % of the users access internet at least once in a week and 7.6% of the users
access internet as and when required. (ref. Table 3 and Chart 2).
Table 4: Users Preference of Resources (Print/Online)
Resources
Books
Journals
Newspapers
Magazines
Project Reports
Others

Printed
106
32
110
102
52
54

Percentage
89.8%
27.1%
93.2%
86.4%
44.1%
45.8%

Online
12
86
8
16
66
64

Percentage
10.1%
72.9%
6.8%
13.6%
55.9%
54.2%

From the above table 4 clearly indicates that, nearly 90% of the users opted printed text books more convenient
resources than e-books. But in journals Nearly 73% of the users give preference to online journals than printed journals.
Evergreen trend in reading newspapers us printed paper most convenient than online newspaper. Conferences/Seminar
papers/Previous year question papers/formulas/online mock test etc opted by the 54.2% of respondents in online and 45.8%
of the users in Printed version which was specified in the option others (Please specify).
Table 5: Search Engines Usage Details
Search Engines
Google
Yahoo
Ask.com
Alta vista

Impact Factor (JCC): 3.6829

Yes
111
89
92
44

Percentage
94%
75.4%
78%
37.3%

No
7
29
26
74

Percentage
6%
24.6%
22%
62.7%

Index Copernicus Value (ICV): 6.1

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Chart 3: Search Engine Usage Details

From the above table 5 and chart 3 Google is most preferred search engine. It is placed first followed by yahoo,
ask.com and AltaVista second, third and fourth place respectively.
Table 6: Storage Devices Preferences of Respondents
Device
CD
DVD
Hard Disk
Removal Storage (Pen drive)

Yes
83
74
80
97

Percentage
70.3%
62.7%
67.8%
82.2%

Now a days all the users students as well as faculty members in engineering colleges having cell phone, Pen Drive
and memory card. It is observed from the above table 6 storage devices preference given by the respondents Pen Drive,
CD, DVD and Hard disk placed 1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th places respectively.
Table 7: Issues and Challenges in Accessing E- Resources
Issues
More relevant &
un Relevant
information &
Confusion
Longtime view is
not possible
Network speed
slow
Server problem
Lack of knowledge
System hanging
due to virus
Licensing cost very
high

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Strongly Agree

Agree

Undecided

Strongly Disagree

Agree

38

71

32

66

44

56

10

26
34

52
64

20
12

8
3

12
5

21

81

10

24

84

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Chart 4: Issues and Challenges in Accounting E-Resources

Table 7 and chart 4, it was found that,

92.4% of the users agree that they are facing more number of relevant and irrelevant information while their
searching information in online.

27% of the users strongly agree that long time sitting in front of computer/laptops was not possible.

85% of the users agree that network speed is not enough.

78 respondents ie; 66% of the users agree that they meet server problem while downloading important documents.

86% of the users agree that system hanging due to virus while accessing information online.

91.5 % of agree that licensing cost of online resources too high.

CONCLUSIONS
40% of the users access using ICT facility in library daily and 30.5% the users use internet at least once in a week.
It is concluded that nearly 70.5 % of the users utilize ICT facility in library at least once in week (Ref. Table 3 & Chart2).
Most of the users accepted that printed books and online journals are preferred resources in engineering college libraries
(Refer Table 4). Google is the most preferred search engine followed by yahoo (Ref. Table 5 and Chart 3). Pen drive is
most preferred storage devices among the users followed by CD (Ref. Table 6). Irrelevant and information overload was
the main problem accessing internet. 83% of the users agree that sitting in front of computer too long time is not possible,
most of the users 91.5% of the users felt that licensing cost of e resources too high, and 86% of the users agree that
system hanging due to virus as the main problem while accessing online journals.
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