Effective Use of Open Access Resources in a School Library

Abstract

This paper presents an outcome of a study conducted in the Zydus School for Excellence. The major objective of the study being, to create awareness and to promote the use of scholarly and quality educational electronic resources available freely on the web for teaching and learning purpose. The target group was teachers of the school. A questionnaire based method was used to collect the data required for carrying out the study. A comprehensive list of quality resources was also compiled and given to the teachers to find out the scholarly value of the same. The data collected through these two questionnaires has been analyzed and presented. The major learning outcomes of the study have been presented in the last part of the paper. The study clearly reveals that resources available on the web greatly compliment and supplement the print collection. Therefore, there is a need for putting an effort to create a portal of such selected resources to add greater value to the teaching process.