Internet in Engineering Education: A Study of Ramachandra College of Engineering Library, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

Information is power. Informing the information is more powerful. Informing the information at right time, to the right people in the right way is the most powerful. This age called the age of the Internet. The impact of Internet and related web technologies on the delivery of library services was evident in the first decade of this century. The growing network technologies have been changing the society by providing easy access to information to the people. Use of Internet is increasing day by day as it is time saving, more informative and less expensive. This paper presents the outcome of a sample survey to understand the use of Internet facility in support of engineering education and its impact on the student members of Ramachandra College of Engineering Eluru (RCEE). Andhra Pradesh. A questionnaire was used as the data collection tool. The users ’replies on responsiveness and satisfaction level on various library resources were gathered and results of the study are presented. Analysis shows that respondents do experience inadequacy of information resources in college library. There is need to assess the library Internet facilities and services regularly to meet the changing needs of the users. The results of the survey have also provided information about the benefits of the Internet over traditional documents.