Level of awareness of open access portals among the faculty members in higher educational institutions in Cuddalore district

Abstract

This paper is discusses about the Knowledge, Present Status and Opinion of Open Access Resources among the higher educational institutions in Cuddalore Distrcit. The relevant data has collected from the faculty members who are working in higher educational institutions which consists of Engineering & Technology and Arts & Science from January 2022 to May 2022. Totally 1272 questionnaires were distributed which includes 432 from Engineering & Technology institutions and 840 from Arts & Science Colleges in Cuddalore District, Which indicates the questionnaires distributed who are in the role during the study period. And out of 1272, 1035 were received from faculty members after duly filled and responded. The dographic details wise analysis of the 1035 faculty members, 284(27.44%) of stated to ways known about the open access resources through ‘Library Professionals’ which includes 75(7.25%) of them from ‘Engineering and Technology institutions and 209(20.19%) of them from ‘Arts & Science’ institutions.