Availability Of E-resources Research Articles

Tutorial and Lecture Activities on Deep Online Learning in Dentistry

Online learning has become a new normal in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this learning mode has brought many challenges that can impact the learning experience. The study aims to evaluate student feedback on the online learning model and identify any challenges that require attention to enhance the quality of Dentistry education at Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta. This research is a descriptive observational study that utilized a cross-sectional approach. A modified questionnaire comprising 27 questions was distributed to collect the data. It was found that most of the 277 surveyed students agreed that implementing online learning in tutorial activities had a positive impact. Notably, 47.3% of the students found the online tutorial activities to be an excellent way to learn the material, while an equal number of students, 47.3% believed that they developed their tolerance during the online tutorial group sessions. Furthermore, the student responses to the online lecture activities were also positive, with 40.8% of the students finding comfort in the recorded classes, while 37.2% better understood the material through the online lectures. As for student satisfaction, the majority of the surveyed students expressed their satisfaction with the online learning experience regarding the material 52%, learning strategy 40,4%, availability of e-resources 49,1%, and assistance provided 42,6%. Students responded positively to online learning in tutorials and lectures and reported overall satisfaction with online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Status of ICT Application/Library Automation in Selected Government Libraries in Delhi: A Study

The application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in libraries and the automation/computerisation of libraries play a vital role in providing timely and effective information services to users. This paper examines the status of libraries attached to select ministries of the Government of India. This study examines the status of automation, availability of e-resources and use of IT in the select libraries.

Availability of E-resources in private agriculture collages in Uttar Pradesh, Bharat

Background Libraries support us by giving us the information we require, which is a very important part of their role in our lives. It is regarded as a group or establishment that assists us in effectively storing information and collects, protects, and disperses it to people that require it. The documents are gathered by the agricultural library, which then makes them accessible to its users by giving them the necessary details. Teachers, students, and researchers who study zoology, genetics, plant and animal breeding, anatomy and physiology, plant and animal pathology, entomology, soil science, horticulture, and agricultural economics are among the users of agricultural libraries. The agricultural library’s users must cater to a variety of patrons, including those with very specific needs, such teachers, and scientists. Area of Study 13 private agriculture colleges in Uttar Pradesh were chosen by the researcher for the study. Methodology Data were gathered using the survey method. 770 survey questionnaires were handed out. Findings Despite having a proper library, ICT infrastructure, and many other things, the study’s findings demonstrate that private agriculture colleges in Uttar Pradesh do not have a collection of electronic resources. The report makes several recommendations for the creation of libraries for private agriculture institutions in Uttar Pradesh.

ICT Skills and Competencies for LIS Professionals in Digital Environment

The rapid development of technology, digitalization of information, availability of e-resources and increasing demand of users has changed the scenario of libraries in present era. Now a day’s libraries have reached beyond the four walls of building & have converted into digital or virtual libraries. The information and communication technology has also brought the drastic change in traditional method of information storage, retrieval and dissemination, which posed challenges for LIS professionals to move from traditional role of librarian to information or technology manager. Today’s librarian needs to update and upgrade themselves with the latest technology so that they can survive in technology driven era. The present paper deliberates the changing role of librarian in the digital era. Keywords: Information professionals, Changing role, ICT, Digital libraries, etc.

One year into online classes, a comparison with conventional classroom teaching – A survey in North Kerala

Background: In the early 2020, COVID was declared as a pandemic and then on all the educational institutions were forced to close down for regular classes. Almost all the previous studies were done comparing different groups of students or different academic year. However, our study was done on the same set of students and in the same academic year itself with the same teaching faculty, where students underwent 8 months of online classes followed by 2 months of classroom teaching. Aims and Objectives: This study was done to know the effectiveness of e-classes in comparison to conventional classroom teaching among professional students in north Kerala in terms of gaining knowledge, balance between the practical and theoretical experiences, and availability of e-resources. Materials and Methods: One thousand medical college students from three different medical colleges in north Kerala voluntarily participated in the study which was on an online questionnaire-based survey. The questionnaire was self-made and based on Likert five point scale. Results: The study included both boys and girls. In most of the fields such as effective communication, interaction, effective teaching methodology, and understanding the topic and providing feedback, students found classroom learning much better than online learning only advantage of online learning that they found was the convenience as it could be taken from home without having to travel and without facing the hostel-related adjustment issues. Conclusion: To make online methods more acceptable, we will have to bring in various changes and modifications in our way of teaching. More animations and smaller groups may be needed. Individual attention will be possible with smaller groups per class and feedbacks can be taken with ease. With these changes in teaching methods, online mode can be made more effective in reaching to students and making it acceptable by them.

Use of Electronic Resources by Postgraduate Students of Information Studies at the University of Zululand, South Africa

The purpose of the study was to investigate the level of use of electronic resources (e-resources) by postgraduate students at the University of Zululand in South Africa. The theoretical basis of the study was informed by the Technology Acceptance Model proposed by Davis in 1989. The study adopted a post-positivist research paradigm to enable numerous perspectives by using both quantitative and qualitative research approaches. A total of 66 questionnaires were sent to postgraduate students and 46 (70%) were returned. In addition, interviews were conducted with eight information librarians and two e-resource librarians from the University of Zululand. The study revealed that the use of the library by postgraduate students at the University of Zululand was exceptionally high. In the same vein, the level of awareness about the availability of e-resources was high. Librarians and postgraduate students were able to identify the different types of e-resource available at the University of Zululand library. Electronic databases and electronic journals (e-journals) were highly used, but electronic books (e-books), electronic catalogues (e-catalogues), and CD-ROMs were rarely used. The marketing methods of e-resources include departmental and faculty conferences. The study unveiled a limited budget and inadequate functional computers as challenges that hinder the effective use of e-resources by postgraduate students. The study recommends that the management of the University of Zululand increase the budget for e-resources. The institution should also consider seeking funds to purchase additional computers and expanding the computer laboratory to accommodate a larger number of postgraduate students.

Some Web-Based Experiences from Flipped Classroom Techniques in AEC Modules during the COVID-19 Lockdown

The classroom closure during the first semester of 2020 entailed decisive changes in higher education. Universities have become more digital in both the availability of e-resources and pervasive devices and how students communicate with lecturers and classmates. Learners adapted their study habits with a growing role of self-paced, internet-based strategies. Some flipped learning approaches have proven their efficacy under the remote-teaching physical constraints. This study aimed to appraise the outcomes from the implementation of various web-based, learning-aid tools on flipped teaching approaches in engineering modules. The open educational resources (OER) performed satisfactorily during the lockdown period in three universities from two countries with similar higher education models. Such resources encompassed classroom response systems and web-based exercise repositories, designed for diverse purposes such as autonomous learning, self-correction, flipped classroom, peer assessment, and guided study. The acquired experiences reveal that OER helped students to enhance their engagement, reach the deeper levels of the cone of learning, and widen their range of learning abilities. This procedure is easily attainable for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) courses and lifelong learning settings. Feedback from students, instructors’ perceptions, and learning outcomes show the suitability and effectiveness of the web-based learning assistant procedure presented here.

Electronic Resources Access Pattern in Engineering College Libraries: An Analytical Study at Vellore District, Tamil Nadu

This study conducted to find out the electronic information/resources access and seeking behavior of engineering college students in Vellore district. Objective- of the paper is to identify the availability of e-resources, awareness, usage level, level of satisfaction and barriers during access of the students. Methodology-a systematic questionnaire designed and distributed among the Engineering College library users. After data collection analysis of the study done. Findings – It is observed from the data analysis most of the UG Students are using Google as their search engine and they prefer DELNET also on the other hand PG students and faculty prefer all subscribed resources for their teaching and learning. There is a less awareness about the commercial resources among the students. Suggestions were given to improve the infrastructure and need orientation programme for all category of users.

Availability of E-Resources and ICT Infrastructure in Medical College Libraries of Deemed Universities in Karnataka

This study examines the availability of E-Resources and ICT infrastructure in medical college libraries of deemed universities in Karnataka. Further the study highlights Adequacy of print and E-resources, Library budget, the methods of library user education programmes, the efficiency of library staff in handling E-Resources and Services and the barriers in development of collection of E-Resources in medical college libraries of deemed universities.The result of the study shows that all the medical colleges have good ICT infrastructure. The BLDE University library has subscribed to the highest number of e-books and SDU has subscribed to the highest number of e-journals.

Awareness and Utilization of Electronic Resources among Junior Research Fellows with Special Reference to Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Electronic is the electronic depiction of information. This information is available in various forms like e-books, e-journal, e-learning tutors, etc. The study aimed at finding the awareness and utilization of e-resources by the junior research fellows Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore. A questionnaire was distributed to the end- users to collect the data. The distribution was done to the selected samples; collect the sound samples. The study aims to find the awareness about the availability of e-resources. The result as reveal what type of e-resources preferred, what searching engine was used most, problem faced during accessing the e-resources, ranking of the available e-resources and to find the percentage of received e-resources from library services. The analysis also reveals few other data which should help to improve the library services.

Impact of Using Electronic Information Resources among the Faculty Members of Engineering Colleges in Erode District, Tamil Nadu

This article presents the study about the impact and utilization of electronic information resources among the faculty members of Engineering Colleges in Erode District, Tamil Nadu. Survey method questionnaire tool were used together the data for this study. Out of 670 questionnaires were distributed, 452(67.5%) faculty members are responded. E-resources support teaching, learning and research activities of the present user community especially the faculty members. Generally the availability of e-resources is good for Engineering Colleges. Majority of the respondents use the e-resources for educational and research purpose. In this study we found from the analysis that most of the users are not get more training programs and enough facility for the use of e-resources.

Utilization of E-Resources by the Post Graduate Students and Research Scholars of Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry: A Case Study

Electronic Resources are becoming more and more important for the academic community. E-resources are considered as important resources for teaching, research and training. Thus e-resources in a library play significant role in academic libraries. E-resources have the features of easy access by many users of academic library and very important for library users. The present study identifies various e-resources, databases available in Pondicherry Engineering College Library, Pondicherry. The Post Graduate Students and researcher investigated the preferences and importance of e-resources along with identifying the purpose and problems faced while accessing online e-resources. A well structured questionnaire was designed and distributed among Post Graduate students and Research Scholars of Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry. The study revealed that 85% of the respondent is aware of the availability of e-resources. The study says that 46.25% explored e-books/e-journals. This survey reveals 81.25% satisfied with e-resources available in the library.

Relationship between Students Satisfaction with the availability of E-resources and Infrastructure, Staff Commitment and Students Involvement in using the E-resources in Colleges

The study attempted to examine the Relationship between Students Satisfaction with the Availability of E-resources and Infrastructure, Staff Commitment and Students Involvement in Using the E-resources in Colleges of Education in Northeastern Nigeria. This is a descriptive correlational study and using questionnaires as the instruments. The study covers 5 colleges of education, and only NCE level 3 students were involved in Northeastern Nigeria, which gives the total population (N) of 439. Out of 439 students' population, 406 were chosen samples and convenient sampling technique. The SPSS version 22 was used to run the analysis. The findings revealed a weak and significant relationship between students' satisfaction with the availability of e-resources and infrastructure in colleges of education (r= .192, p<.05); there is a medium and significant relationship between students satisfaction with the availability of e-resources and staff' commitment in colleges of education (r = .455, p < .05); and there is a medium and significant relationship between students' satisfaction with the availability of e-resources and students' involvement in Colleges of Education (r = .430, p <.05). However, based on the findings of this study, there is a need to improve the students' satisfaction with the availability of e-resources in Colleges of Education in Northeastern Nigeria. Also, the needs to improve the students' satisfaction with the availability of infrastructure, students' satisfaction with the staff commitment and students' involvement in using the e-resources among students in Colleges of Education in Northeastern Nigeria in order to meet up with the needs and demands of the students.

Awareness and use of electronic resources in special libraries of Delhi NCR

The advent of Information and Communication Technology has shown a great impact on the library services. The position of the libraries and information centres has immensely changed during last decade due to the appearance of electronic resources. It has provided many possibilities and opportunities for providing faster and quicker access to information at the global level. The objective of the present research paper is to study about the awareness and use of electronic resources by the users of selected special libraries of Delhi NCR. The study also explores the purpose and problems in using e-resources and satisfaction level of the users with the available electronic resources. The study shows that 58.5% users visit library daily. 87.1% users are aware of search engines, 84.2% aware about e-journals and 80% users are aware about e-books. 75.4% users are using search engines followed by e-books (71%) and e-journals (64.7%). Majority of the respondents (61%) use e-resources for their course work/ study material followed by research work (57.7%) and to get current information (55.9%). Slow speed of network, lack of awareness about e-resources, and lack of guidance regarding availability of e-resources are some of the problems being faced by the respondents in accessing e-resources. It has been found in the study that 49.2% respondents are satisfied whereas 40.3% respondents are partially satisfied with the available e-resources.

Impact and Awareness of Accessing Electronic Information Resources by Users in R.M.D Engineering College Chennai: A Study

E-resources are very important tool in the field of Engineering and Technology; it provides vital information for academic and research development. In mid 1990s, e- resources were not popular in India. But now it competes with the print media as it is very easy to use, easily accessible and requires very less storage space. The only limitation of e-resources is that it is costly for a self financing engineering college. In order to overcome this limitation, AICTE provides Mandatory e-resources at consortia prices for all engineering colleges. This paper deals with analysis of the impact and awareness of electronic information resources on the basis of factors such as availability of e-resources, frequency of usage of e-resources, purpose of e-resources, and roadblocks in accessing e-resources in RMDEC Library. It is observed that users access e-resources effectively, especially utilizing it in their area of research and academic curriculum in the field of science, engineering and technology.

Use of Electronic Information Resources by the Faculty of Banaras Hindu University: A Survey

Availability of e-resources has changed what users actually read and use. They now tend to use only what is easily accessible. The objectives of the study were to determine faculty members knowledge of e-resources; faculty’s access to computers and use of e-resources, both number and frequency; and the areas of training needed by faculty to utilize e-resources efficiently and effectively and to recommend how the library could fulfill identified training needs and what strategies the library could use to improve service as well as what areas the library could research further. A survey was administered to faculty in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, and veterinary sciences at The University of the West Indies.The questions covered computer literacy, computer access and location, knowledge and use of electronic resources, and training needs.