E-Resource Utilization Among Faculty Members and Research Scholars at Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Delhi

Library Herald 

Year : 2024, Volume : 62, Issue : 3 

First page : ( 385) Last page : ( 409) 

Print ISSN : 0024-2292. Online ISSN : 0976-2469.

E-Resource Utilization Among Faculty Members and Research Scholars at Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Delhi

Karnika Gaur* K. P. Singh**

*Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi. kgaur@kalindi.du.ac.in

**Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi

Abstract

The application of information and communication technologies (ICT) has brought about a major exemplary transference in academic libraries. This paper bestows a study of the use of electronic resources in the untainted sciences by the faculty members and research scholars of Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University. The research emphases on innumerable facets of e-resources i.e. awareness, usage patterns, preferences, and barriers. On the basis of the comparative analysis of the data from these two universities, this study intends to gauge the identify factors and the levels of satisfaction, that influence the utilization of e-resources, and highpoint how information literacy programs are working toward effectiveness.

Keywords

E-Resources; Digital Literacy; Academic Libraries; User Satisfaction; JNU; DU.