LIBRARY HERALD
Year : 2024, Volume : 62, Issue : 1
First page : ( 62) Last page : ( 74)
Print ISSN : 0024-2292. Online ISSN : 0976-2469.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-2469.2024.00008.3
Lalh Mangaih Sangi Sailo
1 Ph.D Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India
Abstract
The present paper discussed how faculty members at a nursing institution in Mizoram obtain and accessing information and how they use the library. With technological advancements, the library has begun to provide- resources apart from the ability to print materials. Because of the exponential growth of knowledge and ICT applications in the information sector, it is difficult to collect, store, and communicate relevant information to users in today’s world. Thus, in order to provide the right material to the right user within the allotted time frame, library staff must have a thorough understanding of their users information requirements. Nurses perform a variety of tasks, including recording patients medical histories, performing diagnostic tests and operations, analysing test results, administering treatment based on test results, caring for nursing mothers, operating medical machinery, and following up with patients to ensure their recovery. They also inform the public about early disease signs and symptoms, the emergence of new diseases, how to stay fit, eat well, and be healthy. Nurses observe, document patient behaviour. Nurses are counsellors. Accessing information is an essential competency for both students and teaching professionals because medical professionals must be up to date while dealing with patients, be conversant with emerging strategies and competencies. Thus, the goal of the study was to shed light on the nursing faculty’s current information-seeking habits and library utilisation trends at the Mizoram institution and to determine the preferred routes or resources for information.
Keywords
Information Seeking Behaviour-Faculty Members- Nursing Information
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