World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

USER SATISFACTION WITH LIBRARY RESOURCES IN SELECTED PHARMACY COLLEGES OF KARNATAKA

Dr. Sadashiva Naik A.* and Dr. Sathish Naik H.

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to analyse user satisfaction with library resources available in selected pharmacy colleges of Karnataka. This study adopted a survey method and questionnaire tool used to collect primary data from the respondents. A well-structured questionnaire circulated among 691 faculty members and students and 686 respondents responded. Based on the findings, this study recommended that libraries need to take necessary steps to visit users daily; libraries should attract users to use a variety of resources other than books and periodicals. Library should promote the use of documents such as Audio-visual material, e-resources theses and dissertations etc. The study also recommended that the library need to procure relevant documents to support their curriculum, and need to arrange the documents in a helpful manner. Libraries need to purchase sufficient numbers of multiple copies; library professionals should assist the users and need to give proper orientation to use various resources. Further, this study suggested the college authority should change their policy to keep the library open access and must provide state-of-the-art ICT tools to the library.

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