User Attitudes on E-Books Collection in Mahatma Gandhi University Library: A Case Study

Maghesh Rajan, M., Jasimudeen, S. and Jose Mathew, User Attitudes on E-Books Collection in Mahatma Gandhi University Library: A Case Study. Information Age, 2012, vol. 6, n. 2, pp. 20-28. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

A study on the user’s attitudes, interest and understanding of e-book collections. The sample taken for the study is the E-book collection developed at the Mahatma Gandhi University Library and its users. The survey assessed the impact of the e-books on teaching learning and research. The problems associated with the use of e-books aware also identified. The inference of the study are that the user’s require an orientation on different types of collections, and also extended facilities for access which is possible in this format.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: E-books, University Libraries, access inconvenience, tools and techniques.
Subjects: C. Users, literacy and reading.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HO. e-books.
Depositing user: Jasimudeen S Jasim
Date deposited: 05 Jul 2013 06:21
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:26
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/19643

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