Use of Library by the Students of Foundation University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Rawalpindi

Bukhari, Muhammad Tayyab Alam and Bukhari, Muhammad Maqsood Alam and Ranjha, Najma and Ahmad, Khurshid and Naz, Fouzia Use of Library by the Students of Foundation University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Rawalpindi. Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries, 2010, vol. 11, n. 1. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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This study investigated the use of library by the students of Foundation University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Rawalpindi. The importance of library as an institution has been realized. The Objectives of this study were (a) to investigate the present use of library by the students of Foundation University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (b) to analyze the organizational set up of library for the purpose of effective learning (c) to identify the problems faced by the students in the use of library and (d) to give recommendations for effective use of library. The nature of this study was descriptive. The population of this study consisted of all the MA /M.Sc. level students. One hundred and eighty students of various programs were selected randomly as sample. A self developed questionnaire consisting of 10 items was used as instrument for dat a collection. It was concluded that the majority of the students hesitated to use the library because of the problems they faced during its use. Lack of books, lack of organizational set up and lack of space and other physical facilities were the major factors associated with the less use of library.

Item type:	Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords:	Library use; Students; Academic libraries; Pakistan
Subjects:	A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information.
Depositing user:	UR Rehman Shafiq
Date deposited:	29 Jul 2015 08:06
Last modified:	29 Jul 2015 08:06
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/25607

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