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Item User Perception of E-Resources Provided by the Kelaniya University Library: a Case Study(3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Perera, W.P.G.L.; Suraweera, S.A.D.H.N.This paper aims to identify user perception of the e-resources provided by the University of Kelaniya library with the responses of two user categories. They are students and the academic staff of the university. The study was conducted as a web-based survey method for the academic staff and manual data collection method for the students. The sampling method used for this study is stratified random sampling method to select students and academic staff members from the population. This study has considered participant from five faculties. This is on user perception of e-resources provided by the library. E-resource acquisitions have increased with relating to the users’ demand in academic libraries. That is important for an academic library to acquire and arrange e-resource. Compare to present and past learning styles, e-resources have a major role in the academic process. The university libraries are the main learning resource provider of the university. They have to have the capacity to identify relevant information sources both versions in physical and electronic. This has covered ten parts mainly under the topic of E-resources. They are Arrangements for existing learning resources to support e-learning, New acquisitions to support the e-learning, Available databases related to the various subjects taught at your university, Digital library to support learning and teaching by sharing experts' research experiences and publications, Searching and evaluation facilities through the library website, Electronic resource access and sharing (online), Evaluation of e-resource facilities through the faculty CAL, Access for the university subscribed e-journals, e-books, databases and other course materials, both within and outside the university premises, the self-learning supportive videos / PPT and guidelines provided by the library, the preservation of the electronic resource, and provision to access digitized archives at your libraryItem Library E-Resources Impacts on Academic Performance of University Students of Tamil Nadu(3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Arockiavathy, S.A.The major focus of the present research is to analyse the relationship between the availability of the eresources in the library combined with the academic performance of the library users. For the present study, the libraries located in the state universities of the Tamil Nadu are selected. The sample size for the present research is 412 which is finalised using Cochran's formula. The method of selecting the respondents was random sampling technique from probability sampling method. Structural equation modelling (SEM) with mediation used in order to analyse the data.Item Electronic Information Resources and Academic Library Users.(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya,Sri Lanka., 2017) Gaikwad, M.N.Information is generating from the every corner of the world and its explosion rate is very high and ever growing. It is difficult to retrieve particular information without wasting time, but today the information technology has changed the complexion of the academic libraries in a big way. On a side academic libraries were suffer three challenges- shrinking budgets, shortage of space and increasing cost of publications; on other side there are the challenges posed by the advances in the field of Information and Communication Technology. With the last few decades scenario has changed. The remarkable growth of e-publishing and access of the information in local, regional, national and international basis has solved the problem of time and space. E-resources have become bubbling boon for library professionals as well as library users in this Google era. The e-resources are available in multi-variety forms. The study examine the different types of e-information resources, access and use of subscribed UGC N-LIST and freely available e-resources by the faculty members, Ph.D scholars and UG Students of the Arts and Commerce College, Madha(Maharashtra) India. A structured questionnaire was distributed among faculty members, Ph.D scholars and UG students. The study confirmed that the all Ph.D Scholars are aware of various types of e-resources. Study evaluates the satisfaction level of the users on e-resources and the role of Internet in access of e-resources through different search engines (e.g. Google, Yahoo, etc.) and also offline databases in CD/DVD formats, Study also aims to highlight the problems encountered by the users and suggest some remedial measures for its improvements.Item Research Collaboration in Indian Universities: A Bibliometric Analysis of Universities in Tamilnadu State(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Srinivasaragavan, S.; Dorairajan, M.This study examines the growth of Publications, Citation ranking, and h-index of Universities in Tamilnadu. Web of Science provides significantly more coverage of University publications and generate the Citations, Self Citations. During 1989-2016 Tamilnadu Universities have contributed 39336 Publications and received 3, 73,843 Citations. 288 papers are cited more than 100 times. The range of Self Citations is 5 Percent to 20 Percentage. An average citation per Article 9.50 was observed among Universities that are engaged in active research. The bibliometric/Scientometric studies are frequently used to assess the research publicationsand to analyze the growth of contributions and collaborations. The analysis reviews that “Anna University” has highest publications (9376) stake and secures first rank with highest citations (87426) and h-index (91), it is followed by “University of Madras” with 7962 publications and having citations of 75621 and h-index of 81. It is also found that “Mother Terasa University” at last position with a meager contribution of just 27 publications with h-index of 3 during the study period. Among the second phase universities funded by UGC, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli at top position with 3471 publications having 36621 citations and h-index of 70. It is also revealed that Bharathidasan University secured second position (6525) publications with a share of self-citations (17.82 %) while “Annamalai University” at top with 10,703 (19.05 %). This study also reveals that Gandhigram Rural University (16.54%) and Bharathidasan University (10.55%) are in first and second position in terms of highest average citation per article respectively. The highest individual citation for a research paper is 671, which belongs to “Anna University”, followed by Bharathiar University and Tamilnadu Agriculture University with 643 and 563 citations respectively for a single paper. It is also found that the collaboration between the conventional Universities is established. There is no collaboration between the professional Universities except “Anna University”. Bharathidasan University has highest collaboration with “Anna University” and “Madurai Kamaraj University”. This analysis also reveals that Anna University has highest citation of 8841 publications with 2389 research institutions from 63 countries and received research funding from 1533 from national and international agencies. It is followed by Bharathidasan University having collaboration with 1164 research organizations from 55 countries and received funding from 734 agencies. It is also known that all the surveyed Universities are having collaboration with hundreds of research institutes and received research funding except M.G.R Medical University.Item Electronic Information Resources Utilization by Medical Students in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Library, Faculty of Medicine(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapaksha, M.P.This study evaluated the utilization of electronic information resources in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Library by Medical students by addressing four objectives namely; identifying the awareness of e-resources by Medical students in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, determining the level of use and the relevance of e-resources in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Medical library, identifying the problems in accessing e-resources and lastly proposing strategies to promote the usage of e-resources by Medical students. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed to elicit data from undergraduate students from Medical faculty of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. One hundred and eighty respondents participated in the study. Data was collected by use of questionnaires personally circulated among the students and various documents analysis. The study found that majority of medical students, i.e. 80 (69.6%) did not aware about the available e-resources at the library. Further it was revealed that majority of the participants (67%) prefer to access both electronic and print version of information but whereas a few of the respondents 10 (8.7%) prefer to access print version of information. The main problem associated with accessing e-resources was poor internet connection. In addition, the utilization of e-resources was affected by lack of computer skills by the respondents. Results shows that more than half of the respondents (76%) had computer skills in intermediate level. Only 3.5% rated their computer skills as experienced. It is quite interesting, that the majority of the respondents (53%) use e-resourcesweekly. The above findings suggest limited use of electronic resources by Medical students, mainly due to unawareness of available e-resources at the library. In order to exploit the full potential of e-resources, the library should undertake a more active role in informing, promoting, and educating the members of the academic community in the university.