Attitude towards Library Networking and Resource Sharing Programme among the College Librarians Affiliated to the Bharathidasan University: A Study

Abstract

The present study reveals that a number of Bharathidasan University affiliated college libraries have a status of rich document collection. Through automation and networking, these rich resources can be put to best possible are not only in their respective region but even outside whenever there would be demand for the information. This study was designed to collect the basic inputs from the college librarians to understand the attitude towards library networking and resource sharing programme in the college libraries affiliated to Bharathidasan University. The structured questionnaire has been distributed to 107 Librarians of the Arts & Science colleges affiliated to Bharathidasan University. Among 20 colleges neither having libraries nor maintained by library professionals hence there are 70 (80.46%) of the respondents have replied to the given questionnaire. The findings of the study shows that 62.9% of librarians working in the colleges affiliated to Bharathidasan University have strongly agreed that the library network and resource-sharing programme improve the library services.