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Determining the Electronic Information Access Visibility Among the Faculty Members in the Engineering and Technology Institutions

Determining the Electronic Information Access Visibility Among the Faculty Members in the Engineering and Technology Institutions
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Author(s): C. Baskaran (Alagappa University, India)and P. Ramesh (Alagappa University, India)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 16
Source title: Handbook of Research on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Library and Information Science
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Anna Kaushik (University of Kota, India), Ashok Kumar (Maharishi Markandeshwar University (Deemed), India)and Payel Biswas (Institute of Urban Transport, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9825-1.ch020

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Abstract

The study analyses faculty members from 39 engineering institutions where electronic information was accessed for their teaching and research in Coimbatore District. The study observed results that 176 (33.8%) of them are Masters in Engineering, 89 (17.1%) of them have done M.Sc. Engineering, 46 (8.8%) of them have completed M. Tech, and 87 (16.8%) of the respondents are Ph.D. holders. The majority of the respondents, 221 (42.5%), are assistant professors/lecturers/senior lecturers. Two hundred fifty-one (48.3%) respondents rated that information sought from e-books are “excellent” while 205 (39.4%) of the respondents rated them as “very good.” Two hundred eighty (53.8%) respondents “agree” that electronic journals save the time of the user while 219 (42.1%) of the respondents “strongly agree.” A miniscule number, 21 (4.0%), respondents “disagree.”

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