Evaluation of Library Facilities and Services in Aided Degree Colleges, Warangal District, Telangana: A User Study

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  • B. Yugandhar
  • B.R. Doraswamy Naick

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to evaluate different library facilities and services of libraries in aided degree colleges of Warangal district, in the state of Telangana. The primary data is collected through in the form of a questionnaire of 265 respondents of students. It reveals that the libraries in aided degree colleges of Warangal district have physical facilities like reading room, adequate seating and services like lending, reference section, and referral service. So libraries in aided degree colleges of Warangal district can recollect their present policy in concerned areas. The findings will not only be helpful to the higher authorities and but also to the librarians in terms of knowledge about the services and facilities. This also makes an awareness of their strengths and weaknesses and makes an endeavour to know the different facilities and services which are essential to the patrons in the libraries in aided degree colleges in Warangal district. The outcome of this establishes that the frequency of every day patrons to libraries is in healthy condition, and a good number of users prefer to visit 2–3 times on weekly basis. The discoveries of the review will also be useful to the experts in the higher education sector and custodians of the colleges, the knowledge of the collection, patrons’ points of view and benefits and to make them mindful about the quality and shortcomings of the facilities in the library.

 

Keywords: Academic libraries, degree college libraries, library services, library facilities, users

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Yugandhar B, Doraswamy Naick BR. Evaluation of Library Facilities and Services in Aided Degree Colleges, Warangal District, Telangana: A User Study. Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. 2019; 6(2): 1-8p.

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Published

2019-06-18

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2019)

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Research Article

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