Trends in Private Engineering Education Institutions and their Libraries Services in West Bengal: An Overview

Authors

  • Nakul Ch. Mondal Librarian Hooghly Engineering & Technology College, Vivekananda Road, Pipulpati Post, Hooghly, West Bengal, India
  • Pijush Kanti Jana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/joals.v2i2.381

Abstract

Abstract
The growth and development of private Engineering & Technology institutions in the state of West Bengal has been accelerated throughout the 9th, 10th and the 11th Five years Plan Period and the beginning of the 12th Plan period. The demand for techno-savvy manpower is high to fulfill the void and much stress has been given on expansion, modernization and reorientation of engineering education in the state. To attain the purpose, new private engineering colleges and institutes are being opened up. Libraries function as an essential integral component in higher education system. Without a proper information and knowledge infrastructure, no education system can sustain and achieve its desirable goals and objectives. The information need and information seeking behavior of the users have already been changed due to tremendous development of information and communication technology. The modern telemetric has been forcing the libraries and their users to adopt new tools and techniques to provide and avail the digital information resources and services. Libraries of technical institutions have not only changed their types of collection of resources but also changed their service pattern to cope with the needs of the users. This article provides an overview of recent trends in the growth private engineering colleges and the library services provided by them to the future engineers. An attempt has been made to determine the present status of engineering colleges in terms of growth and correlates the importance of digital resources provided by the libraries.
Keywords: Engineering Education, Private Engineering Institutions, Engineering Education – Trends, e-Resources, e-Services

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Nakul Ch. Mondal, Pijush Kanti Jana. Trends in Private Engineering Education Institutions and their Libraries Services in West Bengal: An overview, Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. 2015; 2(2): 32–40p.

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Published

2018-04-20

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015)

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Research Article

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