Information Seeking Behavior of Library Users with Special Reference to Thapar University Patiala and Punjabi University Patiala (Pb.)

Abstract

The concept of information seeking behavior emerged from the broad concept of user studies which covers a wide range of studies in Information Science and also has its influence in Computer Science and Communication Studies. The clearest definition in the literature is “Information is recorded experience that is used in decision making”. The research areas of the study were information seeking behavior of library users of Thapar University, Patiala, India and Punjabi University, Patiala, India. Researcher created some objectives about the research areas at the beginning of study, i.e., the impact of electronic and print information sources available in the library, compared and analyzed the satisfaction level of library users for electronic and print information sources, studied the impact of advancement of information technology on library users during seeking information from their libraries. After that hypothesis was created for the study, i.e., online resources were available in both the libraries, housekeeping operations were performed through computer, CAS and SDI service provided by both the libraries to their users for seeking information. The knowledge was collected for the same thorough questionnaire which contain 26 questions and the size of samples (respondents) for both the Universities were 150 only.

Keyword: Information Science, Computer Science, Communication Studies, library users

Cite this Article Singh P, Lal P. Information Seeking Behavior of Library Users with Special Reference to Thapar University Patiala and Punjabi University Patiala (Pb.). Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. 2017, 4(3): 38–48p.