Study on Awareness and Access to e-resources among the students (Post- Graduate and Ph.D. level) in academic and research work of Agriculture Universities of Uttar Pradesh
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2024-03-15
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Study on awareness and access to e-resources among the students (Post-graduate and Ph.D level) in academic and research work of Agriculture Universities of Uttar Pradesh
Electronically stored information is referred to as an "e-resource," and it can be accessed through electronic networks and systems e.g OPACs, CD-ROMs, online databases, e-journals, e-books, internet resources, print-on-demand (POD), e-mail publishing, wireless publishing, electronic link, and web publishing, e-Audio/ e-Images, Data/ GIS, Digital Library Projects, Electronic Exhibitions, e-Subject Guide, e-newsletters, e-White papers, e-conference proceedings and Web search tools. The present investigation was carried out in Uttar Pradesh. There are five state agricultural universities in Uttar Pradesh, four of which have been operating for the last ten years: Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology (ANDUA&T), Ayodhya, and Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel University Of Agriculture and Technology (SVPUA&T), Meerut. and Chandra Shekhar Azad university of Agriculture and Technology (CSAUA&T), Kanpur Only the agriculture faculty was specifically chosen from among them since PG and Ph.D programmes have been successfully offered by this faculty for the past 10 years. Sixty students (Post-Graduate and Ph.D. level) from each designated college were chosen at random from the list that had been created. In total, 240 Post Graduate and Ph.D. students made up the study's sample. The questionnaire (Google Form) was prepared consisting of the measuring devices for different dependent and independent variables for the collection of data from the selected students. Thereafter, data were tabulated, analyzed and inferences were drawn after subjecting the data to statistical analysis. Few formulae such as Frequency and Percentage were used to know the socio-economic and academic status of the students. Mean and Standard deviation were used for the categorization of the data. Mean per cent score was used to calculate the extent of awareness and use of the e-resources. The comparison among the students of selected universities about awareness, extent of use and attitude was calculated by using Analysis of Variance-One way test (F-test) and results were drawn, accordingly. To determine the relationship between respondents' personal characteristics and the extent of e-resource use, the Chi-square test was used.
It was revealed that majority of the students were male, had 23-29 years of age, with 7.00 to 8.00 OGPA, preferred Hindi medium in their school level education, Rs.1,00,000 to 6,00,000/ annual family income, belonged to rural background, used a computer for their academic and research work >2 hour/day, used internet for their academic and research work for 1 to 2 hours/day, had medium level of competence, received no training, parents occupation was Government jobs, fathers were Graduate, mothers had qualification in the range of Ninth to higher secondary, used their Laptops to access e-resources. Majority of the students belonged to medium level of awareness. The extent of awareness in students of CSAUAT, Kanpur ranged from 63.33 MPS to 93.33MPS and was maximum among all the universities. There was no appreciable difference in the understanding of e-resources among students at the chosen agriculture universities. Majority of the students had medium level of attitude. Students from four agriculture universities, had more or less similar attitude towards e-resources which might be due to more or less same awareness about various e-resources available in their universities. Majority of the Students fell in the medium category of use of e-resources. The extent of use of mobile apps was maximum by the students among the various aspects of use of e-resources. Majority of the Students preferred the university hostel as place of access to e-resources. The frequency of using Internet by the students was maximum among various e-resources. PDF was perceived as the most preferred format for reading full text articles by the students. There was a significant difference among the students of selected agriculture universities about extent of use of e-resources. Variables like age, academic performance, medium, Annual income, computer exposure, internet exposure, ICT competence, Fathers education had significant association with the extent of use of e-resources at 1 per cent level of significance. Constraint “Inadequate infrastructure of e-resources” was perceived as most important constraint by the students followed by ‘‘Problem of virus can damage the data” and ‘‘Lack of professional & technical skilled persons in the library’’. Suggestion such as “High speed Wi-Fi needs to be established”, ‘‘Much attention should be given in the Library for making availability and collection of information resources on ETD (Electronic Thesis or Dissertation)” and ‘‘Arrange frequently awareness programme for the users to educate them about e-resources” were the important suggestions by majority of the students.