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USER ISSUES / EXPECTATIONS
REGARDING E-JOURNALS: A STUDY OF
USER EXPERIENCES AT UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING COLLEGE JNTU
KAKINADA
Dr. B.R. Doraswamy Naick
Assistant Professor & Head I/c,
University Central Library
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada
Kakinada- 533 003, Andhra Pradesh
INTRODUCTION
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Electronic journals form the most productive
source for carrying out research and
development activities in medial sciences.
e-journals in general are highly effective in
any meaningful research activity.
This resource is widely regarded as the most
favored source by R & D workers as well as
other users of the libraries in pursuit of
quality research, education and knowledge.
Print journals encompass all conventional
print editions published and distributed as
paper copies, while online editions refer to
journals editions available online through
Internet.
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological
University Kakinada (JNTUK)
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The
Jawaharlal
Nehru
Technological
University (JNTU) was originally ‘The College
of Engineering, Vizagpatnam’ at the time of its
establishment in 1964.
Kakinada has a rich political literacy and
cultural
heritage
passed
on
through
generations.
This college became a constituent of the
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
w.e.f 02-10-1972 through an act of legislature
along with other sister institutions under the
control of the then Director of Technical
Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
SCOPE & LIMITATION
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This
study
is
based
on
the
USER
ISSUES/EXPECTATIONS
REGARDING
EJOURNALS of the users of Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK),
Andhra Pradesh.
A study like the present one is essential to aimed
at conducting user survey
 To Improve the existing library services
 Envision of new services
 To rationalize the limited financial resources in
an economic way
 To evaluate the performance of the library and
enhance the user satisfaction.
OBJECTIVES
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To examine the awareness of e-journals
among the engineering students.
To know the place from where engineering
students access e-journals.
To find out the purpose of using e-journals.
To examine the problems while using ejournals.
To know the level of satisfaction with the
available e-journals.
To examine the need for conducting user
awareness programes in using e-journals.
METHODOLOGY
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To conduct this study, survey method
through questionnaire tool was used.
The present study was conducted on a
sample of a total number 100 final year
B.Tech & M.Tech students of University
College of Engineering, JNTUKakinada.
Copies of questionnaire were distributed to
100 engineering students in the month
August, 2012.
However, 95 of them responded and the
same was used for analysis.
Findings
AWARENESS OF e -JOURNALS
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Most of the students (92.63% of
respondents) are familiar with the
availability of e-journals.
SOURCES OF e -JOURNALS
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It is evident that 75.79% of the students
know the availability of electronic journals
from the library staff.
21.05 % of them from friends and faculty.
Remaining are from others.
PLACE OF ACCESS OF e -JOURNALS
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Most of the students (95.53% of
respondents) are accessing e-journals
from central library.
PURPOSE OF e -JOURNALS
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It is evident that 94.74% of the students
using e-journals for their research work.
68.42% of the students use for updating
their knowledge.
PROBLEMS IN USING e -JOURNALS
45.26 % of the respondents facing
problems in using e-journals
The major problems are listed below
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There is no access from my desktop
Downloading is very slow
Other problems
(power cuts, UPS down etc)
Lack of training
Internet connectivity
- 97.33%
- 82.67%
- 57.33%
- 78.67%
- 42.67%
VALUE OF e -JOURNALS
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Most of the students (54.74% of
respondents) feels e-journals are most
helpful.
Skills regarding usage of e -JOURNALS
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It is evident that 61.05% of the students
considers themselves as Moderate.
28.42 % of them are Expert.
LEVEL OF SATISFACTION
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64.21% of the respondents are satisfied
with the availability of e-journals.
NEED OF e -JOURNALS Training
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87.37 % of the students feels that
awareness program is necessary in using
e-journals.
SUGGESTIONS
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To overcome dissatisfaction with the types
e-journals availability in Engineering
College Library, a survey needs to be
conducted to know the specific e-journals
required by them so that steps can be
taken for their subscription.
To provide electronic journals facility
efficiently and effectively the number of
computers must be increased in the central
library as well as departmental labs in the
campus.