213 APPENDIX 1 INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING COLLEGES OF COIMBATORE REGION: A SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE Research Scholar: S.A Fazlur Rahiman Librarian Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology Coimbatore. Guide: Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan Deputy Librarian Gandhigram Rural Institute Deemed University Gandhigram, Dindigul. 1. Name : PART I PERSONAL INFORMATION (Please put mark wherever applicable) 2. Gender : Male Female 3. Name and place of the Institution :. The institution is located in : Urban Semi-Urban Rural 5. Course / Branch / Year of Study : 6. Educational level of Parents : 7. Parents Occupation : 8. Parents Monthly Income : 9. You are hailing from : Urban Semi-urban Rural 10. Are you a : Hostler Day Scholar 11. You did your Schooling in : Government Aided Private 12. Medium of study at School :
21 PART II INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR - GENERAL (Please put mark for one option only wherever applicable) 13. Primary purposes of seeking information a) Academic b) General c) Project / Research d) Placement e) Higher Studies f) Preparation of papers for Conference / Workshop / Seminar g) Others, Please Specify: 1. Please mention your primary sources of information and levels of dependency 1 Library Continuously Dependent Frequently Dependent Dependent Occasionally Dependent dependent 2 Faculty 3 Personal Internet 5 Others, Please Specify 15. Which of the following mode of access you prefer over others in seeking information? Print Mode Digital / Online Both 16. Do you feel language as a barrier in seeking your information? Yes No 16 (a). If yes, Please mention how it affects your Information seeking:
215 PART III INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR - LIBRARIES (Please put mark wherever applicable) 17. Your Visiting Behavior to Library is driven by 1. Habit 2. Motivation from Faculty 3. Library Hours. Awareness Created through librarians 5. Library Atmosphere 18. How often you visit library for various purposes given below? Purpose Daily Weekly Once 1 Borrowing Books Access 2 Periodicals Access Reference 3 resource Question Bank Project / Thesis/ 5 Reports Access Back 6 Volumes 7 Read News Paper Patents / 8 standards / Specifications Access Online 9 resource Access CDs / 10 VCDs / DVDs Once in a Fortnight Once in a Month Once in a Semester Once in a Year Visiting 19. Please mention the amount of time you spent in getting your information from the following sources in a week? of Information 1 Reading Text Books 2 Reading Reference Resources 3 Reading News Paper Collecting information from Back Volumes 5 Online Resources 6 CDs / VCDs / DVDs Upto 5 Hrs. 6 10 Hrs. 10 Hours and more
20. Which of the following timings you feel convenient to seek information at the library? No 1 Library Hours 2 Before College Hours 3 After College Hours. During Sundays 5 During Holidays 20. (a) Please comment on the need of extra hours, timings of library etc. 216 In - convenient 21. Which of the following source you prefer over others for your Academic / General purpose? 1 Books Jounals / 2 Magazine Project / 3 Thesis/ Reports Back Volumes Patents / 5 Standards / 6 News Papers Rarely Not at all 22. Which of the following source of infomartion you prefer to keep updated with current developments in your field of study / general interest. 1 Jounals / Magazine Current Awareness Service / Selective 2 Dissemination of Information 3 News Papers Online / Multimedia Rarely
217 23. Which of the following methods of dissemination of New Arrivals of Books, Periodicals, Digital / Multimedia resources you feel effective? Methods of Dissemination 1 Library Website 2 Notice board Display 3 Through Circular Others, Please Specify Effective Effective Effective Effective Effective 2. Kindly give your view on your library Collection No Sufficient Sufficient Sufficient Sufficient In Sufficient 1 Books 2 Jounals / Magazine 3 Back Volumes 5 Project / Thesis/ Reports Patents / standards / Specifications 6 Online Resources 7 CDs / VCDs / DVDs 8 News Paper 25. Please rate the services offered by the library? Excellent Good Fair 1 Circulation 2 OPAC 3 Web OPAC Reference Service 5 Over Night Issue 6 CAS 7 SDI 8 Bibliographic Information 9 Indexing Needs Improvement
218 Excellent Good Fair 10 Abstracting 11 Digital Library Service 12 ILL Services (Delnet) 13 Book Bank Services 1 Photo Copying Services Needs Improvement 15 Others, Please Specify 26. How do you feel about the service provided by the library staff? 1. Voluntarily Help 2. Help on request only 3. Give Oral Directions only. Help only on superior s instructions 5. Neglecting and Non-caring 27. Please indicate your satisfaction level on the arrangements and Retrieval the following resource? 1 Books 2 Periodicals Resource 3 Reference resource Question Bank 5 Project / Thesis Reports 6 Back Volumes 7 News Paper 8 Patents / standards / Specifications 9 Online Resource 10 CDs / VCDs / DVDs 11 Others, Please Specify Satisfied Satisfied Satisfied Satisfied Satisfied
28. Please name your favourite Journals / Magazines you read for Academic and General purpose and mention frequency of referring them? Specify your choice. Academic Purpose Frequency of Access (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, etc.,) Choice (I, II, III, etc.) 219 General Purpose Frequency of Access Choice 29. Please mention how often you refer the following journals of learned Societies? Journals Continuously Frequently Occasionally Rarely referring 1 IEEE 2 ASME 3 ACM SAE 5 ASCE PART IV INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR - ICT (Please put mark wherever applicable) 30. Please mention your level of convenience in using following Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities of your Library? Facilities 1 Computers 2 e-journals 3 Internet Digital library 5 Intranet 6 DELNET 7 Video Conferencing 8 Other facilities: In - convenient
220 31. How do the above electronic / modern facilities affect your information seeking behavior / Information gathering habits? 1. I am not interested in using the technology rather than going strightaway to the resource by intution 2. I am not given proper training / information in making use of them. 3. The retrieval of e sources consumes much time in getting right information I need, since the search lists large number of relevant and inrelevant informations.. I feel comfortable in getting my information within right time using the e facilities. 32. Which of the following internet services, you use most to get information? No Service Continuously Frequently Occassionally Rarely 1 Search engine 2 e-mail 3 List-Serve Blogs 5 Messenger using 33. Can you please list your favourite internet websites you access to update your Academic/ General interest? Academic Purpose Frequency of Access (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, etc.,) Choice (I, II, III, etc.) General Purpose
PART V INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR - VIEWS OF STUDENTS (Please put mark wherever applicable) 221 3. Please select any of the following views you feel relevant, which affect Information Seeking Behaviour Views 1 Language is a barrier for seeking information Please 2 Library staff do not show interest in helping the students 3 Lack of encouragement affects usage of libraries 5 6 Lack of training to make use of library technology affects getting prompt information Awareness on the availability and usage of scholarly journals, especially related to civil engineering has to be created. Non book materials have to be arranged in an easily retrievable manner 7 Reprographic service needs to be improved 8 Collection of non book materials have to be increased 9 10 11 Availability of Back Volumes have to be familiarised among students Non book materials are infamous and needs to be popularised among students The influence of library staff do not increase the visit of students to libraries 35. What would be the most effective way for the library to keep you informed in your area of specialisation? 36. Please feel free to comment anything in your mind regarding Information Seeking Behaviour, library system etc
222 APPENDIX 2 LIST OF INSTITUTIONS SL. NO. NAME OF THE INSTITUTIONS 1 Annai Mathammal Sheela Engineering College, Erumapatty, Namakkal 2 Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode 3 Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Coimbatore Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore 5 CSI College of Engineering, Ketti, The Nilgiris 6 Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Thudupathi, Erode 7 Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Udumalai Road, Pollachi 8 Government College of Technology, Coimbatore 9 Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Othakkalmandapam, Coimbatore 10 Institute of Road and Transport Technology, Erode 11 K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, KSR Kalvi Nagar, Tiruchengode, Erode 12 K.S.R. College of Engineering, Kuchipalayam, Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Erode District 13 Karpagam College of Engineering, Othakkalmandapam, Coimbatore
223 SL. NO. NAME OF THE INSTITUTIONS 1 Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode 15 Kumaraguru College of Technology, Chinnavedampatti, Coimbatore 16 M. P. Nachimuthu M. Jaganathan Engineering College, Erode 17 Maharaja Engineering College, Kuppandampalayam, Avinashi 18 Maharaja Prithvi Engineering College, Kuppandampalayam, Avinashi 19 Mahendra Institute of Engineering and Technology, Thiruchengode, Erode 20 Nandha Engineering College, Erode 21 PGP College of Engineering and Technology, Namakkal 22 Paavai Engineering College, Paavai Nagar, Namakkal 23 Park College of Engineering and Technology, Kaniyur, Coimbatore 2 PSG College of Technology, Peelamedu, Coimbatore 25 Sasurie College of Engineering, Vijayamangalam, Tirupur 26 Sengunthar Engineering College, Tiruchengode, Erode 27 Sona College of Technology, Salem 28 Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore 29 Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Vattamalaipalayam, Coimbatore. 30 S.S.M College of Engineering, Komarapalayam, Namakkal 31 Tamilnadu College of Engineering, Karumathampatti, Coimbatore 32 Velalar College of Engineering and Technology, Thindal, Erode 33 Vivekanandha Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, Tiruchengode, Namakkal 3 VLB Janakiammal College of Engineering and Technology, Kovaipudur, Coimbatore