UTILIZATION OF PRINT RESOURCES IN DEGREE COLLEGE LIBRARIES IN VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY

This article reports the results of an analytical study conducted on the utilization of print resources in the degree college libraries in Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh. A questionnaire was distributed among 1485 students out of which 1100 respondents returned filled-in questionnaires at an overall response rate of 74%. The results showed postgraduate students using print resources, reference books, competitive books, periodicals/magazines, dissertations/project reports and old question papers more in number as compared to undergraduate students. In contrast, the undergraduate students were found using news papers more in number, compared to postgraduate students. Among other significant findings, arts students preferred using competitive books, dissertations/project reports and newspapers more in number than science students, whereas science students used reference books, periodicals/magazines and old question papers more in number as compared to arts students.