Conventional to Modern Libraries: Changing Practices and Changing Roles of Information Professionals in the PG Colleges of University of Kerala, India

Abstract

Librarians diffusely feel their role absolutely altered by the advent of the Internet and electronic resources posing tremendous challenges to libraries and their professionals. The key purpose of this research study is to find out the role of information professionals in managing modernized libraries in the PG colleges under University of Kerala, India. The data was collected through structured questionnaire as well as observation and personal interviews. More particularly, questionnaires were distributed among 118 librarians of post graduate colleges under University of Kerala. But only 103 (87.28%) of them responded.

Keywords: User Study, College Libraries, ICT, Information Sources & Services, Information professional.