Satisfaction of Digital Resources Prevailed in Engineering College Libraries of Kadapa District, A.P.

Abstract

The main aim the study is to examine the level of satisfaction of various digital resources and services prevailed in engineering college libraries of Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh.  The survey design method with help of a well-structured questionnaire is used in the study. and 819 users of engineering colleges were randomly selected as sample for this study. The study aimed at identifying the satisfaction of various digital resources such as e-books, e-journals, e-newsletters, e-theses/dissertations, e-indexing databases, e-abstracting databases, e-bibliographical databases, e-standards, institutional repositories, AICTE Consortium, DELNET resources and services, N-List resources NPTEL video lectures made by the users. The study revealed that the users are more satisfied with the CD/DVD databases, AICTE Consortium, NPTEL Video lectures, and DELNET resources and services compared to other digital resources. Institutional repositories and e-journals are the least ranked among digital resources for lowest satisfaction level.