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Attitudes of Law University Library Users towards the Use of OPAC/web OPAC in Andhra Pradesh:A Study


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1 Poornaprajna Institute of Management, Udupi 576101, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore University, Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006, Karnataka, India
     

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This study examines the attitudes of two law university library users towards the use of OPAC/Web OPAC and located in Andhra Pradesh. The sample population was chosen by using the convenience sample method. The investigators distributed 200 sample instruments to members of the teaching staff, research scholars, LLM students and LLB students and received 123 fiilled-in usable questionnaires making a moderate response rate of 61.5% which was found adequate for the analysis. Major findings of the study include: 15(12.3%) respondents did not use OPAC/Web OPAC. 62(50%) of the respondents were using OPAC/Web OPAC not very much and 51(41.8%) respondents stated that their use of the OPAC/Web OPAC was not guided by library OPAC/Web OPAC. The analysis found that respondents have positive attitudes about the use of OPAC/Web OPAC service and facility.

Keywords

OPAC/Web OPAC, Attitudes, Law University libraries.
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About The Authors

Devendra
Poornaprajna Institute of Management, Udupi 576101, Karnataka
India

Khaiser Nikam
Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore University, Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006, Karnataka
India


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Authors

Devendra
Poornaprajna Institute of Management, Udupi 576101, Karnataka, India
Khaiser Nikam
Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore University, Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006, Karnataka, India

Abstract


This study examines the attitudes of two law university library users towards the use of OPAC/Web OPAC and located in Andhra Pradesh. The sample population was chosen by using the convenience sample method. The investigators distributed 200 sample instruments to members of the teaching staff, research scholars, LLM students and LLB students and received 123 fiilled-in usable questionnaires making a moderate response rate of 61.5% which was found adequate for the analysis. Major findings of the study include: 15(12.3%) respondents did not use OPAC/Web OPAC. 62(50%) of the respondents were using OPAC/Web OPAC not very much and 51(41.8%) respondents stated that their use of the OPAC/Web OPAC was not guided by library OPAC/Web OPAC. The analysis found that respondents have positive attitudes about the use of OPAC/Web OPAC service and facility.

Keywords


OPAC/Web OPAC, Attitudes, Law University libraries.

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