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Community Information Needs: A Case Study of Holehonnur Hobli


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1 Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Post Graduate Studies in Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Shankaragatta, 577451, India
     

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Rural communities face new challenges of information needs for their betterment of lives. Holehonnur is a hobali place with a total population of 3517 have quite a good number of educational institutions and a moderate literate rate. Study shows that an average of 80% of rural community visit the library and utilise the sources. Especially women and labour community visit the library for entertainment purpose and students for educational purpose and employees and farmers for enjoying their leisure.50% of users spend one to two hours and 90% of them are satisfied with the library collection and services. Newspaper is favorite source of all the users community. Radio and Television are also most preferred media.

Keywords

Community Information Needs, Rural Community, Holehonnur, Rural Library, Information Needs, Sources and Services.
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About The Authors

B. S. Biradar
Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga, Karnataka
India

P. Dharani Kumar
Department of Post Graduate Studies in Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Shankaragatta, 577451
India


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Authors

B. S. Biradar
Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
P. Dharani Kumar
Department of Post Graduate Studies in Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Shankaragatta, 577451, India

Abstract


Rural communities face new challenges of information needs for their betterment of lives. Holehonnur is a hobali place with a total population of 3517 have quite a good number of educational institutions and a moderate literate rate. Study shows that an average of 80% of rural community visit the library and utilise the sources. Especially women and labour community visit the library for entertainment purpose and students for educational purpose and employees and farmers for enjoying their leisure.50% of users spend one to two hours and 90% of them are satisfied with the library collection and services. Newspaper is favorite source of all the users community. Radio and Television are also most preferred media.

Keywords


Community Information Needs, Rural Community, Holehonnur, Rural Library, Information Needs, Sources and Services.

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