Promotion of Library Services through Web 2.0: Promotion of Library Services through Web 2.0: Promotion of Library Services through Web 2.0: Promotion of Library Services through Web 2.0: A Survey of Selected College Libraries of Barak A Survey of Selected College Libraries of Barak A Survey of Selected College Libraries of Barak A Survey of Selected College Libraries of Barak Valley, Assam, India Valley, Assam, India Valley, Assam, India Valley, Assam, India Somnath Roy, MLIS Student Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc., Assam University, Silchar, India, [email protected]& Nabin Chandra Dey, Assistant Professor Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc., Assam University, Silchar, India, [email protected]
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Promotion of Library Services through Web 2.0:Promotion of Library Services through Web 2.0:Promotion of Library Services through Web 2.0:Promotion of Library Services through Web 2.0:
A Survey of Selected College Libraries of Barak A Survey of Selected College Libraries of Barak A Survey of Selected College Libraries of Barak A Survey of Selected College Libraries of Barak
Valley, Assam, IndiaValley, Assam, IndiaValley, Assam, IndiaValley, Assam, India
Somnath Roy, MLIS Student
Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc., Assam University, Silchar, India,
Figure 6: Opinions and Attitudes of College Librarian’s towards Web 2.0:
5.7 Libraries Having Website:
Out of 12 surveyed college libraries of Barak Valley, six (50%) have their own library
website, three (25%) college libraries don’t have websites and remaining three (25%) library
websites are under construction.
Table 7: Libraries Having Website
Separate Webpage No. of Colleges Percentage (%)
Yes 6 50%
No 3 25%
Under Construction 3 25%
Yes, 50%
No, 25%
Under
Construction, 25%
Figure 7: Libraries Having Website
5.8 Need Training in Web 2.0 Tools:
Out of 12 librarians, 10 (83.33%) librarians indicated that they need training on Web2.0
Tools.
Table 8: Need Training in Web 2.0 Tools
Need Training in Web 2.0 Tools No. of Responses Percentage (%)
Yes 10 83.33%
No 2 16.67%
Yes, 83.33%
No, 16.67%
Figure 8: Need Training in Web 2.0 Tools
6 MAJOR FINDINGS
The major findings of the study are given below:
a. Out of 12 surveyed colleges of Barak Valley, five (41.66%) librarians are aware of
concept Web2.0, two (16.66%) librarians are not aware of this concept, two (16.66)
librarians are not sure about Web2.0.
b. The mostly used Web 2.0 tools are Wiki (80%), Social Networking (60%), Email groups
(40%) and Blogs (40%) by the college librarians of Barak Valley.
c. Based on the ranking score Social Networking Sites, Wiki and RSS feeds are the top
three Web 2.0 tools used by the College Librarians of Barak Valley d. College Librarians of Barak Valley have a positive attitude towards Web 2.0 tools in
promoting library services (Likert Score = 3.6)
e. Out of 12 college libraries of Barak Valley, six (50%) have their own library websites,
three (25%) college libraries don’t have websites and remaining three (25%) library
websites are under construction.
f. Out of 12 librarians, 10 (83.33%) librarians indicated that they need training on Web2.0
Tools.
7 CONCLUSION
College libraries of Barak Valley have shown positive attitude towards use of Web 2.0 tools in
promoting library services. But still there is a lack of awareness among the librarians. The study
revealed certain problems in expanding library services through Web 2.0 such as lack of training,
lack of infrastructure, lack of proper fund, irregular power supply etc. Hence proper steps must
be taken to tackle these problems. There is a need to organize training programs for librarians as
well as library users and conduct user’s survey from time to time to find out the need of the users
and problems encountered by the users in using Web2.0 tools. The study reveals that there is a
better scope for utilisation of Web2.0 tools by the librarians as well as the library users.