Reading Habits of Library Users : A Study of University of Jammu (J&K)
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Library and Information Science - Year 2019, Vol 13, Issue 2
Abstract
Reading habit is a lifelong, continuous and regular performance of the act of reading. However, habit of using libraries means continuous and regular use of a library by the individual with the purpose of meeting his/her intellectual requirements. The present study is an attempt to analyze the reading habits of library users including postgraduates, research scholars and faculty members of the University of Jammu, Jammu. The data were collected with the help of a standard questionnaire distributed to 500 users. The result of the study revealed that library users of the University of Jammu have good reading habits. It is noted that post-graduates mainly visit library for studying course material (69.2%) followed by newspaper and magazine, reading both 59.5%. Research scholars and faculty members mostly visit library for consulting research materials (70.9%) and (52.2%) respectively. Post-graduate users mostly read books (91.1%) and newspapers (76.5%) while the research scholars and faculty members read doctoral dissertations which form (87.4%) and (91.9%) respectively.
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Anil Kumar Dhiman
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