E- Journals: Their Use, Value and Impact on the Faculty Members of SVIT-VASAD

Dr. Umesh Patel

Abstract


In response to a hypothesis that researchers who no longer use print journals
may miss out on the serendipitous benefits of "poor indexing" provided by
print tables of contents, we at SVIT- Vasad campus, surveyed their faculty to
determine faculty use of tables of contents in either print or online format.
Results indicate that the SVIT- Vasad faculty still uses tables of content and
journal browsing to support current awareness and other informationseeking
needs. Respondents rely heavily on library- subscribed databases and
they still pay attention to the journal name when reading articles. Differences
in behavior across academic ranks and engineering sub disciplines are
apparent. Associate Professors browse less and are less confident that they are
keeping up than Assistant Professors or Professors. The survey results also
support a trend of relying more on the interpersonal network that is carefully
built by researchers as their careers progress.


Keywords: Information Resources, Electronic Media, Internet, Academic
libraries.

 


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