Library facilities and services for physically challenged category in academic libraries in Mysore District: A study

The present study depicts the library facilities and services rendered to physically challenged category by academic libraries at Mysore district. By accessing information needs of users, identifying various channels of information used by users to make use for academic purpose, the study analyses the perception of uses about the library services and also examines the services provided by academic libraries to user ends. The study finds that the questionnaire method was used along with observation and interview schedule for data collection from the respondents. The researcher distributed 280 questionnaires for the respondents. Among 200 filled-questionnaires were received back with 71.42 percent response rate. The study result found that the majority of the respondents belong to Male category (66.50%).The highest number of the respondents 109 (54%) belongs to age group of 25 years and above. The highest number of respondents 150 (75%) has obtained Diploma as academic qualification. The majority of the respondents 175 (87.50%) visit the library for the academic purposes. The ‘Text book’ is a major type of resources used by the respondents which represent mean score 3.52. The majority of respondents (mean=3.15) mainly depends on ‘Book borrowing facility’ provided in the libraries. The ‘Reference service’ and ‘Reading facility’ are next most used services representing Mean value 2.56 each. The various Software like Jaws and Dasburg etc. are most preferred and fundament assistive technology used by the majority of the respondents (mean = 2.34). The sign language for the hearing impaired students is one of the prime services which represent mean value 1.82 followed by ‘Braille translation’ (mean = 1.79) and ‘Help from staff or co-operation’ (mean=1.73)

Use of information resources by the visually challenged students in academic libraries: A study

The paper depicts the library facilities and services rendered to visually challenged category by academic libraries at Mysore distric

Library facilities and services for socially disadvantaged category in academic libraries in Mysore DistricA: a study

The paper examines the library facilities and services rendered to socially disadvantaged category by academic libraries at Mysore district. By accessing information needs of users, identifying various channels of information used by users to make use for academic purpose, the paper analyses the perception of uses about the library services and also the paper examines the services provided by academic libraries to user ends. The study finds that the questionnaire method was used along with observation and interview schedule for data collection from the respondents. The researcher distributed 1072 questionnaires for the respondents. Out of them 840 filled-questionnaires were received back with 78.35 percent response rate. The received data was organized in a tabular form and simple statistical analysis was employed to draw conclusion. That finds that the majority of respondents 607 (72.26%) belongs to Scheduled Caste (SC) followed by Scheduled Tribe scoring 233 (27.74%). the respondents from the rural area to visit the library were utmost as compared to urban area which represent 65.12% and 34.88% respectively. The “academic purpose” (86.31%) and “to enhance knowledge” (73.81%) are the primary purposes of the respondents to visit the library frequently

Research scholar’s interaction with online information resources in their academic activities: A survey

The paper aims to study the perception of research scholars on importance of online information resources for accomplishing their academic tasks. In this study, questionnaire method was used for data collection. A total 120 questionnaires were distributed to the research scholars of twenty one departments at University of Mysore and 115 filled-in questionnaires were received back with overall response rate of 95.83%. The study findings indicates that the research scholars depend on numerous online resources for fulfil their various academic tasks. For example ‘Community-based encyclopedias such as Wikipedia used for looking definition of concept, the ‘University Library Web OPAC’ for looking required books, ‘University library-subscribed databases such as ‘Web of Science’ and ‘SciFinder’ for looking articles, ‘Face-to-face reference services’ for looking answer to some specific questions. Search engines are the most commonly used source for accomplishing task of preparing ‘Research papers’. However, the online resources ‘Social Network Sites’ like Facebook’ are very less important sources for performing both academic tasks of the research scholars. Even though, the use of online information resources have been increased, the traditional resources still play significant role than some other popular new online resources for performing the some specific tasks. The majority of respondents opined that the relevance of information is major criteria for seeking the information on the web

Use of e-resources by users of Yuvaraja college: University of Mysore - A study

The study aimed at finding the use of e-resources by the research scholars and faculty including guest faculty in the University of Mysore. 110 questionnaires distributed randomly and 82 filled-in questionnaires were received back with a moderate response rate 90%. The results show that e-resources are most important for scientific communication and research work. The library should also conduct brain storming workshop to help adapt to the new technology that often gets outdated

Effect of causticization and mercerization on the dyeing behaviour of rotor- and ring-spun cotton yarns

120-128<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:="" minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;="" color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:="" ar-sa"="">The dyeing behaviour of unmercerized, causticized and mercerized rotor- and ring-spun cotton yarns has been studied with a number of direct, vat and reactive dyes. The absorbance values for dye bath exhaustion and dye uptake for a fixed period of dyeing are reported<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;="" mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;="" mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:="" minor-latin;color:#151515;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;="" mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="">. <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;="" mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;="" mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:="" minor-latin;color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;="" mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="">The dye bath exhaustion and dye uptake have been found to be maximum for slack mercerized samples for all the dyes studied. The dye uptake is generally higher for the rotor-<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;="" mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;="" mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:="" minor-latin;color:#151515;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;="" mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="">s<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;="" mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;="" mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:="" minor-latin;color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;="" mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="">pun yarn when dyed with ring-spun yarn in a common hath.</span