Use of Library Resources and Services by users of Doon University, Dehradun: A Study

Ashish Kumar, S K Pandey

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The paper focuses on the awareness, use, and satisfaction level of the students, research scholars, and faculty members with the availability of library resources of Doon University, Dehradun. The paper also intends to study the differences between the students, research scholars, and faculty members in the awareness, use, and satisfaction with library resources. Further, the paper aims to highlight the problem faced by the users in the proper utilization of library resources. For this survey, a structured questionnaire was circulated among 387 users from different departments of the University. The Solvin’s Formula was used to calculate the sample size, and a stratified accidental random sampling method was used for the selection of the respondents. 


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