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| Article Name : | | | Information Needs And Information Seeking Behaviour Of Teachers Of Nit, Kurukshetra According To Their Designations | | Author Name : | | | Prem Kumar , Sunil Kumar , Sushila And Sonia | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2870 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The present study attempts to understand about Information Needs and Information Seeking Behaviour of Teachers of NIT, Kurukshetra in reference to their designations. Total 142 questionnaires were distributed among the teachers out of them 114 Teachers responded back. There is significant relationship between Designation of the Teachers and use of periodicals, abstracting services and electronic mail services as a source of information. Professors used periodicals to increase general awareness, Associate Professors used it to update knowledge but the lecturers used it only for research purposes. The study indicated that the Professors used abstracting services frequently and very frequently; Associate Professors used it sometimes whereas lecturer used it rarely. There is no significant relationship between the designations of the teachers and their views about their visit to the Institute library, use of reference material, Statistical Tables, Indexing journals, reference service, indexing services, photocopying service, monographs etc. But the study showed that the Professors and Lecturers used News Papers and its clippings frequently and very frequently. The study highlighted the facts that the teachers did not face any difficulty to acquire information from library. | | Keywords : | | |
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