This article is made to determine the need and use of information pattern by amongthe faculty members of Charotar
University of Science and Technology. According to Davidson and Lingam (1997), the understanding of information needs
and information-seeking behavior ofvarious professional groups is essential as it helps in the planning, implementation and
operation of information systemand services in the given work settings. With this broad theme in mind, this study was
conducted with a samplingpopulation of 100 faculty members of Charotar University of science and Technology with a specific
purpose totrace out their information needs and information seeking behavior. A structured questionnaire was used as a
datagathering tool. The findings of the study revealed that: 26% of the respondents use the internet of web pages and 24%
ofthe respondents use the on line e-resources to get information; 22% of the respondents are using the internet daily in
thelibrary; 40% of the respondents use Google, 22% of the respondents use Yahoo and Alta vista and 16% of the respondents
use other search engines; 24% of the respondents use OPAC (library catalogue) and 38% of the respondents use the book
reviews to trace the relevant documents available; 40% of the respondents make use of keyword search, 22% of the
respondents use ‘Title search’, 28% of the respondents use “author search” and 10% of the respondents make use of ‘subject
search’ as their mechanisms; 30% of the respondents each feel ‘lack of time due to abundant literature’ and ‘Inadequate
resources /library online resources” are the main reasons for getting the required information belated; 48 % of the
respondents make use of the internet facility at University library; 28 respondents are very fluent in using the e-resources
available in the library and 42 of them are good in using such resources. |
