Digital
information is becoming essential to almost every aspect of modern life
particularly to all people working in higher education including university
students, teachers and researchers.
These people require digital information and handling skills to use
computers, digital information sources and the Internet for their day-to-day
studies, teaching and research. In this context, academic libraries are
expected to provide quality services to the users enabling them to get high
quality education. Hence, it is
necessary to conduct user studies on regular basis and to get feedback from the
users to evaluate the library services and to take decisions to introduce new
services or improve the existing services. Librarians are supposed to conduct
these studies due to developments in IT & ICTs and ongoing changes in
instructional technologies used in colleges and universities in this digital
era. Hence, there is need for conducting
a national seminar to discuss the information requirements of users in the
digital era, need for and methods of conducting user studies, use of ICTs in
delivering cost-effective services, and
overcome the problems faced by various types of Academic Libraries in
conducting user studies.
Objectives
• To provide a forum for discussion among librarians to address the
various issues relating to user studies;
• To create awareness among librarians about the importance of user
studies for getting feedback from users to improve library services;
• To examine the problems faced while conducting user studies;
• To prepare necessary standard tools for conducting user
studies; and
• To create awareness among the librarians on how user studies are
helpful in providing quality services to users.
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