Library Book Transactions by PG Students of School of Sciences in Indira Gandhi Memorial Library, University of Hyderabad
Author(s): Koneti Nageswara Raju & Dr. Avineni Kishore
Abstract – The basic function of any library is the circulation of books. The strength and weakness of any library can be judged by its circulation data. In our country the practice of lending books persists as major outlet of tapping information by users. Now it is appropriate to understand the rate and trend of issues, the characteristics of books that were circulated etc, for a need based acquisition of books. This study investigated book transactions by postgraduate students of school of social science students in Indira Gandhi Memorial Library, University of Hyderabad. There are 736 postgraduate students enrolled in the school of sciences during the academic year 2014-16. After obtaining permission from the Chief Librarian of University of Hyderabad IGM Library, Hyderabad, the researcher collected the all information about postgraduate students pertaining borrower's book transactions from the circulation section. Out of 736 School of Sciences PG students, II year students (362) are done more number of book transactions (53.69%) with an average of 19 books when compared to I year students book transactions (46.31%) with an average of 16 books.
Keywords – Use of books, borrowing of books, borrowers, circulation section, library users.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.7.4.2021.1489
Cite This Article As: Raju, K.N. & Kishore, A. (2021). Library Book Transactions by PG Students of School of Sciences in Indira Gandhi Memorial Library, University of Hyderabad. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 7(4) 296-305. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1489 Page: 296-305 Publication Date: 4 January 2022