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A SURVEY OF LIBRARY COLLECTION

DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE ENGINEERING

COLLEGES OF KARIMNAGAR AND WARANGAL

DISTRICTS OF TELANGANA STATE

Dr. B.R. Doraswamy Naick Assistant Professor

Library and information Science

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Kakinada-A.P-533003

E-mail:[email protected]

Ramaka Mohan Research Scholar, Library and Information Science

Bharatiyar University

Coimbatore – 641046 Tamil Nadu

Email: [email protected]

Abstract

This study reports the findings of a survey of the collection development

practices in the libraries of 15 engineering colleges of Karimnagar and

Warangal Districts of Telangana State which is affiliated to Jawahalal

Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad. Various aspects

like nature of collection development policies, general picture of

collection, selection of different types of documents, basis of book

selection, broken sequence, sources of acquiring books, frequently

consulted book selection tools, availability of secondary sources of

information, number of books added every year, less/unused used books

are investigated and analyzed in the study. Concludes that the present

collection is basically print dominated and needs an integrated collection

(print, non-print and electronic) based on a more pragmatic collection

development policy with emphasis on media resources and electronic

resources.

Keywords: Collection Development, Engineering College Libraries, Karimnagar,

Warangal, User studies.

INTRODUCTION

The Library is the backbone of the College. Information is a power and libraries are the

reservoirs of this power. Libraries achieve this power with continuous development of

collection of documents. From the origin of the libraries, the collection of useful

documents is the main symbol of the library. No one can imagine about the library

without collection. Development of collection is one of the most basic functions of any





library and information center. Collection development is a regular addition of

information sources in print, non-print and electronic forms and weeding out of out-dated

reading materials. According to encyclopedia of library and information science 'Library

collection is sum total of library material-books, manuscripts, serials, government

documents, pamphlets, catalogues, reports, recordings, microfilm reels, micro cards,

microfilms, punched cards etc. that make up the holdings of a particular library'. Now in

the age of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the information is

available in the electronic form. Libraries are acquiring information in the form of CD-

ROMs, hard disks, pen drives and online resources through Internet. Therefore these

forms of documents are also included as indispensable part of the library collection. A

developing library collection depends on various factors. 'The process of planning and

building a useful and balanced collection of library materials over a period of years, based

on an on-going assessment of the information needs of the library's clientele, and

demographic projections, normally constrained by budgetary limitations. Collection

development includes the formulation of selection criteria, planning for resource sharing

etc .

Our Engineering colleges are not well equipped as far as quality book collection is

concerned and most of the Engineering colleges have confined their collection of books

and periodical only to the extent of AICTE norms. Many of these collections do not

satisfy the users either qualitatively or quantitatively. There are many libraries, which are

yet to start their collection development in other forms, other that books and journals.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

A huge amount of the literature on Library and Information Science reports the

importance of engineering libraries including the conditions of these. Mukherjee, A. K.

(1974) in “Book selection: principles, practices & tools” opined that an efficient book

selection makes a library of valuable books, a living source of culture. This selection must

be in relation to reader requirements and not only a collection of good books.

Seetharama, S. (1997) in the paper “Collection development/management in an

information technology-based environment: current initiatives and issues” discussed the

impact of information technology on collection development and collection management.

He also examined about the changing role of libraries and librarians in manipulation

traditional as well as electronic resources.

Mahapatra, P. K. (1999) in his book entitled “Collection management in libraries” stated

that collection management is not just book selection, acquisition, building the collection

and even collection development. During last few decades the library situations have been

affected by social, economic, cultural and academic changes, the declining financial

resources, technological innovations, changing needs and requirements of the user groups

and access to wider resource base. The concept of collection management has emerged to

cope with the new situations. He also examine about the management policy, policies and

techniques, fiscal design, evaluation and maintenance, cooperative collection guidance

and electronic media.





Vashishth, C. P. (2011) in the article “Building library collection in environment:

challenges & opportunities” enumerated various steps involved in building library

collection in print as well as digital/ e-resources. He underscored the part of bookkeeper

in accumulation building and furthermore talked about the issues being confronted by

librarians in collection building."

A study conducted by Janak and Verma (1992) examined the status of engineering

college libraries in terms of collection, finances, staff, services and organization. Ullah,

Pradeep Kumar and Ahmad (2002) examined the status of collection, facilities,

manpower and services. Khan (1993) analysed the collection in terms of growth in size,

growth of users and compares with the growth of budget. Ahmad and Satija (2002)

discussed the procedures for acquiring, organizing and preserving documents to

dissemination of information. Rashid and Amin (1998) examined the library automation

operations, collection organization, services, finance and staffing. Mary and Sankar

(2008) discussed the evaluation techniques for document collection. Biradar and Sampath

Kumar (2003) evaluated the library services. Document collection. Biradar and Sampath

Kumar [7] evaluated the library services

ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION (AICTE)

AICTE was setup in 1945 to prescribe standards, quality assurance, accreditation, etc., in

engineering colleges. The government of India established a body to look after the

development of engineering education known as All India Council for Technical

Education (AICTE). The AICTE is responsible to accord permission to establish

institutions in the field of engineering, technology, architecture, town planning,

management, pharmacy, applied arts and crafts, hotel management and catering

technology, etc. At present, the engineering education offered in India particularly in

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana to train graduates to develop the manpower required in

industries and related areas to meet the challenges nationally and globally. Accordingly,

various National Institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institute of

Science and private building universities have come up.

ENGINEERING COLLEGE LIBRARIES

A library plays a central role in ensuring the success of higher grade of Engineering and

Technology. The important activities of engineering college libraries include the

Collection Development, Reference Service, Circulation, Document Delivery, User

Education, Access to Electronic Resources, etc. Engineering college libraries are

expected to provide cost effective and reliable access to information using the state-of-the

art information technology tools. The basic objective of the Engineering college library is

to be a dynamic instrument for explaining the expanding horizons of knowledge. The

library endeavours to make the legitimate needs and demands of the patrons, from the

senior academics engaged in advance research to the fresh entrant stimulate and

encourage students to develop the lifelong habits of good reading, study and research and

to be the centre of Engineering college for educational and scholarly pursuit. Nowadays

Library is like Knowledge centre and is the heart of any institute. The user‟s satisfaction

is main motto of library services and it is key success of any library. The services of

librarian are also make good customer satisfaction among users. Librarian should regular





explore customer satisfaction with the library‟s collection, services and information

preferences to ensure that the information needs of users are satisfactorily fulfill within

time.

LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The study entitled Survey of Library Collection Development among the Engineering

Colleges of Karimnagar and Warangal Districts of Telangana State. The scope of the

study population comprises data related to engineering college library‟s collection

development and maintenance policy of Engineering Colleges of Karimnagar and

Warangal Districts of Telangana State only.

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The following objectives have been pursued for the purpose of the study on collection

development Engineering Colleges of Karimnagar, Telangana State.

To know the availability of collection in the engineering college libraries of

Karimnagar and Warangal Districts of Telangana State.

To examine and study the collection development policy of engineering college

libraries of Karimnagar and Warangal Districts of Telangana State.

To reveal the present status of print, non-print, and e-resources in the libraries

under study.

To provide suggestions for the development and up-date of college libraries in

future.

To assess what extent of users are satisfied with the collection and services of

libraries of engineering college libraries of Karimnagar and Warangal Districts of

Telangana State.

METHODOLOGY

For the present study, survey method has been adopted and a questionnaire has been

designed to gather the relevant data which would give the collection development

practices among libraries of engineering colleges of Karimnagar and Warangal Districts

of Telangana State affiliated to JNTU Hyderabad. The designed questionnaires were

distributed to 35 librarians of engineering colleges of Karimnagar and Warangal districts

of Telangana state. Out of 35 colleges 32 were responded the response rate of 91.43%.

and 950 questionnaire distributed to the users, 760 (80%) were responded.

Selected List of colleges under the study

S.No

. Name of the College

Year of

Establishment Status District

1 JNTU - Jagityal 2007 Govt. Karimnagar

2 JNTUH College of Engineering Manthani 2010 Govt. Karimnagar

3

Jyothishmathi College of Engineering and

Technology 2008 Private Karimnagar





4 Jyothishmathi Institute of Technology and Science 1997 Private Karimnagar

5 Kamala Institute of Technology & Science 1997 Private Karimnagar

6

Mother Theresa College Of Engineering and

Technology 1999 Private Karimnagar

7 Nigama Engineering College 2008 Private Karimnagar

8 Sindhura college of engineering and technology 2001 Private Karimnagar

9 Sree Chaitanya College of Engineering 2004 Private Karimnagar

10 Sree Chaitanya Institute of Technology 2008 Private Karimnagar

11 Trinity College of Engineering and Technology 2008 Private Karimnagar

12 Trinity College of Engineering and Technolog 2008 Private Karimnagar

13 Vaageswari college of engineering 2003 Private Karimnagar

14 Vaageswari Engineering College 2008 Private Karimnagar

15 Vivekananda institute of technology & science 2004 Private Karimnagar

16 Vivekananda institute of technology & science 2004 Private Karimnagar

17 Balaji Institute of Technology & Science 2001 Private Warangal

18 Chaitanya Institute of Technology & Science 2010 Private Warangal

19 Christu Jyothi Inst. of Technology & Science 1998 Private Warangal

20 Ganapathi Engineeting College 2005 Private Warangal

21 Jayamukhi Technology Institute of Science 2001 Private Warangal

22 Kakatiya Institute of Technology 1980 Private Warangal

23 National Institute of Technology 1959 Govt. Warangal

24 Ramappa Engineering College 1999 Private Warangal

25 SR Engineering College 2002 Private Warangal

26 Sumathi Reddy Institute of Engineering 2009 Private Warangal

27 SVS Institute of Technology 2008 Private Warangal

28 Talla Padmavathi Engineering College 2008 Private Warangal

29 Vagdevi College of Engineering 1998 Private Warangal

30 Vagdevi Engineering College 2008 Private Warangal

31 Vinuthna College of Engineering 2009 Private Warangal

32 Warangal Institute of technology & Science 2009 Private Warangal

DATA ANALYSIS

Librarians

The gender wise breakup of Karimnagar and Warangal district engineering college

librarians is shown in the table -1. It may be seen from the table that majority of the

respondents numbering 19 (59.38%) are male and the remaining 3 (9.38%) are female.

Table-1

Gender wise Respondents of Engineering College Librarians

Gender No. of Respondents Percentage





Male 19 59.38

Female 3 9.38

Total 32 100.00

Year of Establishment

The year of establishment of engineering college libraries of Karimnagar and Warangal

Districts, Telangana state selected for the study is shown in the table 2. It may be seen

from the table 2 that of the 32 engineering college libraries, 9 (28.13%) of them were

established in year 2008; followed by 3 (9.38%) colleges in the year 2001, 2004 and

2009 were established; in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2010 every year two colleges (6.25%)

were established. And remaining colleges were established in 1959, 1980, 2002, 2003,

2005 and 2007 each year single (3.13%) were established. Thus a majority of the college

libraries were established in 2008.

Table-2

Year of Establishment

S.No. Year of

Establishment

No. of

Colleges Percentage

1 1959 1 3.13

2 1980 1 3.13

3 1997 2 6.25

4 1998 2 6.25

5 1999 2 6.25

6 2001 3 9.38

7 2002 1 3.13

8 2003 1 3.13

9 2004 3 9.38

10 2005 1 3.13

11 2007 1 3.13

12 2008 9 28.13

13 2009 3 9.38

14 2010 2 6.25

Total 32 100

Size of Printed Book Collection

The size of the printed book collection of engineering college libraries is shown in the

table 3. It may be seen from the table that the highest 11 (34.38%) of the libraries have

collection ranging between 10,000-20,000 volumes of printed books; followed by 6

(18.75%) collection of the libraries were > 50,000 and 5 (15.63%) libraries ranging

between 20,000-30,000, 30,000-40,000 and 40,000-50,000; finally the majority 11

(34.38%) of libraries have printed book collection between 10,000-20,000.





Table-3

Size of Printed Book Collection

S.No. Size of Book Collection No. of

Libraries Percentage

1 <10,000 volumes 0 0

2 10,000 –20,000 volumes 11 34.38

3 20,000 –30,000 volumes 5 15.63

4 30,000-40,000 volumes 5 15.63

5 40,000-50,000 volumes 5 15.63

6 > 50,000 volumes 6 18.75

Total 32 100

College-wise Printed Collection of Journals, Magazines and Newspapers

Table 4 shows the college-wise collection of National and International Journals; and

good collection of magazines; local language and English language news papers are

available their libraries. Increase of thesis collection as the course completion we can

monitor.

Table-4

College-wise Collection of Journals, Magazines, Newspapers and Thesis

S.No.

No. of

National

Generals

%

No. of

International

Generals

% Magazines % News

papers % Thesis %

1 89 4.06 58 4.27 21 7.64 6 3.73 800 3.87

2 112 5.10 100 7.37 33 2.31 6 3.73 645 3.12

3 34 1.55 20 1.47 10 2.78 4 2.48 950 4.59

4 28 1.28 30 2.21 12 2.78 5 3.11 1200 5.80

5 143 6.52 137 10.10 12 3.47 4 2.48 650 3.14

6 40 1.82 22 1.62 15 2.31 5 3.11 450 2.17

7 40 1.82 60 4.42 10 1.85 6 3.73 550 2.66

8 100 4.56 7 0.52 8 1.39 5 3.11 460 2.22

9 56 2.55 0 0.00 6 4.63 6 3.73 800 3.87

10 15 0.68 30 2.21 20 1.85 6 3.73 400 1.93

11 18 0.82 4 0.29 8 2.31 6 3.73 680 3.29

12 120 5.47 90 6.63 10 7.64 6 3.73 325 1.57

13 25 1.14 53 3.91 33 1.85 6 3.73 950 4.59

14 70 3.19 50 3.68 8 3.47 6 3.73 100 0.48

15 66 3.01 39 2.87 15 3.70 4 2.48 825 3.99

16 24 1.09 15 1.11 16 3.24 4 2.48 650 3.14

17 90 4.10 20 1.47 14 2.31 5 3.11 760 3.67

18 35 1.60 20 1.47 10 4.86 4 2.48 820 3.96

19 26 1.19 20 1.47 21 2.08 5 3.11 920 4.45

20 108 4.92 105 7.74 9 2.55 6 3.73 450 2.17





21 108 4.92 12 0.88 11 2.31 5 3.11 550 2.66

22 163 7.43 34 2.51 10 2.78 4 2.48 325 1.57

23 77 3.51 54 3.98 12 3.01 3 1.86 800 3.87

24 70 3.19 63 4.64 13 4.63 5 3.11 450 2.17

25 127 5.79 94 6.93 20 2.31 4 2.48 680 3.29

26 26 1.19 20 1.47 10 2.08 4 2.48 325 1.57

27 86 3.92 92 6.78 9 2.78 5 3.11 950 4.59

28 48 2.19 24 1.77 12 3.24 4 2.48 210 1.01

29 71 3.24 15 1.11 14 2.31 5 3.11 680 3.29

30 45 2.05 15 1.11 10 2.78 6 3.73 910 4.40

31 86 3.92 24 1.77 12 1.85 5 3.11 625 3.02

32 48 2.19 30 2.21 8 1.85 6 3.73 800 3.87

Total 2194 100.00 1357 100 432 0 161 100 20690 100

Collection of E-Resources

All the 32 engineering colleges together have a total of 9702 e- book, 16824 of CDs

collection; 76 databases; almost all colleges subscribing DELNET services and finally

audio/video of NPTEL lesions are shown in the table 5. There is CD‟s collection is

dominating in the libraries.

Table-5

Collection of e-Resources

S.No. e-books CDs e-databases Delnet NPTEL

1 312 350 2 Yes Yes

2 225 400 3 Yes Yes

3 350 275 4 Yes Yes

4 412 450 2 Yes Yes

5 450 320 3 Yes Yes

6 600 450 2 Yes Yes

7 275 610 1 Yes Yes

8 360 585 2 Yes Yes

9 400 480 2 Yes Yes

10 285 412 3 Yes Yes

11 375 385 3 Yes Yes

12 410 550 1 Yes Yes

13 364 750 4 Yes Yes

14 252 275 1 Yes Yes

15 115 600 3 Yes Yes

16 250 650 4 Yes Yes

17 150 800 2 Yes Yes

18 125 725 3 Yes Yes

19 150 560 2 Yes Yes

20 190 720 1 Yes Yes

21 120 320 2 Yes Yes

22 100 450 2 Yes Yes





23 225 610 3 Yes Yes

24 350 585 3 Yes Yes

25 412 480 3 Yes Yes

26 450 412 2 Yes Yes

27 300 385 1 Yes Yes

28 275 550 2 Yes Yes

29 360 750 2 Yes Yes

30 400 315 3 Yes Yes

31 285 820 3 Yes Yes

32 375 800 2 Yes Yes

Total 9702 16824 76 Yes Yes

Various Bodies Who Play an Active Role in the Selection of Books

Libraries in general and in engineering college libraries in particular various bodies play

an active role in the selection of books. They are the librarian, head of departments,

teaching faculty and users, book selection committee and the library committee. The table

6 indicates the details about who makes the selection of books in different subjects.

It may be observed from the table that there are different bodies of book selection and

opinion and perceptions of the librarians. Majority of Library Committee and Librarian

are scoring on average of 12.5 % and Teaching faculty/user 15.6% and Head of the

institute are scoring average of 12.5% .

Table-6

Various Bodies Who Play an Active Role in the Selection of Books

Responses in Percentage (N=32)

Book Selectors 1 2 3 4 5 Mean

Library Committee 18 4 3 4 3

56.3 12.5 9.4 12.5 9.4 12.5

Head of the Institute 7 7 4 10 4

21.9 21.9 12.5 31.3 12.5 12.5

Librarian 18 4 3 4 5

56.3 12.5 9.4 12.5 15.6 12.5

Teaching Faculty

/Users 13 5 2 8 4

40.6 15.6 6.3 25.0 12.5 15.6

Key: Strongly disagree, 2 – Disagree, 3 – Neither agree nor disagree, 4 – Agree,

5 – Strongly agree N=Number of Respondents, in Parentheses s indicates Percentage





User profiles

This section shows the profile of users of Engineering Colleges Libraries of Karimnagar

and Warangal District of Telangana State. It includes gender, designation, educational

qualification, and also department users.

The gender wise status of engineering college library users is shown in table 7. It may be

seen from the table that majority of the respondents numbering 495 (65.13%) are male

and the remaining 265 (34.87%) are female respondents.

Table-7

Gender-wise Respondents

Gender No. of Respondents Percentage

Male 495 65.13

Female 265 34.87

Total 760 100

Designation of the Users

Engineering college users have different status. Table 8. shows the status wise breakup of

responses. It is observed from the table that, majority accounting 465 (61.18%) have the

designation as Assistant Professor. Whereas 120 respondents representing (15.69%)

percent are Associate Professors, and 80(10.53%) are designated as Professor and the

remaining four respondents scoring .95 (12.50%) consist of others.. Thus the highest

numbers of respondents are Assistant Professors

Table-8

Designation of the Users

S.No. Disignation No. of Respondents Percentage

1 Asst. Professor 465 61.18

2 Associate Professor 120 15.79

3 Professor 80 10.53

4 Others 95 12.50

Total 760 100.00

Educational Qualifications of the Users

The educational qualification of the users of engineering colleges libraries of Karimnagar

District, Telangana state is presented in table 9. The table shows that nearly 455 (59.87%)

users have BE/M.Tech degree qualifications; About 135 (17.76%) respondents have the

M.Sc. qualification and 75 (9.87%) of respondents are having degree of B.E. / M.Tech.





/PhD qualification; remaining 95 (12.50%) respondents have other qualifications; Thus

majority of the respondents abounding 455 (59.87%) have BE/M.Tech degree.

Table-9

Educational Qualifications of the Users

S.No. Educational Qualification No. of Respondents Percentage

1 B.E./ M.Tech 455 59.87

2 B.E./ M.Tech./ PhD 75 9.87

3 MSc. 135 17.76

4 Any Other 95 12.50

Total 760 100.00

Departments wise Users

Department wise breakup of the user of engineering colleges libraries of Karimnagar and

Warangal District of Telangana State respondents is presented in table 10. The table

shows that, of the 150 respondents, nearly (19.74%) users are from the department of

Computer Science & Engineering, following 120 (15.79%) respondents are from the

department of Civil Engineering representing; 102 (13.42%) respondents are from the

department of Automobile Engineering; 100(13.16%) users are from the department of

Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and 80 (10.53%) are from the department of

Electronic & Communication Engineering and Mechanical engineering; 32 (4.21%)

representing from Industrial and Production Engineering; 31 (4.08%) are from

Instrumentation Technology; very few respondents from 25 (3.29%) representing from

the department of Instrumentation Technology. Thus majority of the respondents

abounding 150 (19.74%) are from the department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Table-10

Departments of the Users

S.No. Departments No. of Respondents Percentage

1 Automobile Engineering 102 13.42

2 Civil Engineering 120 15.79

3 Computer Science & Engineering 150 19.74

4 Electrical and Electronics Engineering 100 13.16

5 Electronic & Communication Engineering 80 10.53

6 Environmental Engineering 40 5.26

7 Information Science and Engineering 31 4.08

8 Industrial and Production Engineering 32 4.21

9 Instrumentation Technology 25 3.29

10 Mechanical engineering 80 10.53

Total 760 100.00





Usefulness of Library Collection

The usefulness of the library collection among the engineering colleges libraries of

Karimnagar and Warangal Districts of Telangana State is shown in table 11. There is a

range of library collection which are useful to the respondents. They are: Text books;

Reference books; Thesis, Printed journals, e-journals, e-books, databases, audio-visual

materials.

The analysis indicates that, there is a significant difference in case of the usefulness of

Printed Journals are Highly useful 565 (74.34%) than E-journals 549 (72.24%),

References books are “highly useful” 471 (61.97%), Thesis/Dissertation sources are very

useful 445 (58.55%), following e-databases are highly useful with 433 (56.97%), and e-

journals 410 (72.24%), Text books 362(47.63%) and finally Audio-visual material 352

(46.32%). „Text books‟ are respondents scoring, 362 (47.63%) say „Text books‟ are

useful‟; There is a significant difference among the respondents with regard to the useful

of „Reference Books‟ . Many respondents scoring 471 (61.97%) say that the „Reference

Books‟ are highly useful‟.

Table-11

Usefulness of Library Collection

S.No. Type of Collection Responses in Percentage (N=760)

1 2 3 4 5

1 Text books 6 56 96 240 362

Percentage 0.79 7.37 12.63 31.58 47.63

2 Reference books 4 25 60 200 471

Percentage 0.53 3.29 7.89 26.32 61.97

3 Theses / Dissertation 45 50 95 125 445

Percentage 5.92 6.58 12.50 16.45 58.55

4 Printed Journals 6 10 39 140 565

Percentage 0.79 1.32 5.13 18.42 74.34

5 E-journals 2 8 46 155 549

Percentage 0.26 1.05 6.05 20.39 72.24

6 E-books 25 24 71 230 410

Percentage 3.29 3.16 9.34 30.26 53.95

7 Databases 6 35 62 224 433

Percentage 0.79 4.61 8.16 29.47 56.97

8

Audio-visual material

(CD‟s etc.) 63 46 64 235 352

Percentage 8.29 6.05 8.42 30.92 46.32

Key: 1- Not at all useful 2 – Moderately useful, 3 – Little useful, 4 – Useful, 5 – Highly

useful,





N=Number of Respondents, in Parentheses s indicates Percentage

FINDINGS:

It may be seen from the table that majority of the respondents numbering

19(59.38%) are male and the remaining (Table-1)

The year of establishment of engineering college libraries of Karimnagar and

Warangal Districts of Telangana state selected for the study is shown in the table

2. Thus a majority of the college libraries were established in 2008. (table-2)

Majority of Library Committee and Librarian are scoring on average of 12.5 %

and Head of the Institute 12.5% and Teaching faculty/user are scoring average of

15.6% .(table-6).

The profile of users of Engineering Colleges Libraries of Karimnagar and

Warangal Districts of Telangana state. It includes gender, designation,

educational qualification, and also department users. Out of 760 respondents, it

may be seen from the table that majority of the respondents numbering 495

(65.13%) are male respondents

CONCLUSION

Research on engineering college libraries, their use and services is carried out in different

states of India but studies on collection development in engineering colleges affiliated to

JNTUH are very less. On collection development and user satisfaction there are quite a

few studies, but the present study is therefore new and is richly contributing to the field of

research in Library and Information Science. Most of the studies are generally related to

the acquisition, procurement, selection, growth of collection, and services of engineering

college library users. The present study is confined to the Karimnagar District, Telangana

State. Structured questionnaire method was used both for librarians and the library users.

The main objectives of the study encompass the library collection development in the

engineering college libraries of Karmnagar and Warangal districts. Both negative and

positive implications on the library collection development are measured. After using the

results of the study it is concluded that the users says about the library collections are

significant. The responses of the Engineering Colleges of Karimnagar and Warangal

districts of Telangana State, users opinion about library collection and services are

significantly different.

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