Print vs electronic resources: perceptions, use and opinions

Swamy, Panduranga
Dr. Swamy is currently working in IIM-A. With 15 years of professional experience of working both in government and private sector including the ISRO, ISEC, IFMR. He has contributed o6 publications in journals and 12 research papers published in International and National Conferences and Seminars.

Excellent management institutions are essential to prepare managers with good knowledge and skills. Faculty members, libraries, and ICT facilities are important components in providing good management education. In recent years, academic libraries are facing pressures like shrinking the budget provisions, increasing the patron's demands, limited physical space, preservation inconveniences, raising the costs of the books, periodicals, and publishing industry moving into electronic form. The availability of e- resources to publishers offers large collection of content in one platform. So it has become necessary to compare and evaluate the effective use of print and electronic resources from the users and library point of view. Due to ICT development and the availability of the information resources in print and electronic formats have increased access to the information at an exceptional rate. To know the status and the utilization of print and electronic by IIMs libraries a survey was conducted.