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Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volume  10, Issue 2, May-Aug 2016, Pages 201-206
 

Review Article

Status of Medical College and Research Hospital Library and Information Centres at Bangalore: A Study

Umesh S.D.*, K. Divyananda**

*Librarian, GMR Infrastructure Limited, Bangalore, India. **Technical Officer, GTRE, DRDO, Bangalore, India.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.10216.19

Abstract

 Health Science libraries are prime reservoirs of health information, library plays a vital role to get necessary information for medical practitioners to update the medical knowledge. The purpose of the study is to investigate the status of 10 medical college and research hospital libraries at Bangalore. Study focus on the context of collection, physical infrastructure, usage of ICT tool, library services and problems. For this study survey method was used and distributed questionnaire to collect relevant data. The comparative analysis of 10 medical college libraries have been discussed and based on findings suitable suggestions given to improve medical college services. 

Keyword: Library Status; Physical Infrastructure; Services; Usage of ICT Tools.


Corresponding Author : Umesh S.D.*