Level of awareness of open access portals among the faculty members in higher educational institutions in Cuddalore district

https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS7.13719

Authors

  • G. Saravanan Librarian, Krishnsamy College of Engg. & Technology Cuddalore -607 109 and Research Scholar, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608 002
  • Dr. K. Vijayakumar Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608 002

Keywords:

Cuddalore, immediately, broadly accessible to society

Abstract

This paper is discusses about the Knowledge, Present Status and Opinion of Open Access Resources among the higher educational institutions in Cuddalore Distrcit. The relevant data has collected from the faculty members who are working in higher educational institutions which consists of Engineering & Technology and Arts & Science from January 2022 to May 2022. Totally  1272 questionnaires were distributed which includes  432 from Engineering & Technology institutions and 840 from Arts & Science Colleges in Cuddalore District, Which indicates the questionnaires distributed who are in the role during the study period. And out of 1272, 1035 were received from faculty members after duly filled and responded. The dographic details wise analysis of the 1035 faculty members, 284(27.44%) of stated to ways known about the open access resources through ‘Library Professionals’ which includes 75(7.25%) of them from ‘Engineering and Technology institutions and 209(20.19%) of them from ‘Arts & Science’ institutions.

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Published

01-12-2022

How to Cite

Saravanan, G., & Vijayakumar, D. K. (2022). Level of awareness of open access portals among the faculty members in higher educational institutions in Cuddalore district. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S7), 6468–6479. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS7.13719

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