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Use and value of library's electronic resources by academics and postgraduate students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Dolo-Ndlwana, Nomambulu |
| author2 | De Jager, Karin |
| author_browse | De Jager, Karin Dolo-Ndlwana, Nomambulu |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10336 Use and value of library's electronic resources by academics and postgraduate students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Dolo-Ndlwana, Nomambulu De Jager, Karin Library and Information Studies Includes bibliographical references. As libraries are in the transition of moving from print to electronic resources, the purpose of the study was to investigate the use and value of library's e-resources by academics and postgraduates at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). There is evidence from previous studies that today's users have their information needs met via a number of options. They need not physically come to the library; they can stay at home or at their offices to access e-resources. The study focused on the use and value of the library's e-resources in two departments (Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering) in the Faculty of Engineering. The main aim was to determine whether academics and postgraduates use e-resources, the purpose for which they used e-resources in the process of teaching, learning and research, the extent to which they were aware of the e-resources, the value they regarded as the benefit from using e-resources and the problems they encountered in their use of e-resources. The study population consisted of 251 academics and postgraduates. A questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. The questionnaire was distributed to 82 academics, 135 MTech and 34 DTech students. The results of the study are based on the data from 60 returned questionnaires from academics and postgraduates. The study found that the majority of the respondents used e-resources, but a few respondents did not use e-resources because they were not aware of them. Respondents who used e-resources used them for a variety of purposes, including gathering information for a specific topic; doing literature reviews, getting answers to specific questions, and gaining general information. The study also encountered respondents who had problems when using e-resources. These problems included internet connections, slow downloading of articles; time constraints and the need for training in the use of e-resources. The majority of respondents from the study thought that they benefited from using the library's e-resources. 2014-12-28T14:41:40Z 2014-12-28T14:41:40Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MBibl http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10336 eng application/pdf Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC) University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Library and Information Studies Dolo-Ndlwana, Nomambulu Use and value of library's electronic resources by academics and postgraduate students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Use and value of library's electronic resources by academics and postgraduate students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) |
| title_full | Use and value of library's electronic resources by academics and postgraduate students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) |
| title_fullStr | Use and value of library's electronic resources by academics and postgraduate students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use and value of library's electronic resources by academics and postgraduate students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) |
| title_short | Use and value of library's electronic resources by academics and postgraduate students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) |
| title_sort | use and value of library s electronic resources by academics and postgraduate students at cape peninsula university of technology cput |
| topic | Library and Information Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10336 |
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