Impact of ICT on Information Seeking Behaviour of the Students of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana: A Survey

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Surender Kumar1 and Seema Saini2 (Nirankari Baba Gurbachan Singh Memorial College, Sohna, Gurugram, Haryana1, and S.M.S. Khalsa Labana Girls, Barara, Ambala, Haryana2)

The present study deals with the impact of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on information seeking behaviour of the students of P.A.U., Ludhiana. The study was conducted with objective of various ICT devices, based facilities and services provided by Punjab Agricultural University Library, Punjab along with suggestive measures. Data was collected through structured questionnaires. Out of 150 questionnaires only 145 (58 UG students, 58 PG students and 29 research scholars) filled by the students. Analysis clearly revealed that the majority of the students 73.1% were used both sources (print and digital) from library. Overwhelming majority of the respondents 97.9% used to Google search engine while using seeks information. The study examines the information seeking of the students to identify the resources used regularly to meet their information needs, purpose of information seeking, use of ICT devices for seeking the information, problems faced by students while seeking information. Some of the respondents, i.e., 14.5% always find the problems due to low speed of Internet connection, 12.4% were less aware about the use of OPAC, 9.0% faced problems due to untrained library staff and opening hours of the library were not according to their convenience.