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    A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NEPAL NATIONAL LIBRARY AND KAISER LIBRARY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR SERVICES
    (2009) Sharma, Bidya; Nirmala Shrestha
    The thesis is entitled ‘A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NEPAL NATIONAL LIBRARY AND KAISER LIBRARY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR SERVICES’. As the title suggests, the work takes a strongly comparative stance regarding the services provided by the two libraries i.e. the NNL and the KLib. The comparison carries its relevance given the close similarities between the two libraries. Both are the government libraries as well as reference libraries. The services they provide to the users are almost similar. The historical backgrounds are also more or less similar, as both of them have been established on the foundations of personal collections. Despite being the libraries of top priority of the government, the numbers of persons visiting these libraries are very low. Moreover, the numbers of visitors in the NNL are even decreasing in the last few years. So it seems that little has been achieved and a lot has to be done in fulfilling their goal of attracting the common people towards them and inculcating the reading culture in Nepali society. So the problem identified for the study was whether the library services provided by them were at par with the users’ expectations. Usefulness of collection, number of library users, budgetary pattern and collection management are some other issues covered during the study. In this context, the objective of the study is to find out, compare and analyze the facilities and the services provided by these two libraries in the light of user’s expectations so that one can learn from the better part of the other. The study also aims to work out the practical solutions for their improvement. As the title of the thesis suggests, the study was limited to the NNL and KLib only and concentrated specially on their services. The significance of the study lies on the fact that this is the very first time that the two libraries (NNL and KLib), which are getting almost equal importance by the government and have a lot similarities, are being studied comparatively in the light of their services. So the findings may be helpful for them to know about their shortcomings and to get suggestions for their improvement. The researcher hopes that this study also makes a base for the further research. v The study focuses on exploring the present conditions of the libraries, the services provided by them to the users, their constraints and the suggestions from both the users as well as the concerning staffers for the further improvement of these libraries. Available literatures regarding these libraries were reviewed through various sources. The research works done in the past found to be very few. Though there had been a few studies on the NNL and the KLib separately on various aspects, no studies had yet been conducted comparing the two. The very few literatures available regarding their studies were reviewed. Besides, concerned literatures including the brochures, souvenirs, the news letters, annual reports, web-sites, government policies and various articles published by various scholars on various journals, magazines and newspapers were also reviewed. Some theoretical review was also done regarding the national library and public library. The study was conducted during 2007 and 2008. Direct observation, interviews and the questionnaires were the methods applied for the study and data collection. Library-users’ opinions were collected mostly through questionnaire. The library staff members were interviewed. Questionnaires were distributed to 50 users in each library on random sampling basis. But only 35 users of the NNL and 40 users of the KLib returned them duly answered. Collected data have been presented in the tabular form and then into diagrammatic representation. The data have been analyzed on the basis of ratio as well as descriptive analysis. The study revealed that both the NNL and the KLib have been suffering by the inadequacy of fund. Though they get lion’s share of the annual budget allocated by the government for the library sector in the country, large sum of the budget found to be spent on staff salaries and administrative functions. The budget for the addition of new books and other facilities is always scanty. The study showed that the demand for the circulation service is high among the users, but both the libraries are not conducting such service. The users also want these libraries extend their opening hours. Both the libraries have been following the government office time-table for their opening. The NNL has been the depository of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). But ironically it has not been able to be the national depository. The NNL’s aspiration to be the national vi depository has yet to be fulfilled by the government through some statutory provisions. So one of the principal functions of a national library to act as a national depository and publish the national bibliography has not been fulfilled. Regarding modernization activities, both the libraries have been automated. The KLib also provides online/internet services to its users, though not sufficient, but the NNL does not. On the other hand, the NNL has larger collection than in the KLib and has been ahead in conducting mobile library services, which the KLib is not conducting. The other services provided to the public in general seemed to be almost similar in both the libraries. But in case of the physical facilities to the users the KLib found to be in better condition. The number of users found to be almost double in the KLib, than in the NNL. Besides being a library the KLib is also a mini-museum with different pictures, paintings and some other forms of artifacts from the past. This has the responsibility of preserving all these artifacts also. The staffers in both the libraries are the government employees. The professional librarians and trained manpower found to be in short supply in both the libraries. The libraries are recommended to review their policies and provide circulation service to the users and extend the library opening hours if possible. Finally the government is requested to initiate necessary steps for the statutory provision of making the NNL a national depository. It is recommended to increase the budget for the addition of more reading materials, facilities and services in both the libraries. It is worth considering that there is a necessity for a separate building for the NNL in some better location. June 2009 BIDYA SHARMA
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    A STUDY ON COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DOTI CAMPUS LIBRARY AND SITARAM CAMPUS LIBRARY OF DOTI DISTRIC
    (2018) Yadav, Om Kumar; Nira Manandhar
    This study presents comparative study of Doti Campus Library and Sitaram Campus Library of Doti district. There are 14 research papers and literatures reviewed to complete this thesis work where various national and international library facilities, services and library conditions are studied. This thesis highlights the library facilities and services, physical condition of the libraries and views of library users. Random sampling method is carried out of 250 library users and we have collected information from 25 library users for each library, which is 20 percent of the total cases. It is found that Doti campus library has maximum numbers of library users and most of users likes to use modern technology. Similarly, Doti campus library is more resourceful than the Sitaram campus library. In general, these two libraries are being servicing very efficiently and effectively. It is found that there is a need of modern suitable IT infrastructure to offer the complete satisfaction of users, which also meet users’ requirements. Therefore, librarians and related professionals needs to be updated with library software and modern IT technology and it’s uses. After user analysis of both academic libraries, most of them are found to be an academic and they refer their course related study. Both of the libraries have limited books and reference materials for the students and both of them are user friendly, efficient and cost effective. It is concluded that the campus having adequate library resources like books, reference materials, enhanced technology and skilled human resource can deliver better service to its user than the campus having limited resource
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    A STUDY ON E-LIBRARY OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
    (2019) Chaudhary, Vijay Prakash; Parbati Pandey
    This thesis entitled "A Study on E-library of Curriculum Development Centre" has been carried out as one of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Library and Information Science, Tribhuvan University. No study has been found on e-library in Curriculum Development Center. So this study has been conducted. The main objectives of the study are to explore the present status and problems of the e-library of Curriculum Development Centre, Bhaktapur. More than fifteen related literatures are reviewed from books, journals, thesis, website etc. This study has been limited to focus only on the e-library development by CDC. This is a descriptive study and purposive sampling technique has been used and questionnaire and interview instrument has been used for data collection. The study focused on the opinion of respondent’s library users (15 library user and 10 staff members of CDC). The study shows that e-library of CDC is very much useful and important for accessing the right information at right time on the right way. Sixty percent respondent stated the searching techniques are not easy. E-library users and e-resources downloaded also increased exponentially. The e-library should be updated on time; all CDC's publications should be uploaded and upgrade on the e-library of CDC and the management of CDC has manage high storage server for the e-library of CDC. Thus this research study recommends that the e-library of CDC should be publicized through different types of media such as TV, Radio, Facebook and Twitter etc. so that number of users of elibrary would increase in coming days. CDC should give priority for the sustainability of e-library. Keywords: E-library, Resources Space, CDC
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    A SURVEY OF USER ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE REFERENCE RESOURCES AND SERVICES OF FOUR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES OF KATHMANDU VALLEY
    (2008) Pandit, Upasana; Dr.Madhusudan Karki
    The thesis is entitled "A survey of user attitude towards the reference resources and services of four academic libraries of Kathmandu Valley" are carried out. The main objectives of this study is to examine and analyze the present existing situation, condition, resources and services of library and their management for effective organization. Reference service is one of the library's primary services behind acquisitions, classification, cataloguing and physical planning. This service provides personalized assistance to library users in accessing and using suitable information resources to meet their needs. Random sampling method was adopted in order to select sample size after determining the total population. The required data and information have been obtained from the primary source and secondary source with the help of semi-structured questionnaire. For this, four academic campus libraries were selected (PK, TC, NCC, PY) in the Kathmandu valley. The analysis of this study includes 117 respondents which is 84.8% of questionnaire distributed. The questionnaires were distributed to 30% of the total population. The total population in this study was 464 students. Among 117 respondents, 24 respondents belonged to Padma Kanya Campus studying in Master Level first year in Humanities faculty and 26 respondents belonged to Tri-Chandra Campus studying in Master Level first year in Humanities faculty. Similarly, 29 respondents belonged to Nepal Commerce Campus studying in Master Level first year in Management faculty and 38 respondents belonged to Public Youth Campus studying in Master Level first year in Management faculty. According to the findings of the research, most of the respondents view that the collections of documents in the library are inadequate. Most of the researcher does not get documents in time due to insufficient number v DEMO : Purchase from www.A-PDF.com to remove the watermark 106 of books, lack of new edition books, staff biasness and delayed return of issued books by library members. Thirty nine percent of the students visit library daily. Those who mostly visit library for borrowing the textbook. Sixty three percent of the students are satisfied with the opening hour of library but only 36% are not satisfied with the existing time period. Sixty seven percent respondents mentioned that they are familiar with the reference materials. Sixty two percent students are not satisfied with the reference materials which are insufficient in total collection of the library materials. More than 50% students have knowledge about catalogue system and 86% have responded for the necessity of the catalogue system. It highlights for the development of library, efficient library services, professional librarian, sufficient budget, standard-classification scheme and standard-cataloguing system. Modern computerizing and online services are the main problems for the users without which the users cannot get effective information. Therefore, the libraries should address all such shortcomings to improve their conditions and need to be carried out positive attitude of the library users in the existing campus library. Pandit, Upasana
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    ACCESSING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT KARNALI ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
    (Central Department of library and information science, 2024-02-09) Budhamagar, Birjung; Gautam, Sarita
    The thesis entitled “Accessing Electronic Resources by Undergraduate Students at Karnali Academy of Health Sciences” has been carried out to find out role of KAHS library in providing access to electronic resources for the fulfillment of information needs of the library users. It includes electronic data available by remote access and direct access. The objective of the study is to the accessing of electronic resources by undergraduate students. Review of 15 different national and international literature related to this title has been done. This study is a descriptive and user-based survey. This study studies specialized users inside the KAHS library. The primary data are collected through a field survey using the questionnaire. For collecting the required data for the study, 110 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents, and all of the questionnaires were returned successfully. The findings of this research are that the library provided various electronic resources, like Hinari, PubMed, Medline, and NepJol. 58( 53%)of respondents are not aware of electronic resources in the library. 40 (36% )of respondents used electronic resources other than those available at the library. 54 (49%) respondents are satisfied with using an electronic resource available in the KAHS library. Respondents viewed the need for an orientation program on electronic resources use, upgrading the IT infrastructure and keep away from slow downloads them facilitating for gaining access to lower back troubles of electronic resources, to reduce subject in discovering relevant information, encouraging to subscribe AsiaJol, Zlibrary, Emerald, Ebsco Host, Proquest, Mc Graw-Hill, Science Direct, MedCarib, Md Consult, Research Gate, Scopus, Medscape, Clinical Key, Access Medicine, Springer, Wiley, NepMed are also inspired to use. Key Words: Library resources-Electronic, Pub Med, HINARI, Med line, NepJol,Medical Library, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences Library
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