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Item Digital libraries: emergence, features, challenges and opportunities in Nepal(2012) Chandra Bhushan YadavItem Status and problems of school libraries for obtaining information literacy skills for learning(2012) Sharada ShiwakotiItem Reference services: comparative study of three campuses libraries of Kathmandu valley(2012) Dibya Tara BajracharyaItem The status of circulation section in Tribhuvan university central library(2012) Indira KoiralaItem Status of medical libraries of Kathmandu valley(2012) Gauri DhakalItem Status of registered public libraries in Syangja district(2012) Bijaya SharmaItem Nepjol: prospects and future in educational and research institutions of Nepal(2012) Sarita AryalItem Bibliometric analysis of the thesis in the central department of the library and information science(2012) Ramesh Chandra OjhaItem STATUS OF MEDICAL LIBRARIES OF KATHMANDU VALLEY(2012) Dhakal, Gauri; Mr.Bhim Dhoj ShresthaThe thesis entitled “Status of Medical Libraries of Kathmandu Valley” has been carried out to find out the status of information services provided by medical libraries of Kathmandu Valley, examine the status of information services in the medical libraries, and evaluate the users’ as well as librarians’ perception towards the services provided by the medical libraries and their development. But so far their activities have not been studied. Therefore, realizing those problems this study has been carried out. The objective of this study is to know the status of services provided by the post-graduate medical college libraries, there types and standard, the perceptions of users’ as well as librarians’ towards the services provided by these libraries and finally to evaluate the perception of librarian towards their services. Although there are many medical libraries, only two medical libraries have been included due to constraint of time and resources. The significance of the study is that it has produced some effects on what happens in the future of those medical libraries. Related literatures in this field have been reviewed. Ideas of like minded personalities have been included, quoted and taken as the basis for further study. NAMS and TUTH library along with the information services provided by them have been precisely focused. Regarding the research design this study is based on primary data using questionnaire as well as secondary data. The collected data have been presented and analyzed using frequency distribution tables and pie-charts with their detail interpretation. Purposively 70 users of 2 post-graduate medical college libraries of Kathmandu Valley namely NAMS and TUTH have been taken as sample of the study. It is found that most of the respondents 61 (87.1%) are students, 7 (10%) are teaching faculties and few 2 (2.9%) are the medical officers. It is found that 63 (90%) visit the library daily followed by 5 (7.1%) weekly and equal numbers of the users (3%) visit the library monthly and less often, among the respondents, 30 (52.9%) respondents are satisfied with the opening hours of the library whereas majority 47.1% are not fully satisfied with the opening hours of the library. A brief summary of the study has been provided. It is concluded that there are no planned budget for purchasing books, as per demand of the users and based priority of the authority books are purchased; there is no written policy regarding vi development of the library. Most of the users are not satisfied with the services provided by the library. Regarding the policy, most of the policy such as budget, development of library services e.g. automation has been adopted on ad-hoc basis without written policy. Budget has not been allocated in appropriate rate in both the libraries. There is no information literacy program adopted by the libraries which has resulted in low use of existing library services. Finally, basing upon the study it has been recommended that there should be written standard, and policy guidelines in both the libraries. They have to provide library orientation to their users. Latest collection should be added each year and online library facilities should be arranged for the users. Along with their facilities, if the libraries maintain peaceful environment as adequate reading space, definitely the status of medical libraries in Nepal can be achieved. Gauri DhakalItem USAGE OF SEARCH ENGINES FOR RESEARCH BY POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS OF MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN KATHMANDU VALLEY(2012) Ghimire, Ira; Mr.Bhim Dhoj ShresthaInternet search engine usage behaviours of present day medical postgraduate students are valuable to improve the academic works. For this reason, this study was carried out among postgraduate medical students of two medical institutions of Kathmandu to know the behaviours of Internet search engine users. The objective of the study was to investigate the Internet search engine usage behaviours and experiences among research postgraduate students of medical institutions. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The data were collected from the purposively selected postgraduate medical students of two medical collages namely Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Library (IOM/TUTH) and National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) of Kathmandu. The medical institutions and respondents are selected by adopting purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected through semi-structured questionnaire. The target population was comprised of postgraduate students of Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Library (IOM/TUTH) and National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Bir Hospital of Kathmandu. The actual sample of students for the study was excluded all those who had not yet been using search engines on the Internet. This was achieved during the questionnaire administration by determining whether an approached student had been using any search engines. Findings incorporating are problems, 12 (40%) respondents encountered problem of coping with too much information followed by finding irrelevant information 8 (27%). This suggests correctly specify the search topic or terms. There were 29 (97%) respondents who didn’t purchase web related materials and only 1 (3%) respondent purchased web related materials from the authority of websites or author. This indicates the low socio-economic status and currency restriction status of Nepal to purchase materials online. On knowledge of medical databases as per the research finding, 11 (37%) respondents were using HINARI, 4 (13%) used PUBMed and 3 (10%) used HINARI & PUBMed simultaneously. There were 12 (40%) respondents not using either of the medical databases in their academic works. This implies that still significant number of postgraduate medical students is not using medical databases due to various reasons.