Use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Research and Development Libraries in Karnataka: A Study

Abstract

The advancement of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has made a tremendousimprovement and change almost in all walks of life. Especially the magnetic word information technology has been changed in all corners of the global areas. Present paper presents the results of a research study conducted to survey the use of ICT in R & D libraries. It describes about library staff, classification & cataloguing method followed status of digital library,infrastructural facilities and barriers in use of ICT in R & D libraries. From this study it confirms that most of the research and development libraries are automated and most of the libraries having good infrastructure with regards to ICT tools.