Does e-Resources Access Improve Academic and Research Productivity? Evidence based on Opinion of e-Resource users at AYUSH Institutions

Abstract

e-Resources nowadays act as a new platform for source of information. Users are changing their pattern of accessing information from print format to electronic. Knowledge resource centres are upgrading their resource collection and pattern of dissemination of information. Obviously, AYUSH Institutions (NIA, NIS, NIU and NIH) libraries are working hard to overcome the challenges of meeting changing information needs and seeking to identify the attitudes of the users toward electronic resources owing to their perceived effect on research. Hence, the present study explored the perceived effect of accessibility and utilization of electronic resources on research productivity in AYUSH Institutions.