Optimal Utilization of Library Services in Educational Institutions- An Empirical Study in Coimbatore City

Abstract

It is obvious that the heart and brain are the chief organs which facilitate human beings to live physically strong in this world. On the other hand, library is indispensable for everybody during the course of his life irrespective of gender, age, and financial status to be mentally stable and strong. Because the libraries are the houses of knowledge which enrich the proficiencies of people who enter them to seek information. The present study is attempted to know about the optimal utilization of libraries by the pupils and members of staff in higher educational institutions to enrich their individual talents and enhance their teaching learning practices. The analysis has been made by the researcher after collecting data through questionnaire and interview schedule from both the students and the members of staff keeping in view the defined objectives of the study. The inferences and conclusions were drawn after an analysis of the collected data