Volume 18, No. 2, 2021
Swot Analysis For Digital Library In North Tamilnadu Engineering College Libraries: A Study
Dr. N. AMSAVENI , Dr. VEERAMANI M , P.L.PARAMESHWARI
Abstract
The outcomes of the analysis of the study and findings that majority of respondents (librarians) were from North Chennai (Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur Dt.), sample colleges were comes under self financing. Librarians having 11 to 15 years of experience and the age groups of between 36 to 45 years with PG & M.Phil qualification. Lack of training, orientation, reward or incentive for staff achievement, reuse and subject experts directory are the major constraints for the implementation of Digital Libraries. The study also concludes that the librarians are to be encouraged in terms of creating Digital Library and there is a need for availing the OSS awareness and handling knowledge and existing ICT Infrastructure. Most of respondents were used the DSPACE Open Source Software used for creating Digital Library activities. SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. ‘IT skilled and dedicated staff’ is found to be the strength factor in creating Digital Library process. The same result has come from the two district sample libraries.
Pages: 2887-2899
Keywords: Digital library, Engineering college librarians, SWOT analysis, ICT infrastructure, traditional library, ANOVA.