STUDY OF OPTIMAL UTILIZATION of mdi LIBRARY

RESEARCH METHODOLGY
Submitted by: Vivek Anand 101 Surender 86 Santosh Aman 77 Vikram Dutta 99 Varun Sood 92 Varun 91 Rahul 60

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES
METHODOLOGY DATA ANALYSIS

INFERENCES
WAY AHEAD

INTRODUCTION
MDI LIBRARY OPTIMAL UTILISATION DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
Informative Research Information is gathered on the topic
Organization Research - Research restricted to PT PGPM students

objective
To study Library utilization by PT-PGPM students To identify Library utilization based on Demographics (Batch & Marital Status) whether MDI library is being optimally utilized OR not

methodology
Planning Research Design
Survey Sampling Questionnaire

Secondary Data ( currently not available )

Data collected from library record

Boundaries
Survey limited to PT PGPM students only (online)

Planning research design

Sampling
Population-333 approx, Desired sample size : 124 Actual sample size 43

Online Questionnaire
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8JV2HH3

Secondary data -Library resources ( Not available)

Number of students coming to library in last 01 month Source of info Attendance Register Number of books and other library resources being issued

DATA ANALYSIS
Individual Analysis of all the Questionnaire

DATA ANALYSIS
CROSSTAB Analysis

You are from which batch of MDI PT PGPM? *

How Often do you visit library? Place most suitable for study? Which library facilities do you use? What stop you ? How easy to explore ?

Marital status ? *
How Often do you visit library? How Often do you visit library?

CROSSTAB ANALYSIS
3 How often do you visit library ? (Please tick one)
You are from which batch of MDI PT-PGPM ?

Answer Options
daily at least once a week at least once a month

APRIL 10
0 1 3 1 0 0

OCT 10
0 1 2 0 0 1

APRIL 11
0 3 4 0 6 1

OCT 11
0 0 3 6 8 3

Response Percent
0.0% 11.6% 27.9% 16.3% 32.6% 11.6%

Response Count
0 5 12 7 14 5 43 0

at least once every three months

occasional never

answered question skipped question

4 Most suitable place

Answer Options Library 1 2 3 4 5 Home 1 2 3 4 5 Any other place 1 2 3 4 5 Any other place APRIL 10

You are from which batch of MDI PT-PGPM ? OCT 10 APRIL 11 OCT 11 Rating Average Response Count

1 0 1 2 1 3.40 0 0 2 0 3 4.20 2 0 1 2 0 2.60

0 1 1 2 0 3.25 0 1 0 0 3 4.25 1 0 3 0 0 2.50

2 1 0 8 3 3.64 0 2 3 3 6 3.93 4 2 6 1 1 2.50

4 3 5 5 3 3.00 3 3 1 4 9 3.65 7 2 8 2 1 2.40

3.28

43

3.86

43

2.47

43 0 43 0

answered question skipped question

5 Which library facilities do you use? (please tick all that apply)
You are from which batch of MDI PT-PGPM ?

Answer Options

APRIL 10 5 0 2 3 1 1 2 4

OCT 10 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 2

APRIL 11 13 1 1 6 7 6 6 4

OCT 11 18 0 0 5 5 6 3 5

Response Percent 93.0% 2.3% 7.0% 34.9% 30.2% 32.6% 25.6% 34.9%

Response Count 40 1 3 15 13 14 11 15 43 0

Books CD ROMs Audio & Video Cassettes Newspaper Internet Journals E Resources

Other Resources (like Annual reports, Case studies, Research papers, reprints)

answered question skipped question

6 Rate the resources in terms of utilization by students ? Rate from 1 to 5 with 1 being least utilized and 5 being most utilized
Answer Options 1 2 3 4 5 Rating Average Response Count

Books CD ROMs Audio & Video Cassettes Newspaper Internet Journals E Resources

2 16 22 4 5 9 8

0 11 8 6 8 7 8

1 7 5 11 8 12 10

12 6 5 11 12 9 10

28 3 3 11 10 6 7

4.49 2.28 2.05 3.44 3.33 2.91 3.00

43 43 43 43 43 43 43

11 Other Resources (like Annual reports, Case studies, Research papers, reprints)

10

12

2.88

43

answered question skipped question

43 0

7 If you dont visit or use

library services, what stops you from doing so? (Please tick all that apply)

You are from which batch of MDI PT-PGPM ?

Answer Options

APRIL 10 5 0 0 0 1 0 2

OCT 10 4 0 0 1 0 1 0

APRIL 11 14 0 5 0 2 0 0

OCT 11 16 2 7 2 2 2 3

Response Percent 90.7% 4.7% 27.9% 7.0% 11.6% 7.0% 11.6%

Response Count 39 2 12 3 5 3 5 0

lack of time lack of interest I find everything online or from other sources I buy my own books inconvenient opening hours poor choice of books overdue charges Other (please specify)

answered question

43

9 .How easy is it to obtain the resources you need from the library system?

You are from which batch of MDI PT-PGPM ?

Answer Options

APRIL 10

OCT 10

APRIL 11

OCT 11

Response Percent

Response Count

Extremely easy Very easy Moderately easy Slightly easy Not at all easy

0 1 3 1 0

0 1 2 1 0

1 4 4 4 1

1 5 6 5 3

4.7% 25.6% 34.9% 25.6% 9.3%

2 11 15 11 4

answered question

43

3 How often do you visit library ? (Please tick one)

What is your marital status?

Answer Options

MARRIED 0 3 9

UNMARRIED 0 2 3

Response Percent 0.0% 11.6% 27.9%

Response Count 0 5 12

daily at least once a week

at least once a month

at least once every three months occasional never

3
8 2

4
6 3

16.3%
32.6% 11.6%

7
14 5 43

answered question

7 If you dont visit or use library services, what stops you from doing so? (Please tick all that apply)
What is your marital status?

Answer Options lack of time lack of interest I find everything online or from other sources I buy my own books inconvenient opening hours poor choice of books overdue charges Other (please specify)

MARRIED 24 2 6 2 2 0 4

UNMARRIED 15 0 6 1 3 3 1

Response Percent 90.7% 4.7% 27.9% 7.0% 11.6% 7.0% 11.6%

Response Count 39 2 12 3 5 3 5 0

answered question

43

"Which place among the following you find most suitable for study? Rate from 1 to 5 with 1 being least suitable and 5 being most s uitable.

What is your marital status?

Answer Options

MARRIED

UNMARRIED

Rating Average

Response Count

Library 1 2 3 4 5 5 1 6 10 3 2 4 1 7 4

3.20
Home 1 2 3 4 1 4 4 3 13 3.92 Any other place 1 2 3 4 5 7 2 12 3 1 2.56 Any other place

3.39

3.28

43

2 2 2 4 8 3.78 3.86 43

7 2 6 2 1 2.33 2.47 43 0

answered question

43

inferences
LACK of TIME is leading to poor library attendance
Around 89% students hits the library once a month or even later Ironically, Married students are visiting the library more often compared to unmarried students HOME is most preferred by students over library for study

Library utilization is almost similar across all PT PGPM batches Book are most preferred resource being utilized (93%) E resources are comparably less utilized (25%)

Way ahead
Data collection
Actual sample size to be increased Secondary data from library record More no. of questions for survey

Analysis
Open ended questions - Test mining Suggestions from students

Research may be extended to regular PGPM students

Thank you