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Choudhury & Rath: Use of college library …
Findings of ranking analysis
Fig.1. User Preferences for Library visit using Garret Value Ranking
The individual user ranks the reason for visiting the
library. Data was collected and put in the1st table. 13
reasons were there, and users rank the 13 reasons
according to their choice. The total number of
respondents is 1988. Henry Garrett's ranking technique
is used to analyze the rank of their preference. Percent
Position is calculated value is converted with the Garret
Table value. Next, each position value is multiplying by
the garrote table value. The total score is calculated after
each position's multiplication. Lastly, the mean score is
calculated from the Total score of each reason / Total
number of respondents. According to the Mean score,
the rank is assigned. According to the preference of the
reasons of the visit to the library are ranked as following
- 1. Staffs are helpful, 2. Arrangement of books on the
shelf is systematic, 3. Catalogue is up to date, 4.
Librarian is user-friendly, 5. Library provides conducive
environment, 6. Library possesses all relevant
information, 7. Back volumes of subject journals are
maintained 8. The library has Internet, 9. New arrivals of
books are displayed without delay, 10. Library has
communication facilities, 11. To know the most relevant
documents in the concerned subject, 12. Proximity to
home, 13. Journals are properly displayed
Conclusions
out or locate the documents in the library. Moreover, we
come to know that the arrangement of books is good,
catalogue of the documents is mostly up to date,
Librarians are friendly. However, the journal section is not
so good for these college libraries. Many libraries have
Internet facilities but are not sufficient for the users.
However, the library environment is good as per users'
preferences. Garrett's ranking method identifies the
significant factor among all factors and also identifies the
present scenario of the college libraries under Vidyasagar
University in this study. It will assist in developing the
libraries and their services.
In this paper, we analyze the users who came to our
library and used the library materials. We tried to
understand the reasons for their visit to the library, and
from their perception, we evaluate the library services.
However, we need to study the non-users of the library in
future studies or research. We have to evaluate the reasons
behind their non-visit the library. In the feature, if we can
conduct such a study, we can only know the weak side of
library services completely and upgrade the library system
and services.
In this paper, the Garrett ranking strategy deals with the
reasons for library visits by the users of the college
libraries. This is significantly due to the Garrett ranking
method, which keeps the highest value, indicating an
important factor in the study. Using this method, we got
the result that most users visit the library because the
library staffs are accommodating; they help the users find
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