Use of Library sources among Dalit students: A Survey (original) (raw)

The present paper examines the use of library resources among Dalit students. A total of 219 samples were selected from various post graduate departments at Tumkur University. A well designed questionnaire was used for the data collection and data has been analyzed using SPSS. The study found that most of the Dalit students are male (66.67%) and most of them from SC category (63.93%). It most of the respondents in the present survey are from Arts (57.99%) disciplines. Further, the study found that all most all the Dalit students reading library sources every day (87.21%) and also spend more time reading library sources for above 2-3 hours (64.4%) per day. The notable finding of the study is that all most all the students to read library sources for the examination (100%) purpose and most of them preferred to read books/periodicals (99.5%). The study reveals that most of the Dalit students have positive attitude toward reading library sources.