Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu & Kashmir Libraries: A Study of User’s Satisfaction

Abstract

 The study was conducted on Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J) and Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Srinagar, Kashmir (SKUAST-K), which are the two Indian agricultural universities located in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The higher students from both agricultural universities are female students which is more than male students, half of the total students spend their time less than two hours daily. The data was collected using the questionnaire approach; 200 questionnaires in total were randomly distributed, and 182 valid questionnaires were examined. Reading books and issuing books form the main purpose of visit in both agricultural universities library. The books collection and library circulation are satisfying users in both university libraries. Further, this study found that library services are not up to the mark. Nearby fifty percentage of the students replied that due to unawareness about library resources and services, they cannot appropriate utilized the available facility in both agriculture university libraries.