Use of Internet among the LIS Students at IGNOU Study Centre, Pantnagar

Abstract

The use of Internet is increasing rapidly due to availability of affordable bandwidth from various Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in both rural and urban areas. The Internet has emerged as a means of communication, e-trading and e-learning. IGNOU the National Open University has embraced ICT to facilitate students in pursuing various courses in distance mode of education. The digital repository of IGNOU eGyanKosh has proved to be a great open educational resource offering its entire course material in open access mode. The present study aims to study how the BLIS and MLIS students of IGNOU Study Centre at Pantnagar are using Internet for educational and other purposes. This is a questionnaire based study involving IGNOU students of Pantnagar Study Centre. The 84 questionnaires were administrated to BLIS and MLIS students and 70 valid questionnaires collected were analysed in this study. The study shows high interest of students in using Internet and eGyanKosh repository.