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TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES IN USER
PREFERENCES VIS-À-VIS USED BOOKS AN ANALYTICAL
STUDY OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING STUDENTS
A.VENKATANARAYANA Librarian Research Scholar
( Part-time), Mamata Medical College, Giriprasad
Nagar, Khammam -507 002, A.P. E-mail
venkat.amaram_at_gmail.com Dr. M.
DORASWAMY Associate Professor University
Librarian I/c Department of Library and
Information Science (Bishop Caldwell E-resources
Centre) DRAVIDIAN UNIVERSITY Srininvasavanam,
KUPPAM 517425. A.P. E-mail doraswamy.msd_at_yahoo.
com Dr.B.R.D. NAICK Assistant Professor
Librarian I/c, J.N.T.U. K., KAKINADA, Andhra
Pradesh.
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• The first and foremost function of any library
  is the dissemination of information and
  circulation of documents. Especially in
  developing countries like India lending of
  documents serves as a yardstick for dissemination
  of information and knowledge. However, it has
  been corroborated that the circulation of books
  for home reading optimizes the use of the
  resources of a library. Circulation of books
  helps to meet the information inquiries of the
  users of the library in their research,
  publication and instructional activities.

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• V R Siddhartha Engineering College (VRSEC) is the
  first private engineering college in the state of
  Andhra Pradesh, established in the year 1977,
  sponsored by Siddhartha Academy of General and
  Technical Education, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh,
  India. This college has 8 under graduate and 7
  Postgraduate courses in engineering, computer
  science and Management.

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• VRSEC The College Library has 78,945 volumes, 142
  national and international journals, DELNET,
  AICTE-INDEST consortium, CD-ROM databases,
  Internet and Intranet facilities etc. are
  available in this library

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• The problem selected for the present study is
  entitled Trends And Perspectives in User
  Preferences Vis-à-vis Used Books An Analytical
  Study of Electronics and Communication
  Engineering Students, Final year students of
  VRSE College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.  

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• To find out the number of books used by
  Electronics and Communication Engineering
  Students.
• To know the authorship pattern of circulated
  books.
• To know the chronological distribution of books
  used by ECEstudents
• To know the geographical distribution of used
  books
• To prepare the rank list of most frequently used
  books
• To prepare the rank list of publishers based on
  the used books published by them

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• Most of the authors would be writing books
  individually in Electronics and Communication
  Engineering discipline .
• Female students go through more number of books
  than their counterpart male students.
• All the students prefer to go through the latest
  edition books .
• Students rely more on Indian Publications.

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• The present study investigates the use of books
  borrowed by Electronics and Communication
  Engineering Students of Velagapudi Ramakrishna
  Siddhartha Engineering College Library (VRSECL),
  Vijayawada. It is restricted to the use of books
  borrowed by final year students belonging to
  Electronics and Communication Engineering .
• The present study is also limited to the data
  relating to borrowed books. Data pertaining to
  the use of textbooks and reference books
  consulted in different areas of the library is
  excluded from the scope of the present study.

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• Selected only undergraduate students of
  Electronics and Communication Engineering as
  sample of first instance.
• The total sample consists of 288 final year
  Electronics and Communication Engineering
  students and in respect of whom the researcher
  could obtain the books borrowing data of 265
  students basing on the entries in their personal
  borrowing books. Out of these 265 students, 162
  belong to male, while the remaining 103 to the
  female student category.

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• It is evident from this table most of the male
  students of ECE are borrowed more number of books
  than the female students
• Each student in electronic and communication
  engineering used 19 books on an average during
  the period of his/her study.

Sex Number of Students Number of books borrowed Percentage Average number of books borrowed per student
Male 162 3402 65.87 21
Female 103 1763 34.13 17
Total 265 5165 100.00 19
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• It is evident from this table most of the ECE
  students are borrowed 11 and 15 books during the
  period of his/her study.

S.No Number of books Students Students
S.No Number of books Number Percentage
1 1 5 48 18.11
2 6 10 34 12.83
3 11 15 50 18.87
4 16 20 28 10.57
5 21 25 20 7.55
6 26 30 36 13.58
7 31 35 23 8.68
8 36 40 18 6.79
9 41 and above 8 3.02
Total 265 100.00
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• It is evident from this table most of the used
  books by ECE students are single authored books
  compared to others.

S.No Author Books Books
S.No Author Number Percentage
1 Single 2529 48.97
2 Double 1421 27.51
3 Three 827 16.01
4 More than three 388 7.51
Total 5165 100.00
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• It is evident from this table most of the used
  books in ECE students (88.73 are being published
  during the period from 1996-2010. That means
  latest books are used by the students.

S.No Year Books Books
S.No Year Number Percentage
1 Below 1980 29 0.56
4 1981 - 1985 81 1.57
5 1986 1990 285 5.52
6 1991 1995 619 11.98
7 1996 2000 801 15.51
8 2001 2005 2271 43.97
9 2006 2010 1079 20.89
Total 5165 100.00
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• The analysis of this table that the engineering
  students of ECE heavily depended on books
  published from India, USA and UK.

S.No Country Books Books Cumulative Cumulative
S.No Country Number Percentage Number Percentage
1 India 3151 61.01 3151 61.01
2 U.S.A 849 16.44 4000 77.45
3 U.K 682 13.20 4682 90.65
4 Singapore 123 2.38 4805 93.03
5 Japan 88 1.70 4893 94.73
6 Russia 79 1.53 4972 96.26
7 New Zealand 47 0.91 5019 97.17
8 Australia 31 0.60 5050 97.77
9 Germany 17 0.33 5067 98.10
10 Other Countries 98 1.90 5165 100.00
Purpose No. of students Percentage
To update the knowledge (general) 41 45.55
For research (project work) 81 90.00
For study (exams) 36 40.00
To write papers (articles) 32 35.55
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• It is evident from this Table most of the used
  books in ECE are written by Indian authors.

S.No Publisher Books Books
S.No Publisher Number Percentage
1 Indian 3151 61.01
2 Foreign 2014 38.99
Total 5165 100.00
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• Most of the used books by Electronics and
  Communication Engineering students (16.23) are
  published by Pearson Education Asia followed by
  Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited
  (13.03), John Wiley and Sons Incorporation
  (11.99), Prentice Hall of India Private
  Limited (7.96), and McGraw Hill International
  Book Company (6.35).
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• The analysis of the data that 1791 titles and
  5165 volumes of books were used by Electronics
  and Communication Engineering students during the
  period of their study. It is also found from the
  present study that the book entitled Digital
  logic and computer design / Morris M. Mano was
  used more number of times compared to other
  books. It is followed by Electronic devices and
  circuits / Jacob Millman, Electronic devices
  and circuits theory / Boylestad Robert,
  Introduction to Digital Circuits / Theodore F.
  Bogart, and Introduction to Digital Signal
  Processing / John G. Proakis secured 2nd, 3rd,
  4th, and 5th ranks respectively for being used by
  more number of students respectively. All these
  titles account for 17.21 percent of the total
  borrowing and the 50 titles mentioned in the
  table account for 41.88 percent of the total
  borrowing. Thus only a few titles have been used
  frequently by Electronics and Communication
  Engineering students.
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• As the present study is analyzed on the borrowed
  books by Electronics and Communication
  Engineering students of Velagapudi Ramakrishna
  Siddhartha Engineering College Library (VRSECL),
  Vijayawada, the researcher feels that the studies
  of similar nature can also be carried out the
  borrowed books by other departments of this
  College Library and other well established
  college Libraries for more authenticity and
  comparative analysis before drawing valid
  generalizations and conclusions for optimal use
  of library resources by the students. Studies of
  analogous type can also be undertaken on the use
  of books by faculty members of this College
  Library and other well established college
  libraries in India
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