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Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services (IJISS)
News Paper Reading Habits among the Students of Arts Colleges in Madurai, Tamil Nadu: A Study
Author : K.S.M. SwaminathanVolume 7 No.1 January-June 2017 pp 36-39
Abstract
Reading is primarily an intellectual activity of learning new things, developing new ideas and it provides a sense of completeness. The reading activity has always been seen as an important element in a person’s culture and education. In this paper it has been discussed about the newspaper reading habits among the Arts College students in Madurai. A total of 220 questionnaires were administered to the students, and 174 were received the response rate was 79%. From the analysis it was discovered that majority of respondents reading newspaper daily (66.09%) and time spent less than 30 minutes are 92 (52.87%) using library for newspaper reading.
Keywords
Reading Habits, Arts College Students and User Study
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Reading is primarily an intellectual activity of learning new things, developing new ideas and it provides a sense of completeness. The reading activity has always been seen as an important element in a person’s culture and education. In this paper it has been discussed about the newspaper reading habits among the Arts College students in Madurai. A total of 220 questionnaires were administered to the students, and 174 were received the response rate was 79%. From the analysis it was discovered that majority of respondents reading newspaper daily (66.09%) and time spent less than 30 minutes are 92 (52.87%) using library for newspaper reading.
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Dr. Muhammed Mezbah-ul-islam
DLIS, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Dr.R.Balasubramanian
Department of Library and Information Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India
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Dr. Omer Hassan Abdelrahman
Department of Library and Information Sciences, University of Khartoum, Sudan
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Prof. R N Mishra
DLIS, Mizoram University, Aizawl
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Dr. Mahammad Gulam Ghouse Pasha
Department of Library, RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, United Arab Emirates
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Dr. Munira Nasreen Ansari
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Karachi, Karachi
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Dr. Niran Adetoro
Department of library and Information Science, Tai Solarin University, Nigeria
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Dr. Boguslawa Lewandowska-Gruszka
Department of Library, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
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University Librarian, Open University of Srilanka, Srilanka
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Editorial Note
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. K.S. Shivraj
University Librarian, KL University, Andhra Pradesh, India
[email protected]
Editorial Advisory Board
Dr. Muhammed Mezbah-ul-islam
DLIS, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
[email protected]
Dr.R.Balasubramanian
Department of Library and Information Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India
[email protected]
Dr. Omer Hassan Abdelrahman
Department of Library and Information Sciences, University of Khartoum, Sudan
[email protected]
Prof. R N Mishra
DLIS, Mizoram University, Aizawl
[email protected]
Dr. Mahammad Gulam Ghouse Pasha
Department of Library, RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, United Arab Emirates
[email protected]
Dr. Munira Nasreen Ansari
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Karachi, Karachi
[email protected]
Dr. Niran Adetoro
Department of library and Information Science, Tai Solarin University, Nigeria
[email protected]
Dr. Boguslawa Lewandowska-Gruszka
Department of Library, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
[email protected]
Dr. Mrs. W. Senevirathne
University Librarian, Open University of Srilanka, Srilanka
[email protected]
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