Information Needs and Information-Seeking Behavior of Teachers in B. Ed. Colleges in Andhra Pradesh
P.V. Gopala Krishna Yadav
Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu
Dr. K. Ramasubbaiah
Research Supervisor, Department of Library and Information Science, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu
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http://doi.org/10.37648/ijps.v20i01.028
Abstract
The present study is conducted to find the information needs and information seeking behavior of B. Ed. College teachers, as there is no study to date has been conducted at national or local level to find out the Information needs and seeking behavior of B. Ed. College teachers in Andhra Pradesh. The study is based on the questionnaire survey, and questionnaire contains both open ended and close ended questions. Eight B. Ed. Colleges within Andhra Pradesh have been selected for the study. Respondents included teachers, principals & vice principals working in the selected colleges. The researcher personally visited the colleges several times to collect the information and data. Due to the personal persuasion of the researcher, the response rate for the questions is 100 percent. In total, forty questionnaires were carefully canvassed among 40 teachers, filled the information and data with due care. Responses acquired against the open-ended questions are analyzed qualitatively.
