User’s survey of card catalogue consultation at Kakatiya University library, Warangal, A.P.

Abstract

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">A week long sample observation of card catalogue consultation by users at the Kakatiya University Library, Warangal has been made and results recorded. Users have been subsequently questioned about the purposes for which the catalogue was consulted. The study revealed that the classified catalogue is not used at all and the author and title catalogue are consulted to the maximum. It is also found that 80% of the consultations of card catalogue are to locate documents, 10% is to make comprehensive search for references on a topic and rest for miscellaneous purposes.</span>