Users' satisfaction on library performance in Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical Library: a case study / Elina Malek

This study investigates users' satisfactions on library performance in University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Medical Library, Serdang. The main purpose of this study is to identify users' satisfactions towards services, facilities, library staff and the collections provided by University Putra M...

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Main Author: Malek, Elina
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13947/
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description This study investigates users' satisfactions on library performance in University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Medical Library, Serdang. The main purpose of this study is to identify users' satisfactions towards services, facilities, library staff and the collections provided by University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Medical Library. The data collection instrument was a self-administered questionnaire. One-hundred and fifty questionnaires were distributed randomly to the library users within two weeks on March 2009. The questionnaire used in this study was adapted from a previous study on users' satisfactions survey in an academic library (Heriot Watt University Users' Satisfactions Survey, 2000; and Roslah & Zainab, 2007). The findings indicate that most of the students are satisfied with the library services, facilities, staffs and collections. It is expected that findings of this study will be useful for these libraries in re-orienting their resources, services and facilities to synchronize them with the information needs of their students or library users. The study may also contribute to the existing body of knowledge on user satisfaction and library effectiveness especially in academic libraries in Malaysia.
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spelling uitm-139472016-06-09T08:11:06Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13947/ Users' satisfaction on library performance in Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical Library: a case study / Elina Malek Malek, Elina Library Science. Information Science This study investigates users' satisfactions on library performance in University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Medical Library, Serdang. The main purpose of this study is to identify users' satisfactions towards services, facilities, library staff and the collections provided by University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Medical Library. The data collection instrument was a self-administered questionnaire. One-hundred and fifty questionnaires were distributed randomly to the library users within two weeks on March 2009. The questionnaire used in this study was adapted from a previous study on users' satisfactions survey in an academic library (Heriot Watt University Users' Satisfactions Survey, 2000; and Roslah & Zainab, 2007). The findings indicate that most of the students are satisfied with the library services, facilities, staffs and collections. It is expected that findings of this study will be useful for these libraries in re-orienting their resources, services and facilities to synchronize them with the information needs of their students or library users. The study may also contribute to the existing body of knowledge on user satisfaction and library effectiveness especially in academic libraries in Malaysia. 2009 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13947/1/TM_ELINA%20MALEK%20IM%2009_5.pdf Malek, Elina (2009) Users' satisfaction on library performance in Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical Library: a case study / Elina Malek. (2009) Masters thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
spellingShingle Library Science. Information Science
Malek, Elina
Users' satisfaction on library performance in Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical Library: a case study / Elina Malek
title Users' satisfaction on library performance in Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical Library: a case study / Elina Malek
title_full Users' satisfaction on library performance in Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical Library: a case study / Elina Malek
title_fullStr Users' satisfaction on library performance in Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical Library: a case study / Elina Malek
title_full_unstemmed Users' satisfaction on library performance in Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical Library: a case study / Elina Malek
title_short Users' satisfaction on library performance in Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical Library: a case study / Elina Malek
title_sort users' satisfaction on library performance in universiti putra malaysia medical library: a case study / elina malek
topic Library Science. Information Science
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13947/