PRESENT STATUS OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGE LIBRARIES OF PURULIA DISTRICT TO CREATE DIGITAL LEARNING CONTENT IN POST COVID-19

Abstract

In the age of information explosion, Information and Communication technology (ICT)
is progressively replacing the old methods of information collection, storage and retrieval.
College Library System is a major beneficiary group of ITC. The study is based
on descriptive survey method and data were collected through standard questionnaire
from six colleges in Purulia district. The work examines that the ICT infrastructure is not so adequate in all the libraries in the district due to lack of fund allocated for library. To improve the standard of work of the college libraries in terms of modernization with specific emphasis on IT applications, the above factors may be taken into consideration so that the situation may improve and the college libraries of Purulia District may provide IT-enabled services to their students/users. The study demands that expert opinion must be taken into consideration whenever library software and hardware will be selected.