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Title: | SERVICE QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN KERALA |
Authors: | Femin, V T Humayoon Kabir, S |
Keywords: | Kelpro Bulletin 22 (2) 2018 Quality Management Service Quality SERVQUAL University Libraries Total Quality Management Library Service quality |
Issue Date: | 30-Mar-2019 |
Abstract: | The study is intended to assess the expectations and perceptions about the
university libraries in Kerala as they relate service quality and to know how far
these university libraries succeeded.Seven state university libraries are selected
as samples, and conducted a user survey with a modified SERVQUAL
questionnaire. 1204 users have participated in the survey including students,
research scholars and faculty members. Five dimensions of service quality
such as tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy are
analyzed according to thirty items in the SERVQUAL questionnaire. The results
show that the service quality of university libraries are low in ever y dimension,
users expect more quality in reliability and responsiveness dimension. The
study explores the pitfalls of service dimension in these university libraries in
the state and will help the librarians to provide better services to its users. |
Description: | Abstract part of the article published in KELPRO BULLETIN Vol.22 No.2 December 2018. Kelpro Bulletin is a bi-annual peer reviewed journal in Library and Information Science published by the Kerala Library Professionals' Organisation. Email kelpro1993@gmail.com. Editor Dr. S.Humayoon Kabir |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13316 |
Appears in Collections: | Vol.22 No.2 December 2018
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