Hypothesis 1. Opinion about benefits of IR is user
dependent
IRs are beneficial to users in many ways. Based on
existing literature, we can group benefits of IR as follows:
a IR is a rich reservoir of institutional academic intellectual
output;
b IR should focus on making research output available
through open access;
c There should be a clear understanding between IR and
faculty members to enhance the usage of scholarly
communication;
d IR captures and preserves the intellectual output of
the institution for a long time.
The Users’ opinion was sought on the above benefits.
They were asked to respond on a 5-point scale (i.e., Most
Satisfied, Satisfied, Neutral, Dissatisfied, Extremely Dissatisfied
). The option Extremely Dissatisfied did not find
any response. Subsequently, the association between the
level of satisfaction about the benefits of IR and various
categories of Users was analyzed. As mentioned earlier, the
Users are grouped into three categories e Students,
Research Scholars and Faculty Members. In some libraries,
Consultants were found as users. They were highly qualified.
Hence the category of Consultants was clubbed along
with Faculty Members. The analysis along with Chi-Square
tests related to each benefit of IR is presented below: