The findings of the present study may be useful
tool for understanding of the issues in metallurgical
Library and Information Centres (LICs) users and their
required document management. Several important
points relating to the access, use and preference
in publication, archival of rare document, access
habits in information seeking, etc., with respect to
six metallurgical organisations under study revealed
adoption of a need-based strategy with respect
to the users of the type of organisations. It has
been found that the government-funded LICs have
a provision of better facilities and professionals
and function more of a participating users like any
organisational beneficiaries whereas in public-funded
organisation the library personnel serve them as
technical service provider only whereas in private
it is getting more detoriating as the fund flow is
immediate need-, and person-based and thus sporadic
type. Therefore, the findings of the study will help
the library & information professionals for better
management of print/e-resources of recent times and with
different types of specialised library & information centres