A Study about the usage of Electronic Resources(ER) for the

academic and other activities by the students of Library and

Information Science (LIS) University of Kelaniya.
Abstract
The proliferation of electronic resources has had a signifcant impact on the
way the academic community usage, access and studying information. In an
efort to more fully understand how this technology is afecting the
behaviors and attitudes of the students, a survey has been conducted in the
department of LIS niversity of !elaniya.
Three main ob"ectives of this study was #.To fnd out how the students
access and use $% for their academic activities and research, &.To see' out
their attitudes regarding the current and future impact of technology usage
of the resources in the university. (. To identify their awareness of issues
related to access and pursuit of $%. The data was gathered from responses
to a detailed )uestionnaire distributed among #** students in the
department of LIS. +athered data was analy,ed using -icrosoft $.cel which
used to tabulate and graphically interpret the data.
Keyords ! Electronic Resources" #e$artment of library and
Information Science" access" academic activities"
T.D.NS Nawarathna
Scientifc Assistant,
University of Visual and Performing
Arts.