The relationship between university library usage and educational performance in University of Kelaniya
| dc.contributor.author | Wijesinghe, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dilanga, N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Samudrika, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lasanthi, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Medya, N. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-07T09:42:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-12-07T09:42:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | University libraries all over the world provide an excellent service for their users. Therefore it’s important to find out the relationship between the library usage and educational performance. Several studies have claimed that usage of library affects educational performance in a positive way. A questionnaire based survey was conducted to measure the relationship between university library usage and educational performance. Hence this study was mainly undertaken to explore the impact of library usage on undergraduate’s GPA. The questionnaires were distributed among 160 undergraduates using cluster sampling method. Responses received from the survey were turned into data that could be analyzed. The result of the study reveals that there is a positive relationship between university library usage and educational performance. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wijesinghe, P., Dilanga, N., Samudrika, H., Lasanthi, C. and Medya, N. 2015. The relationship between university library usage and educational performance in University of Kelaniya. “Social Statistics”, Journal of Social Statistics, 02(01): 115-123. Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2420-7381 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10635 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya | en_US |
| dc.subject | User survey | en_US |
| dc.subject | Undergraduates | en_US |
| dc.subject | Library usage | en_US |
| dc.subject | university library | en_US |
| dc.title | The relationship between university library usage and educational performance in University of Kelaniya | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |