The document is a research progress report for the study on the awareness and use of electronic and information resources by users of IIITs in South India, conducted by PhD scholar Somashekhar T.S. under the supervision of Dr. Vitthal Bagalkoti. It details academic achievements from January to June 2024, including course completions, workshops attended, and research activities, particularly focused on data collection and analysis for a peer-reviewed article. The report concludes with gratitude towards the university and supervisor for their support throughout the research journey.

1. 4th Research Progress Report
January to June 2024
Research Title
AWARENESS AND USE OF ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION
RESOURCES BY USERS OF IIITS IN SOUTH INDIA: A STUDY
Research Supervisor
Dr. Vitthal Bagalkoti
Assistant Professor and Library and
Information Science Officer
CMR University
Presenting By
Research Scholar:
Somashekhar T S
22CPHDS032

2. Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Participation and Presentation
Part 3: Research Progress Till Now
Part 4: Next Work Plan
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Contents of
the Progress Report

3. Introduction
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Somashekhar T S, a Research Scholar from the July 2022 batch,
enrolled in the PhD program in Library and Information Science
under the supervision of Dr. Vitthal Bagalkoti. Currently, I am
working as an Associate Librarian, Archivist, and Coordinator for
the Exams office in IIIT Bangalore.
Throughout my academic pursuit, I have consistently dedicated
myself to advancing my studies and research skills. Here is an
overview of my progress for the period from January 2024 to June
2024:

4. Completed Swayam Course in December 2023
Course Name: ICT in Libraries
Course ID: BLIE-229
No of Credits: 04
Percentage: 65%
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5. Workshop on Digital Tools
5Day PDP
Attended the 3days International workshop on Redefining libraries
with digital tools on May 1st to 3rd may 2024, organized by Librarian
Guide.
Attended a five-day Professional Development Programme on
“Bibliometric Analysis and Reference Management” organized
by NITTR Chennai from January 8th to 12th, 2024.
Participated in National Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence Tools for
Librarian” jointly organized by Library Department, Bhogawati
Mahavidyalaya and The New College Kolhapur with collaboration
with Shivaji University College Librarian Association (SUCLA) on
2Oth March 2024.
National Workshop on AI Tools for Librarian
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6. 5Day LDP
Completed a five-day National Level Librarian Development
Programme on “Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Methods for
Effective Librarianship” organized by the Goa Institute of
Management, Goa, from May 20th to 24th, 2024, to enrich my
professional and research knowledge.
3Months Online Advanced Certificate in
Digital Library Applications
Completed the Advanced Certificate in Digital Library
Applications course from 17th January, 2023 to 30th April 2024,
with 69%, the course was conducted by Healthnet, Nepal in
association with Nepal.
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7. Presented the research paper titled “Navigating the Digital Landscape: A Study on the Effectiveness of E-
Resources” at the 3rd International Conference on Knowledge Management in Higher Education
organized by Manipal University Jaipur, held on January 30th and 31st, 2024.
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Co-authored the research paper titled “Exploring Digital Information Literacy Skills among
Library Users” presented at the same conference.
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9. Research Progress Till Now
1. Synopsis submitted during the 3rd Semester went through
the review and received Suggestions.
2. As per the guidance started searching the previous work on
my research area initially started with Google Scholar,
Opens Access Journals, Research Gate
3. Requested to schedule RAC for the approval of Research
Topic
4. RAC scheduled on 30th April 2024
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10. Research Progress
5. Supervisor advised to search the previous works in the Scopus,
Web of Science, Shodhaganga, Shodhagangotri and LISTA.
6. Extracted 123+ research work in the selected area from Scopus and
LISTA database
7. Started learning the Reference Management tool Zotero
8. Framed the questionnaire and circulated for drafting the research
article for submitting in peer reviewed journals
9. Data Collection for writing the article is completed currently
working on analysis of collected data
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12. Date of Meeting
Meeting
No.
Issues Discussed/Suggestions Offered Remarks
04th January 2024 1
Requested the supervisor to guide us the process of drafting of article for
conference
Supervisor explain the steps for drafting the article with examples and informed us
to submit article for Conference in the initial stage
05th January 2024 2
Supervisor give the Upcoming conference details and he allowed us to sit and
review the articles and helped us to draft the paper
Article draft was prepared in presence of supervisor and informed will come
up by completing the task
14th January 2024 3 Submitted the draft version of completed article for supervisor to review After the review submitted to conference and accepted
23rd February 2024 4
Met the supervisor to discuss the literature review and its techniques,
searching pattern etc
Demo was given by research supervisor
24th February 2024 5
As per the guidance started searching the previous work on my research area
initially started with Google Scholar, Opens Access Journals, Research Gate
Supervisor advised to search in the Scopus, Web of Science and LISTA
abstracts for the articles published in the High Impact Journals
18th March 2024 6
Went with the list of previous works searched from Scopus, web of Science and
LISTA database
Supervisor instructed to select the last 5 year works
19th March 2024 7
Supervisor advised to divide the review work in different aspects to fulfill the
object
As per the suggestions seek permission for time and accordingly started the
literature review work
05th April 2024 8
Explained the importance of citations skills and Advised to learn the citations
styles like APA, MLA, IEEE
Supervisor provided the links for videos to learn the citation skills
28th April 2024 9 Suggested us to preparing for the RAC presentations
Prepared the presentation with our research topic content and progress
report
30th April 2024 10 Attended the RAC and have the chance to interact with External expert
Supervisor allowed us to interact with external member it enhanced to
enrich our skills and allowed us to expand the research in depth
17th May 2024 11
Supervisor instructed to start work on drafting the article for Peer reviewed
journals
Data collection was completed and working on the analysis
14th June 2024 12 Interacted for Questionnaire review
Suggested to update the questionnaire with limiting to the research area and
suggested to remove unnecessary fields
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MEETING WITH RESEARCH SUPERVISOR

13. Next Steps Literature Review
Completing the Systematic Literature Review by referring the
previous works and drafting the literature review chapter to
meet the research objective
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Questionnaire
Finalizing the Questionnaire and getting approval from
Supervisor, start the data collection by visiting to the institutes
02
Article Submission
Submission of article to Peer reviewed journals (Data Analysis in
Progress)
03
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14. Acknowledgement
I am grateful to my supervisor for guiding and motivating me to enhance my research skills.
I also thank the expert member for enriching my ideas and helping me delve deeper into my
research..
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15. Thanks to CMR University for providing all
the support for this Research Journey
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