DIGITAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES – STUDENT PERCEPTIONS

Abstract

The university libraries “Svetozar Marković” in Belgrade and “Nikola Tesla” in Niš were among the first to be actively involved in the process of digitization of libraries in Serbia. They are working on new projects supported by the European Union in order to modernize and develop new ways to transfer scientific and professional information. Consequently, they are a valuable source of information for writing professional and scientific papers, as well as obligations provided by curricula, especially at higher levels of study. The main goal of this paper is to examine the attitudes of doctoral students at the University of Belgrade and the University of Niš on the usefulness of digital resources of the university libraries “Svetozar Marković” and “Nikola Tesla”. Accordingly, research tasks include issues related to informing students about the potential of the digital libraries, and the use of electronic resources that they offer. For the purpose of the research, an instrument that was used was a questionnaire, which was created purposely and delivered electronically to the respondents. Research data were processed through qualitative and quantitative methods and presented graphically. The results of the research show that students are partially informed about the potential of the digital university library, that improvements in information about audio and video files are possible; also, that students recognize the benefits of using electronic resources and their usefulness in the study process.