Awareness and application of cloud computing in Indian libraries: A study among librarians of engineering colleges of coimbatore district

Abstract

A questionnaire based study conducted to identify the awareness and applications of cloud computing in libraries in Indian context. It is found that most of the respondents (98.2%) are aware of the term cloud computing and 87.7% of the respondents are aware of the application of cloud computing in libraries. Half of the respondents (52.6%) are of the opinion that it is feasible to apply cloud computing in libraries in Indian context.