Students and researchers in higher education now use library resources differently due to the incessant digitalisation of academic libraries. This issue focuses on researchers and graduate students at public and private university libraries in Karnataka and seeks to understand how various institutional factors have shaped their library use habits. It examines how Users’ decisions, actions, and morals have changed in response to shifts in education and technology. The structured survey approach was used to acquire the data. Twelve first-year postgraduates, 50 second-years, 34 full-time research scholars, and 19 part-time scholars made up the 115 participants. There were 56 from public universities and 59 from private ones. Findings point to a rise in the use of digital resources, diversity in library patron participation and use patterns, and the impact of patron needs and institutional support on patron usage patterns. It suggests how academic libraries might adapt to their patrons' evolving requirements and encourage long-term participation in the information society.
N et al. (Mon,) studied this question.