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This study provides a web-based view of the University library website in India. The study intended to gain some insight into the user access and usability of the University Library website. The University library website is an access point for libraries in this digital era. This Covid-19 pandemic affected the Library usage pattern drastically. The library website gives the user access to library resources and services. Information Architecture examines the flow of Information on a website. A good website has a user-friendly information design and does not just focus on website appearance- 'looks'. The research design involved 40 participants at a given time and space. Testing was conducted on the Bangalore University library website using the post-graduate students studying at the University. The Usability testing was conducted to test the navigation through the Library website. A demographic study of the test subjects was also used to understand the needs and evaluate the homepage of the Bangalore University Library, Bangalore (BUBL) website. User experience and usability of the BUBL website were tested using a set of tasks performed by the library users. The study found the trust level of the BUBL website to be high in users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The formation of green library is proceeding towards a turning point, giving rise to the green library movement comprising of libraries, librarians, towns, cities, colleges, and university campuses executing to greening libraries and lessening their environmental impact. The paper highlights the conditions of the green library, green library standards, needs, features, buildings, and green library initiatives in India. It also gives an overview of green library programs and courses in the present scenario. There are some environmental changes such as climate change and energy depletion by which it affects the information resources and the programs libraries provide to their users. The main aim of green buildings is to grow and use energy-efficient resources in maintenance, the construction which maintains the overall life of the library building. The paper concludes by saying that Libraries must respond to this increasing focus on the Green library Movement and take initiatives in making a library green. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper deals with the study of resources and services provided by Bioinformatics Centre libraries to their users. For the present study 15 libraries have been selected. Out of the fifteen questionnaires distributed to the librarian, fourteen returned the questionnaire (14/15). The response rate is ninety three percent (93%). The basic purpose of this study to identify the resources and services provided by these libraries to their users. The study reveals that UGC financed the maximum number of libraries i.e. ten libraries followed by DBT which financed nine libraries. Major databases users preferred are NCBI, GenBank, Entrez Swiss-Prot, MEDLINE, PDB and EDI. All the major library services are being provided by theses library to support the use of bioinformatics resources. Training programmes are conducted by the library to support the users' information need. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]