Usage of Open Access Repository by Researchers of Agricultural Universities in Gujarat: A Study

Abstract

After independence, the Govt. of India gives the priority for the development of agricultural education and research activity. In 1964, ICAR draft Model Agricultural Universities Act for establishing new agricultural universities across India. The ICAR established 49 research institutes in various states and provides fund for agricultural education and research in the country. At present, there are 56 SAUs, 5 DUs and 1 CAU, 4 Central University with Agricultural Faculty in India. ICAR started e-consortium for e-resources and open repository for the research project. The researcher used the surveying method and questionnaire used for data collection tools. The researchers send 502 questionnaires and received back 276 with feedback. They used SPSS 16.0 for data analysis and created tables and gave some valuable suggestion.