Abstract:
The present study aimed at assessing role of management college libraries in popularizing open access resources and services among management professionals in Karnataka and compare across students, researchers and faculty. A total of 923 respondents - 470 students, 176 researchers and 277 faculties were selected through stratified random sampling. They were administered a structured questionnaire on various aspects of open access to measure the role of management college libraries. Results revealed that majority of the respondents indicated high agreement towards role of libraries in popularizing the open access resources and services.