Vol. 3, Issue 7, Part S (2017)

Abstract
A College Library supports its stakeholders in fulfilling the academic goal. User education is a need for making them know about the resources and services of the Library and how to get the best out of it by optimum utilization of the resources independently and effectively. The present study attempts to find out whether the users of the College Libraries can use Libraries independently and effectively and whether they are given User education for the purpose. Five College Libraries out of Thirteen Degree College Libraries under the University of Burdwan situated in the two subdivisions- Arambagh and Chandannagar in Hooghly district, West Bengal, are taken as the sample and, data are collected from their librarians/staff and the users present in the Libraries (students, teachers and, staff) using two sets of questionnaires by the personal visits with 94% return. Finally, the study shows that, if User Education can be arranged in a regular mode it may increase and ensure the use of the Library resources effectively and efficiently.