Dinámica de la consulta de bases de datos y libros de la biblioteca por los estudiantes de los programas de la facultad de educación de la Universidad Santiago de Cali (2017-2022)

Abstract

In the current era of knowledge, the consultation of quality and updated information for researchers and academic personnel is increasingly important. The purpose of the work was to analyze the dynamics of the consultation of databases and library books by students of the programs of the Faculty of Education of the Santiago de Cali University (2017-2022). The focus of the study was quantitative and the analytical method, where we worked with data supplied by the direction of the Santiago Cadena Copete library, on queries in national and international bibliographic databases compiled by the Elogim platform, and loans of registered books. in the Janium platform, in addition to the statistics of the attendance to trainings carried out by the library of the students of the undergraduate and postgraduate programs of the Faculty of Education in 2017 to 2022. The results show that the library has some of the most important bibliographic databases in the world (16 international and 2 national) with free access for students and professors, however, the level of consultation of the national and international bibliographic databases was low due to students of the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Faculty of Education between 2017 and 2022. In the case of book loans in 2022 by students of undergraduate programs, it was 21.5% of a total of 1,950 students and for graduate students it was 60.5%. out of a total of 147 students. The years 2020 and 2021, which were of pandemic, there was low participation in library user training. However, at present it has been increasing gradually. Finally, to propose strategies to increase the use of library services. In conclusion, the students of the Faculty of Education make low use of library services, which is possibly related to cultural changes in the way young people currently access information online due to the speed and diversity of resources available online, which coincides with the national and global trend.