International Trends in Library and Information Technology. Vol.2. No.2, 2015. Page 26 Reading Practices by Biomedical Faculty Members and Research Scholars: A Comparative Analysis Prabhat Ranjan and Dr. Surya Nath Singh Abstract: The present study is focussed on status of reading in electronic and print format inside and outside the wall of the library by biomedical faculty members and research scholars in the digital age in India. It points out how reading habits are decreasing, but online access has been increased multifold. The need arises due to unavailability of systematic study in India related to biomedicine or similar subjects. A simple random sample survey method has been applied in this study at 95% confidence interval applying online software SurveyMonkey. In the changing scenario, libraries are found not the first place of reading for three fourths (71.7%) of respondents but suitable for serious reading. Hyperlinks make reading easy. Equal numbers of respondents consider that reading has been increased and been decreased in the digital era. Electronic documents receive more times to be read in libraries and outside libraries than printed by biomedical faculty members and research scholars in India. Reading in printed is more supported by underlining and annotation whereas navigation and skipping is more common in electronic reading. Key Words: Reading Habits, Reading Practices, Biomedicine, Faculty Members, Research Scholars, Digital Materials. 1. Introduction: Reading has remained a common property to get information from centuries. The printed resources have remained reservoir of knowledge, experience and imaginations from a long back. But development of Information Technology (IT) and Information communication Technology (ICT) changed the storage and visual media of information and hence propagation and retrieval of information became very fast. Reading practices also changed due to these developments along with the use and status of libraries in various fields by different kind of users. At one side use of libraries are being limited due to the presence of various search engines, knowledge portals and other online resources available on the Internet; at other side libraries are also becoming able to reach to the doorsteps of the user through its online services and remote access to the resources. The present study tries to know the status of electronic vs. printed and text vs. other form of information in the present digital era by biomedical faculty members and research scholars in reference to a biomedical subject domain. Common reading properties have also been tried to be sorted out.