www.IndianJournals.com Members Copy, Not for Commercial Sale Downloaded From IP - 103.57.187.179 on dated 24-Nov-2022 PEARL - A Journal of Library and Information Science Vol. 16, No. 2, April-June 2022: 121-128 DOI : 10.5958/0975-6922.2022.00014.6 121 1 Selection Grade Librarian, Government First Grade College (GFGC), Bidi, Belagavi–591106, Karnataka, India 2 Assistant Librarian, Vijay Patil School of Management (VPSM), D Y Patil Deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai–400076, Maharashtra, India (*Corresponding author) email id: **mnmulimani@gmail.com, **satish.naikar1432@gmail.com Use of ICT in Teaching and Learning: A Role of Institutions, Teachers, Students and Technology Mallikarjun N. Mulimani 1 ** Satishkumar Naikar 2 * Received: 19-04-2022; Accepted: 03-07-2022 ABSTRACT ICT, an acronym for information and communication Technology is the slogan of the 21st century. Amazingly, information and communication technology has changed human society into what is commonly called information society. As rightly observed by Alagu and Thanuskodi (2018) ICT has been integrated into every work of life and it plays a pivotal role for knowledge acquisition and dissemination for onward advancement of education and the society at large. Information and communication technology has a number of components such as CD-ROM, Cable Television, Cellular Phones, computer system, opaque projectors, filmstrip projectors, cassette recorders etc. When two or more of these components are put together on a working platform manipulated by telecommunication, it is referred to as information and communication technologies. In education sector, prior to the emergence of information technologies, teaching, learning and research in India were conventional or traditional that is, an interactive between the teacher and the learners, the main source for information available then was the “library” with its associated problems (lack of professional staff, lack of current materials, staff care free attitude, theft and mutilation of the available resources among others). This process of providing and acquiring knowledge was restrictive by content and geographical barriers. However, with the emergence of the technologies, most challenges of teaching and learning are gradually easing out for technological teaching and learning processes, especially for schools, teachers and learners who have taken advantage of the emerging technologies. Keywords: ICT, Academic library, Users education, Information technology, Library services ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS Many private, government, aided and unaided institutions are busy in providing higher education at undergraduate level. Private institutions compete with each other to attract the students. They are very keen in providing adequate facilities along with the installation and the use of the ICT in their institutions. Otherwise they can’t compete and the demand for their institution will decrease (Abdulrahman and Habila, 2017). To be in the race, the private institutions prefer using technology as a part of the teaching aid. So most private institutions