scholarly journals Perceptions of Medical Librarians Towards the Importance of Information Literacy Skills

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Midrar Ullah ◽  
Kanwal Ameen
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Information Competencies ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Public And Private Sector

The purpose of this study was to find out medical librarians' perceptions towards the importance of information literacy (IL) skills. A structured questionnaire, consisting of eight IL skills, was administered to the head librarians of all academic medical institutions in Pakistan. The respondents were asked to rate the importance of IL skills for their users on a 5-point Likert scale (1- Least important to 5-Most important). A total of 69 (60.5 %) usable questionnaires were returned out of 114 disseminated to the respondents. The IL skills about “accessing the needed information effectively and efficiently”, “identifying relevant, authoritative and reliable information sources”, “recognizing the need for information”, "verifying the relevance and quality of information sources” and “using information ethically and legally” got mean scores exceeding four from head librarians of both public and private sector medical institutions. However, IL skill "evaluating the information critically” received mean score less than four i.e., 3.94 from public sector medical librarians and IL skills "organizing information collected or generated in a logical way" and "using the selected information effectively to accomplish a specific task" although considered important but got lower mean scores (3.97 each) from private sector medical librarians. Respondents from both public and private sector medical institutions had considered all the eight IL skills important for their library users, meaning that library users must be adequately equipped with information competencies.

Information Literacy Skills Among the Undergraduate Students at the University of Livingstonia, Malawi

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Flywel ◽  
Boemo N. Jorosi
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The University

The aim of the article was to assess Information Literacy (IL) skills among the undergraduate students at the University of Livingstonia in Malawi with special focus on second year students. A cross-section descriptive survey design was employed whose population included Second year undergraduate students. Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse data. The sampled students showed high level of awareness of types of information sources but had problems in identifying diverse information resources and their usage. Besides, participants demonstrated lack of skills in information search and Web retrieval techniques. With respect to evaluation of information, the sampled students did not know the various methods of evaluating information sources. The article concludes that the majority of students at the University of Livingstonia did not demonstrate adequate information literacy skills. Therefore, among others, the study recommends advocacy and awareness campaigns for information search techniques and designing of a formal IL curriculum

scholarly journals Librarian’s Information Literacy Skills to Fulfilling Library Users' Needs A Public Library in Bogor, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Alfia Hasanah ◽  
Margareta Aulia Rachman
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Library Science ◽  
The Public ◽  
Component Selection ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
The City

Background of the study: literacy skills of librarianPurpose: This study aims to identify the information literacy skills of librarians in meeting the information needs a user at the public library in the city of Bogor.Method: This study used a qualitative approach with the case study method. Data were collected through observation and interview. The informants of six people selected using purposive sampling, with the criteria set librarian of Library Science education. Information literacy models used in this study are a model Empowering Eight, consisting of identification, exploration, selection, organization, creation, presentation, assessment and application information..Findings: The results showed that the information literacy librarian at the public library in the city of Bogor in meeting the information needs user already applied include a component on the identification, exploration, presentation, assessment, and application.Conclusion: There are some capabilities that cannot be applied to the maximum, including component selection, organization and creation of information.

scholarly journals Gender and Information Literacy: Evaluation of Gender Differences in a Student Survey of Information Sources

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Taylor ◽  
Heather A. Dalal
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Internet Information ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Student Information ◽  
Survey Responses

Information literacy studies have shown that college students use a variety of information sources to perform research and commonly choose Internet sources over traditional library sources. Studies have also shown that students do not appear to understand the information quality issues concerning Internet information sources and may lack the information literacy skills to make good choices concerning the use of these sources. No studies currently provide clear guidance on how gender might influence the information literacy skills of students. Such guidance could help improve information literacy instruction.This study used a survey of college-aged students to evaluate a subset of student information literacy skills in relation to Internet information sources. Analysis of the data collected provided strong indications of gender differences in information literacy skills. Female respondents appeared to be more discerning than males in evaluating Internet sources. Males appeared to be more confident in the credibility and accuracy of the results returned by search engines. Evaluation of other survey responses strengthened our finding of gender differentiation in information literacy skills.

The legacy of the Information Competencies for Students in Design Disciplines

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-88
Author(s):  
Barbara Opar
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Art And Design ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Us ◽  
Information Competencies ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Design Students ◽  
First Time

Information Competencies for Students in Design Disciplines compiled, for the first time in the US, a list of core information literacy skills for design students. Divided into basic, intermediate, and advanced skills in each design discipline, it helped to define and delimit information literacy skills in these subjects, and were intended to facilitate a systematic means of integrating information literacy skills into the core curriculum of design courses. Closely related to the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, Information Competencies were written by a group of art and design librarians (Jeanne Brown, Jane Carlin, Thomas Caswell, Edith Crowe, Maya Gervits, Susan Lewis, Alan Michelson, Barbara Opar and Jennifer Parker) and published by ARLIS/NA in 2006 (rev. 2007). This article is personal reflection by one of its authors on its legacy ten years after publication.

scholarly journals Medical Specialist Training: Views from Stakeholders

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Tahir MA ◽  
Noor Hazilah AM ◽  
Azura O
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Specialty Training ◽  
Specialist Training ◽  
Medical Specialist ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Medical Specialists ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Introduction: In Malaysia, medical specialisation training is mainly carried out by the public universities. Methods: A survey was carried out to explore the views of medical specialists in the country on issues such as structure of medical specialty training, availability of human resource, public/private sector competition, competency and apprenticeship, and its impact on assurance and quality of medical specialty training. Results: Altogether 238 medical specialists from 30 hospitals and medical institutions in the country participated in the survey. Conclusion: Among the findings, competition for human resource between public and private sector and lack of uniformity on medical specialty training across universities in the country are among the issues found to be of concern. There is also a need to address governance issue which necessitates to clearly delineating what constitutes medical specialty and what constitutes a subspecialty so that an agreed uniformed nomenclature is exercised across all stakeholders. The respondents also strongly agreed on the need to ensure competence in medical specialist training.

scholarly journals The Information-Seeking Habits of In-Service Educators

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Shipman ◽  
Susan H. Bannon ◽  
Kimberly Nunes-Bufford
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Information Format

Research on information literacy and educators has focused on preservice educators and learning information literacy skills. Little research exists on in-service educators and their information literacy skills. Purposes of this study were to identify information sources that in-service educators used; to determine relationships between information sources used and in-service educators’ professional position, age groups, experience, and information format preference; and to determine relationships between in-service educators’ information-seeking habits and prior library instruction. Results of this study indicated statistically significant relationships between information-seeking habits and prior library instruction. Other statistically significant in relationships were indicated between information-seeking habits and the age groups and current professional positions of sample population.

scholarly journals Welsh Information Literacy Project

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (114) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Eynon
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Current Phase ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Public Library Users

This report gives an overview of the work to date of the Welsh Information Literacy Project (WILP). WILP is a cross sector project looking to embed information literacy skills across Wales and has been funded by the Welsh Government through CyMAL (Museums, Archives and Libraries, Wales). The report provides specific details of phase three of the project (April 2012-March 2013). The focus of this current phase of the project is the development of information literacy skills amongst public library staff so that these staff can support the development of information literacy skills amongst the whole range of different public library users. In addition, the project is supporting the development of information literacy skills amongst secondary school pupils, by working with school librarians and teachers.

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