scholarly journals Use of information sources and need of information literacy among students in Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khan Javed
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Use Of Information Sources

scholarly journals Book review

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moises Rockembach
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Use Of Information Sources ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

In this book review, Collaboration in Designing a Pedagogical Approach in Information Literacy (Landøy, Popa, Repanovici, 2020), we address the main characteristics approached by the authors, such as conceptual issues of information literacy, pedagogical approaches, the use of tools and exercises for the development of critical thinking about selection and use of information sources. This book, published by Springer in 2020 and open access, becomes a pedagogical option for addressing the topic of information literacy in the training of new information professionals.

scholarly journals Young women choosing contraceptives : Stories about information literacy practices related to evaluation and use of information sources

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Ivano Eckerdal
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Use Of Information Sources

I artikeln presenteras delresultat från ett doktorandprojekt om informationskompetenspraktiker i svenskt vardagsliv: unga kvinnors (18-23 år) informationskompetenspraktiker när de väljer preventivmedel.Syftet är att förstå de unga kvinnornas perspektiv som det kommer till uttryck i deras berättelser om val och värdering av informationskällor om preventivmedel.

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.

scholarly journals Analysis of Sources for Information Gathering Before Visiting a Festival in the Case of Generation Z

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamás Iványi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Music Festivals ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Use Of Information Sources

In recent years, festivals have become an essential part of summer activities for many members of Generation Z. Programs that last several days also mean significant financial burden for young people, so they gather information from multiple sources before decision-making. The purpose of the study is to examine which information sources – especially social media – and which motivations have become significant in the context of festival tourism's decision process.An online survey was conducted as part of and exploratory research over four consecutive years dealing with the use of information sources and the importance of the music festivals' characteristics targeting the Hungarian Generation Z attendees of festivals. Besides the descriptive statistics cluster analysis and ANOVA tables were used.It can be emphasized that in the case of festival tourism, the influence and usage of social media, relying on the opinions of acquaintances and friends is much more significant in the decision-making phase than in the case of traditional tourism. The program and the leading performers are not the only important factors, but meeting friends, the atmosphere of the festival, and reasonable value for money are also significant. Three groups of users could be identified: those who are mainly browsing official websites and search engines, those who try to make decisions based on earlier experiences, and those who are also looking at social media sites and digest several types of content to make the decision. Organisers of festivals should understand the differences among these groups to create better communication strategies.

Exploring Workplace Experiences of Information Literacy through Environmental Scanning Process

2014 ◽  
pp. 124-140
Author(s):  
Xue Zhang ◽  
Shaheen Majid ◽  
Schubert Foo
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Environmental Scanning ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Scanning Process ◽  
Workplace Experiences ◽  
Hierarchical Levels ◽  
Travel Industry

Information Literacy (IL), as a key component of education for decades, has been underemphasized at the workplace. This chapter reports on a study aimed to explore workplace experiences of IL through the environmental scanning process adopted by the travel industry in Singapore. Some 42 travel agent companies responded to the survey, and 13 employees, representing various functional units and hierarchical levels, participated in the follow up interviews after the survey. It was found that IL skills had significant influence on the quality of information for decision-making. Senior Managers were satisfied with their employees’ overall level of IL skills. However, many problems still surfaced during the environmental scanning process, such as inability to find the needed information, overreliance on habitual information sources, and improper storage of information.

scholarly journals Wine tourist valuation of information sources: the role of prior travel

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erick T. Byrd ◽  
Bonnie Canziani ◽  
James S. Boles ◽  
Nicholas Carlton Williamson ◽  
Sevil Sonmez
Keyword(s):  
Bounded Rationality ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Experiential Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wine Tourism ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Us ◽  
Promotional Efforts ◽  
Use Of Information Sources

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine winery visitors’ use of information sources in making decisions regarding the choice of wineries to visit. Enrichment theory is used as a framework for determining how previous experience influences the decision on how much and what type of information individuals will use when planning a trip using wine tourism as the context for the research. Design/methodology/approach A visitor study was conducted at 23 wineries in the US Southeast. Data were collected from winery visitors using a structured self-administered questionnaire. Findings Results from 832 consumers indicate that an individual’s previous travel systematically influences the number and type of information sources that they will seek out when making future consumer decisions. Findings confirmed the hypothesized expectations about wine tourist information search behavior and help to partially explain the nature of bounded rationality in the case of tourists’ winery visit decisions. Research limitations/implications Because the study focused only on winery visitors in the US Southeast, the research results may lack generalizability. Practical implications These findings can assist winery owners and destinations with wineries in their promotional efforts. Of major importance is the finding that increases in experiential knowledge from prior travel are monotonically associated with increases in the number of information sources marked to be valuable in selecting a winery. The influence of experience is particularly dramatic in that the mean number of information sources marked to be valuable moves from a low of 2.5 to a high of 10.0 out of 16 as travel experience increases. Originality/value The study contributed significant and useful findings that advance the application of enrichment theory to wine tourism. Enrichment theory does not currently differentiate between types of knowledge that enrich a consumer’s ability to more easily encode and use new information. The current study confirms that experiential knowledge is an important knowledge construct in models of bounded rationality.

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