Awareness and Acceptance of Information Literacy Among the University Students: A Case Study of North India

Kaur, Amandeep, Singh, Bhupinder and Brar, Khushpreet Singh Awareness and Acceptance of Information Literacy Among the University Students: A Case Study of North India. Research Spectra, 2017, vol. 3, n. 1-2, pp. 72-80. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Information plays a very significant role in the economic and social development of a country. The present study deals with the awareness and use of Information Literacy (IL). The study is based on a primary data collated with the help of a structured questionnaire. The study reveals that majorityof LIS students are aware of information literacy but the students from the other group are not. Majority of students confuse information literacy with information search skills, computer literacy, digital literacy, network literacy, and cultural literacy. The study also discussed the inclusion of information literacy as a part of syllabus in higher education

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Information Literacy, Computer Literacy, University Library, Library and Information Science
Subjects: C. Users, literacy and reading.
C. Users, literacy and reading. > CE. Literacy.
Depositing user: Ms Amandeep Kaur
Date deposited: 28 Jun 2019 16:46
Last modified: 28 Jun 2019 16:46
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/38687

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