Information Literacy Among the Users in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Delhi
Published: 2019
Author(s) Name: Mohsina Aftab, Neetu Singh |
Author(s) Affiliation: Research Scholar, Dept. of Library & Information Science, Shri Venkateshwara University, U.P.
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Abstract
This paper aims to explore the information literacy skills among
the users in the Faculty of Social Sciences of Jawaharlal Nehru
University (JNU) and University of Delhi (DU). The survey method
was used for data collection. A structured questionnaire was
designed to recognize the users’ information needs, awareness
about different information sources, searching skills, problems
in accessing library resources and level of satisfaction with the
present Information Literacy (IL) programmes. A total number of
300 and 350 questionnaires were administered among the users
in social science faculty of JNU and DU respectively, out of which
233 and 268 completely filled-in questionnaires were selected
for analysis with response rate of 77.66% and 76.57% from JNU
and DU. The study reveals that a large number of users in JNU
and DU were not aware and use of different information sources.
Majority of the users in JNU required information for research work
while, in DU majority of the users needed information for preparing
assignments/projects. The results further reveals that most of the
users in both the universities were not having adequate searching
skills and majority of them encountered problem in accessing
library resources. The study concludes with some suggestions to
improve the IL skills of the users in JNU and DU.
Keywords: Information Literacy, Faculty of Social Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), University of Delhi (DU), IL skills, Assignments, Projects, Satisfaction
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