ICT Literacy among Library Professionals in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in AMU, Aligarh

Abstract

A questionnaire based survey method on ICT literacy of Library professional in faculty of Arts and Social Science in Aligarh Muslim University. The findings of the study show that the Social Science Facultys Professionals are more ICT literates than the Arts Facultys seminar library professionals. The seminar library professionals need to enhance their level of ICT literacy. Some of them have technophobia, for which they are afraid of using information and communication resources. Some of them are old who dont take interest in computer related learning and assignments. The University should provide state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure including hardware, software and e-resources with full-fledged Internet access. The authors recommend that the seminar library professionals should be provided with more chances of formal training to introduce all possible ICT-based resources and services that can improve their ICT literacy. Moreover, the study emphasizes the need for redesigning the course curriculum of library and information science curriculum in universities of India supporting the appropriate skills and expertise to be able to handle the application of ICT.

Keywords: ICT, Internet, E-resources, Academic Libraries, Seminar Libraries, AMU

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