Determining the Prevalence and Correlates of Information Seeking Anxiety Among Postgraduates in Pakistan

Libri ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asif Naveed ◽  
Kanwal Ameen
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Program Of Study ◽  
Computer Proficiency ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Academic Information ◽  
The University

AbstractThis study examined the prevalence and correlatives of information seeking anxiety in postgraduate students of the University of the Punjab, Lahore using Information Seeking Anxiety Scale (ISAS). The participants’ selection was made using a stratified convenient sampling due to non-availability through random process. Postgraduate students were approached through a questionnaire, containing ISAS and demographic variables, with descriptive and inferential statistics used for data analysis. Results indicated the prevalence of information seeking anxiety among postgraduates as a large majority of the sample did face more than low anxiety for overall ISAS and all its sub-scales. Participants’ age, gender, faculty, program of study, study stage, computer proficiency, and research experience also appeared to be correlatives to the information seeking anxiety. These useful insights had serious implications to viable information literacy (IL) programs and could be used as a guide by academic information professionals managing information services, especially those engaged in IL instructions.

scholarly journals Measuring Levels of Students' Anxiety in Information Seeking Tasks

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 56-68
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asif Naveed ◽  
Kanwal Ameen
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Program Of Study ◽  
Computer Proficiency ◽  
Measured Information ◽  
The University

This study measured information seeking anxiety among postgraduate students of the University of the Punjab, Lahore. Survey method using questionnaire was employed to conduct this investigation. The questionnaire consisting of an Information Seeking Anxiety Scale and demographic variables was administered in students, selected through convenient sampling procedure, for data collection. The results indicated that a large majority (n=207, 82.4%) of the respondents experienced more than low anxiety in the information seeking process. No significant relationship was found between age, gender, faculty and information seeing anxiety scores of these students. Conversely, there were significant differences in anxiety scores of students based on the program of study, stage of study, and computer proficiency. The results provide useful insights for guidance of information professionals dealing with reference and research services, especially those engaged in designing information literacy curricula and managing information literacy instructions.

scholarly journals Re:Learn

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Borg ◽  
Marie-Louise Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Web Course ◽  
Writing Tutors ◽  
Collaborative Learning Environment ◽  
Academic Information

Librarians and writing tutors in higher education are working intensely to teach information literacy to students. But the extent to which this work is done collaborative or separately differs greatly between the universities. •How can we facilitate collaborative learning on questions regarding the teaching of academic information literacy? •How do we relate this teaching to various national and international frameworks and guidelines? •How do we find new ways and methods for writing tutors and librarians to work together? •Is it possible to create a platform to facilitate the exchange of ideas and tools? These are some of the questions that led us to start this project: to develop an open web course on student learning of information literacy in higher education. But instead of targeting students in higher education the target group for this course is librarians and writing tutors at Swedish universities. The project is funded by the Swedish library Association.The purpose of the course is to: •Place information literacy in an academic context, where academic writing is included together with information seeking, referencing, plagiarism etc. •Develop national cooperation on issues related to the teaching of information literacy and academic writing •To facilitate online peer learning between collegues on issues related to teaching information literacy and academic writing •Develop a platform for sharing experiences regarding tools and methods The participants will get the opportunity to participate in workshops and PBL-inspired group work on themes regarding the teaching of information literacy in higher education. In this way we hope to facilitate a creative and collaborative learning environment. The first iteration of the course will take place April-May 2021. This presentation will be about the development of the course and what we have learned so far.

scholarly journals Poor Information Literacy Skills and Practices as Barriers to Academic Performance: A Mixed Methods Study of the University of Dar es Salaam

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Klomsri ◽  
Matti Tedre
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Knowing How ◽  
The University

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is increasingly used in Tanzanian education. Knowing how to operate ICT alone is incomplete without knowing how to use it as a tool for organization, communication, research, and problem-solving. In recognition of this challenge, information literacy (IL) has been identified as a key attribute to students as they progress through their learning paths. Based on a mixed methods strategy, using questionnaires and focus group discussions, this study measured the level of IL skills among University of Dar es Salaam’s (UDSM) postgraduate students, to gain insights into the students’ perceptions and experiences with information problems. A total of 102 students from four institutions answered the online questionnaire and 22 students participated in six focus group discussions. The questionnaire scores of the students were poor in the majority of IL categories, suggesting ineffectiveness of the current IL training in imparting IL knowledge and skills. The study ends by discussing recommendations to improve current IL practices at the university.

Exploring Information Seeking Anxiety among Research Students in Pakistan

Libri ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asif Naveed
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Critical Incident ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
Avoidance Task ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Library Anxiety ◽  
Inferiority Complex ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Research Students

AbstractThis study explored information seeking anxiety among 31 Pakistani university research students using the critical incident technique. Face to face interviews were conducted for data collection by visiting the participants in their departments. The results indicated that information seeking anxiety among Pakistani research students manifested in eight dimensions, namely: (a) procedural anxiety, (b) information overload, (c) resource anxiety, (d) library anxiety, (e) competence anxiety, (f) ICT anxiety, (g) language anxiety, and (h) thematic anxiety. These participants also exhibited certain avoidance behaviours, search avoidance, task avoidance, and even research avoidance, along with inferiority complex. The results provided useful insights that could be used as a guide by information professionals, especially those engaged in managing information literacy instruction. In addition, this research would make a worthwhile contribution to the existing research on information behaviour in general and information seeking anxiety in particular.

Complementary Information Literacy Training Practices in University Teaching and Academic Libraries

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Corrado Petrucco ◽  
Massimo Ferrante
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Metacognitive Processes ◽  
Literacy Training ◽  
The University

Students now have information processing behaviors characterized by rapid shifts in attention, less reflection and failure to deploy metacognitive processes, preferring activities that bring immediate rewards for their information needs, even if the quality of the information they obtain is low. Consequently, they run into significant difficulties in the selection and critical evaluation of the information they find during university learning activities. This article presents two information literacy training initiatives addressing these issues at the University of Padova (Italy): one in a course in educational technologies offered as part of a second-cycle degree program, and the other in two of the university library system's training facilities. The training workshops sought to be complementary, covering both the search engine and the library OPAC approach to information seeking.

Factors affecting the information-seeking behaviour of postgraduate students at the University of South Africa Ethiopia Regional Learning Centre

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Addisalem Gebrekidan Desta ◽  
Madely du Preez ◽  
Patrick Ngulube
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviour ◽  
The University

The purpose of this study was to investigate some of the factors affecting the information-seeking behaviour of postgraduate students registered at the University of South Africa (Unisa) as represented by its Ethiopia Regional Learning Centre, with particular emphasis on their use of electronic information resources. A qualitative case study approach was adopted. In semi-structured interviews, eight conveniently selected postgraduate students shared their information-seeking experiences. The data was analysed thematically. The findings identified contextual and personal factors which gave rise to the respondents’ information needs and in turn prompted information activities such as information seeking. Of these, a lack of ICT infrastructure, frequent interruptions in electricity supply, old computers and the location of the Akaki Branch Library proved to be the main factors affecting postgraduate students’ electronic information-seeking behaviour. The findings showed the effect that inadequate facilities have on postgraduate students’ information behaviour.

scholarly journals Transfer of academic information literacy skills to workplace contexts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Fourie ◽  
Heidi Julien
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Critical Incident ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Information Practices ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Academic Information ◽  
Transfer Of Information ◽  
The University

This paper reports preliminary results of a study analyzing transfer of information literacy skills learned in a compulsory undergraduate course at the University of Pretoria. Twenty-three alumni with a range of disciplinary backgrounds, and currently working in a diversity of workplaces, participated in critical incident interviews which explored transferability of the skills learned in the course, and information practices in the workplace.

scholarly journals Integrating Information Literacy into the Science Curriculum

2002 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecelia Brown ◽  
Lee R. Krumholz
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
University Of Oklahoma ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Initial Survey ◽  
Undergraduate Science ◽  
The University

A science librarian and a microbiology professor collaborated to assess information-seeking, evaluating, and usage abilities before, during, and at the end of a senior-level geomicrobiology course. ACRL’s Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education was used as a guide in designing a survey and checklists to measure literacy levels. Following an initial survey of the students’ information literacy level, two instruction sessions were provided in the use of bibliographic finding tools available from the University of Oklahoma Libraries. During each subsequent class meeting, students presented, critiqued, and discussed a referred article. The cycle was repeated, and the survey was administered again at the end of the semester. The survey results indicated an 11 percent increase in information literacy, but no significant improvement in the students’ ability to present, critique, and discuss information. A model for incorporating information literacy into upper-level undergraduate science courses and an instrument for measuring information literacy are proposed.

scholarly journals European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL)

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (32) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serap Kurbanoglu
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Media Specialists ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
European Conference ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
The University ◽  
Share Information

The European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) aims to bring together researchers, information professionals, employers, media specialists, educators, policy makers and all the other related parties from around the world in order to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss recent developments and current challenges in and related to information literacy (IL). ECIL’s mission is to provide an annual forum for individuals interested in IL, where they would share information about their research and practice. The fi rst conference was organized by Hacettepe University, in Istanbul, Turkey, between 22–25 October 2013. The sixth conference is on its way. It will be hosted by the University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, from 24–27 September 2018.Both the international dimension and the research-practice nexus make ECIL diff erent from the other IL-focused events in Europe. As an event rather than an organization, ECIL is also situated in the enviable position of not being subject to bylaws or structure that might restrict its focus or voice.  

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