scholarly journals The Role of Information Literacy in Higher Education: An Initiative at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco.

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aziz El Hassani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
American University ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Role Of Information

This paper, part of which was presented at the 12th annual AMICAL conference at the American University in Bulgaria held in Blagoevgrad, on 29 May 2015, reports on a doctoral research project which explores the meaning and role of information literacy in higher education and lifelong learning. It also highlights an information literacy initiative at a Moroccan university, namely Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, and how its academic library strives to promote it. Living in an age of information tsunami and technological advancement, issues of information access, evaluation, retrieval and effective use, have become significantly critical in our societies. Directing the attention to the issue of information literacy and framing the best practices on how they can be best blended into the learning process of students are of paramount importance. Like other libraries across the globe, Mohammed VI Library at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco has realized the importance of information literacy and has worked in various ways to address this issue. This paper will describe the university strategy of teaching Information Literacy to graduate and undergraduate students in a number of ways. Recommendations to improve and support this initiative, including incorporating information literacy and skills across the university's curriculum, and fostering more effective partnerships between the Al Akhawayn university library and the teaching faculty, will be also discussed in this paper.

scholarly journals The Role of the Academic Library in Promoting Student Engagement in Learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
George D. Kuh ◽  
Robert M. Gonyea
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
College Student Experiences Questionnaire ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

This study examines the nature and value of undergraduate students’ experiences with the academic library. The data represent responses from more than 300,000 students between 1984 and 2002 to the College Student Experiences Questionnaire. Although library use did not appear to make independent contributions to desirable outcomes of college, such experiences were related to important educationally valuable activities. Because the emphasis a campus places on information literacy is a strong predictor of students becoming information literate, librarians should redouble their collaborative efforts to promote the value of information literacy and help create opportunities for students to evaluate the quality of the information they obtain.

scholarly journals Celebrating Undergraduate Students’ Research at York University

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Sophie Bury ◽  
Dana Craig ◽  
Sarah Shujah
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
American University ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
High Achieving

This article analyses the information literacy (IL) competencies of high-achieving undergraduate students through the lens of undergraduate research celebrations in a North American University. This article focuses on York University’s Undergraduate Research Fair, and shares findings from an analysis of students’ IL award submissions including lower-year (first and second year of university) and upper-year (third and fourth year of university) applicants. Submissions are analysed using a qualitative content analysis approach. The study’s findings point to the positive value of both IL and reference help in building high-achieving undergraduate students’ IL skills. Results indicate important future directions for IL instruction, such as the role of the flipped classroom, and the critical importance of embracing the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education to engage undergraduates with high-order IL concepts.

scholarly journals Developing Information Literacy for Students in the Context of Higher Education in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nghiem Xuan Huy ◽  
Bui Thi Thanh Huyen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Concept Of Information ◽  
Self Learning ◽  
Role Of Information

The context of 4th Industrial Revolution has not only made changes in education methods, but also challenged learners. In higher education, learners are increasingly expected to learn actively by effectively exploring and using different information resources. Therefore, it is universities’ mission to acquire students with abilities in identifying their information needs, retrieving needed information, evaluating information, and using information legally and ethically in accordance with adademic regulations. In other words, those abilities are core elements of information literacy, which has been considered as an essential tool for improving students’ self-learning and lifelong learning capability at universities in Western countries. This paper aims at analyzing and clarifying the concept of information literacy in the context of Vietnamese higher education, evaluating the role of information literacy in student’s learning, and proposing solutions for developing information literacy for student at higher education institutions in Vietnam.

scholarly journals The Role of the Academic Library in Promoting Student Engagement in Learning

2003 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
George D. Kuh ◽  
Robert M. Gonyea
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
College Student Experiences Questionnaire ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

This study examines the nature and value of undergraduate students’ experiences with the academic library. The data represent responses from more than 300,000 students between 1984 and 2002 to the College Student Experiences Questionnaire. Although library use did not appear to make independent contributions to desirable outcomes of college, such experiences were related to important educationally valuable activities. Because the emphasis a campus places on information literacy is a strong predictor of students becoming information literate, librarians should redouble their collaborative efforts to promote the value of information literacy and help create opportunities for students to evaluate the quality of the information they obtain.

THE IMPACT OF ICT IN MARKETING LIBRARY SERVICES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARY

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-156
Author(s):  
Salamatu Baba ◽  
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Dikuma Ibrahim ◽  
Sanda Grema ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Made In

In order to promote utilizing the available resource made in any library information has to be taken to the door step of a clientele a such information and communication technology will serve as a catalyst in doing that. This paper has explored the role of information and communication technology ICT in academia and as well as the strategies used in propagating the available services in an academic library this is because tailor made information it is highly required so as to avoid wasting the precious time of academicians and this can be only achieving with the help of information and communication technology software, therefore, descriptive method was adopted in the methodology of this study.

scholarly journals On the Space/Time of Information Literacy, Higher Education, and the Global Knowledge Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Spatial Turn ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Information Work

Local sites and practices of information work become embroiled in the larger imperatives and logics of the global knowledge economy through social, technological, and spatial networks. Drawing on human geography’s central claim that space and time are dialectically produced through social practices, in this essay I use human/critical geography as a framework to situate the processes and practices—the space and time—of information literacy within the broader social, political, and economic environments of the global knowledge economy.  As skills training for the knowledge economy, information literacy lies at the intersection of the spatial and temporal spheres of higher education as the locus of human capital production. Information literacy emerges as a priority for academic librarians in the 1980s in the context of neoliberal reforms to higher education: a necessary skill in the burgeoning “information economy,” it legitimates the role of librarians as teachers. As a strategic priority, information literacy serves to demonstrate the library’s value within the university’s globalizing agenda. While there has been a renewed interest in space/time within the humanities and social sciences since the 1980s, LIS has not taken up this “spatial turn” with the same enthusiasm—or the same degree of criticality—as other social science disciplines. This article attempts to address that gap and offers new insights into the ways that the spatial and temporal registers of the global knowledge economy and the neoliberal university produce and regulate the practice of information literacy in the academic library. Pre-print first published online 12/09/2018

scholarly journals Investing in Schooling In Chile: The Role of Information about Financial Aid for Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taryn Dinkelman ◽  
Claudia Martinez A. ◽  
Keesler Welch ◽  
Violetta Kuzmova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Role Of Information

Personality factors and knowledge sharing behavior in information services: the mediating role of information literacy competencies

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Keshavarz
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Path Coefficient ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Sharing Behavior ◽  
Sharing Behavior ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Information Literacy Competencies

Purpose The study aims to investigate the role of information literacy competencies regarding the impact of personality factors on knowledge sharing behavior in information services. Design/methodology/approach A sequential mixed-methods approach was used as the research design. To construct the two less identified variables of knowledge sharing behavior and information literacy competencies in actual information services, the literature existed were searched and validated in a systematic review procedure. Two conceptual models including two initial questionnaires were developed, which were then confirmed by a set of 10 related experts through semi-structured interviews. For gathering data related to the variable personality factors, the Five-Factor Inventory was used as a widely recognized measure. The sample population of the quantitative section constituted of a set of 160 librarians working in the central libraries of the state universities located at Tehran, Iran. Data analysis was conducted through structural equation modeling using software SmartPLS. Findings The results showed that the personality factors had a positive and significant impact on information literacy competencies with a path coefficient of 0.48 and information literacy competencies skills had a positive and significant effect on the knowledge sharing behavior with a path coefficient of 0.47. However, with a path coefficient of 0.02, the personality factors had no direct effect on the knowledge sharing behavior while its indirect impact was then confirmed by the mediating role of information literacy competencies. Originality/value To achieve the desired knowledge sharing behavior, there should be concerns about the information literacy competencies of the librarians. Moreover, the knowledge sharing behavior of the librarians should be more taken into consideration concerning their personality factors.

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