Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation
Information literacy is defined as the ability to recognize information need, identify, evaluate and use information effectively. The user education programmes and activities that promote these abilities is a growing concern among librarians and those involved in the education and training sectors....
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| author | Mohd, S.M.S. Zainab, Awang Ngah |
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| description | Information literacy is defined as the ability to recognize information need, identify, evaluate and use information effectively. The user education programmes and activities that promote these abilities is a growing concern among librarians and those involved in the education and training sectors. The paper discusses the effort initiated by selected Malaysian public university libraries to promote information literacy skills among their users especially in terms of the objectives, course content and approaches used in delivering information literacy programmes and activities. The selected libraries comprise the libraries at the University of Malaya (UM), National University of Malaysia (UKM), University Putra Malaysia (UPM), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). |
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| spelling | um.eprints-20352019-10-25T09:28:41Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/2035/ Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation Mohd, S.M.S. Zainab, Awang Ngah Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Information literacy is defined as the ability to recognize information need, identify, evaluate and use information effectively. The user education programmes and activities that promote these abilities is a growing concern among librarians and those involved in the education and training sectors. The paper discusses the effort initiated by selected Malaysian public university libraries to promote information literacy skills among their users especially in terms of the objectives, course content and approaches used in delivering information literacy programmes and activities. The selected libraries comprise the libraries at the University of Malaya (UM), National University of Malaysia (UKM), University Putra Malaysia (UPM), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). 2002 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/msword en http://eprints.um.edu.my/2035/1/IFLA.DOC Mohd, S.M.S. and Zainab, Awang Ngah (2002) Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation. In: 68th IFLA Council and General Conference, August 18-24, 2002, Glasgow, United Kingdom.. http://myais.fsktm.um.edu.my/1019/ |
| spellingShingle | Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Mohd, S.M.S. Zainab, Awang Ngah Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation |
| title | Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation |
| title_full | Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation |
| title_fullStr | Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation |
| title_short | Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation |
| title_sort | information literacy programmes in malaysian public universities an observation |
| topic | Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources |
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