An evaluation of information literacy of postgraduate students of the National University of Lesotho (NUL)

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dc.contributor.advisorDe Jager, Karinen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorNassimbeni, Maryen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMariti, Lineo Maryen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-10T13:24:08Z
dc.date.available2015-02-10T13:24:08Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 126-136).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this global information age many technological advances have changed approaches to education and the way libraries are managed. The massive increase of unfiltered information has resulted in high demands for information literacy programmes. Therefore, students need to be assisted throughout their learning process. The result of this change is the shift from teacher-centered type of learning to student-centered learning. The gap between the library and the classroom needs to be bridged by insisting on the use of information literacy skills and by promoting cooperation and collaboration of efforts between the teaching staff and the library. The learning organizations need to realize the need to embed information literacy within their curriculum to enhance quality education. The transformation requires libraries to embark on student learning and empower students with necessary information literacy skills. This issue of empowering students with necessary skills had become a motivating factor that drove me to carry out this research in order to find out the status and level of information literacy for postgraduate students of NUL. Information literacy standards were used as a measure. The study used a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. A questionnaire was used as a main data collection instrument and the results were measured against the American Library Association (ALA) information literacy standards. Interviews were also conducted at NUL to supplement the main data collection instrument. Findings reflect a moderate to poor performance of a group of postgraduate and senior Law students who participated in this survey study. Findings from interviews provided evidence that NUL is aware of the concept of information literacy.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMariti, L. M. (2006). <i>An evaluation of information literacy of postgraduate students of the National University of Lesotho (NUL)</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12401en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMariti, Lineo Mary. <i>"An evaluation of information literacy of postgraduate students of the National University of Lesotho (NUL)."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12401en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMariti, L. 2006. An evaluation of information literacy of postgraduate students of the National University of Lesotho (NUL). University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mariti, Lineo Mary AB - In this global information age many technological advances have changed approaches to education and the way libraries are managed. The massive increase of unfiltered information has resulted in high demands for information literacy programmes. Therefore, students need to be assisted throughout their learning process. The result of this change is the shift from teacher-centered type of learning to student-centered learning. The gap between the library and the classroom needs to be bridged by insisting on the use of information literacy skills and by promoting cooperation and collaboration of efforts between the teaching staff and the library. The learning organizations need to realize the need to embed information literacy within their curriculum to enhance quality education. The transformation requires libraries to embark on student learning and empower students with necessary information literacy skills. This issue of empowering students with necessary skills had become a motivating factor that drove me to carry out this research in order to find out the status and level of information literacy for postgraduate students of NUL. Information literacy standards were used as a measure. The study used a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. A questionnaire was used as a main data collection instrument and the results were measured against the American Library Association (ALA) information literacy standards. Interviews were also conducted at NUL to supplement the main data collection instrument. Findings reflect a moderate to poor performance of a group of postgraduate and senior Law students who participated in this survey study. Findings from interviews provided evidence that NUL is aware of the concept of information literacy. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - An evaluation of information literacy of postgraduate students of the National University of Lesotho (NUL) TI - An evaluation of information literacy of postgraduate students of the National University of Lesotho (NUL) UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12401 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12401
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMariti LM. An evaluation of information literacy of postgraduate students of the National University of Lesotho (NUL). [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC), 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12401en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentLibrary and Information Studies Centre (LISC)en_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherLibrary and Information Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleAn evaluation of information literacy of postgraduate students of the National University of Lesotho (NUL)en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMBiblen_ZA
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