Digital Information Literacy of Post Graduate Students of Visva-Bharati: A Survey
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2016-11
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INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
Abstract
Digital information literacy, as the recent concept of information literacy enable to the user of digital
recourse to access, collect, evaluate, synthesis and use the required information at the right time in
the right way and in right form. Objective is to determine the literacy of using digital resources of the
postgraduate students of Visva-Bharati, the first central university of independent India. The target
group selected for this study is postgraduate students of four departments of Palli Samgathana
Vibhaga of Visva-Bharati. Questionnaire method (containing 19 questions) is used for this study.
Questions focussed on computer skills, familiarity of digital resources, requirement of training on use
of digital resources, types of digital resources used, purpose of using digital resources, preferable
search engine, skill in search using Web-OPAC, awareness about Copyright and IPR Issues, problem
faced in using digital resources, etc. Overall, it was found that the respondents are moderately
satisfied in using computer. Majority of the respondents are familiar with the use of digital resources
but they require training for using digital resources effectively and efficiently. Most of the respondents
are not aware of copyright and IPR issues of using digital resources and face problems using
digital information resources due to difficult to find relevant information.
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Information Literacy, Digital information, Information Explosion, Postgraduate Students, Central University, Visva-Bharati