The use of Electronic Information Services and information literacy: a Glasgow Caledonian University study

2006 ◽  
pp. 317-341
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Electronic Information

scholarly journals The use of electronic information services by students at Glasgow Caledonian University: background to the project and introductory focus groups

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (86) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Information Services ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Course Work ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Metropolitan University

This paper reports on the first stage of a study on the usage of electronic information services (EIS) by staff and students at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU). The study used by qualitative and quantitative methodologies. The questionnaires used at GCU were modeled on those developed at LMU. The project aimed to monitor off-campus usage of EIS, the use of passworded databases, and the freely available internet. The volume of electronic citations in students' course work and the possibility of developing routine performance indicators were also examined. Focus Groups were conducted with both staff and students between November 2001 and March 2002. These suggested, inter alia, that paramedics are the heaviest users of EIS and that paramedicine is the subject area where EIS are most integrated into the curriculum. Attitudes to the internet are extremely varied. Mode of attendance and workplace usage are important factors.

Evaluating Electronic Information Services

2017 ◽  
pp. 113-126
Author(s):  
Pete Dalton ◽  
Stella Thebridge ◽  
Rebecca Hartland-Fox
Keyword(s):  
Information Services ◽  
Electronic Information

Special Library Consortia

2018 ◽  
pp. 1579-1604
Author(s):  
Tawfeeq Nazir
Keyword(s):  
Critical Mass ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
User Community ◽  
Library Consortia ◽  
The World ◽  
Special Library ◽  
Library Consortium ◽  
To Come

Due to increase in costs, proliferation of electronic resources and dwindling library budgets, cooperative e-acquisition has become a compelling proposition in a library consortium environment. The user community also has been greatly influenced by newer technologies facilitating seamless access to information. Users demand to have a wide array of electronic information services. As such, the current library scenario has reached a critical mass both in terms of e-products as well as increased number of virtual users. Due to journal crisis, and cuts in library budgets, the special library professionals are forced to come together in forming a consortium for subscription of e-journals. This chapter provides an outlook of special library consortia in India and the rest of the world.

Measuring the Effectiveness of Training to Improve Electronic Information Literacy

2004 ◽  
pp. 178-191
Author(s):  
Nicole Fahey ◽  
Wal Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Government Agency ◽  
Basic Requirement ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Sponsored Programs ◽  
Effectiveness Of Training ◽  
The Impact

This chapter uses a case study approach to highlight issues surrounding the provision of government agency sponsored programs aimed at increasing Electronic Information Literacy (EIL), as a basic requirement for community engagement in an electronically enabled world. The Skills.net program was designed to increase EIL skills by providing “free or low cost access to training in online services and the Internet for those in the community who are least likely to have access” in Victoria, Australia. This study found that whilst the Skills.net program did increase EIL, it did not adequately address the accepted training needs of the participants nor did it adequately adhere to known guidelines for success in information literacy enhancement. This experience provides further evidence of lessons being learned from many government agency imposed programs which do not provide adequate outcomes for regional areas as they grapple with the impact of being increasingly marginalized in an electronically enabled age.

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