Challenges for information literacy education at a university of technology

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dc.contributor.authorHart, Genevieve
dc.contributor.authorDavids, Marion
dc.date.accessioned24/10/2012 14:22
dc.date.available24/10/2012 14:22
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe article reports on an action research project to investigate the effectiveness of an information literacy intervention for first year engineering students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). The intervention consisted of two workshops which aimed to teach the students to find information relevant to their essays via the university�s OPAC and engineering databases and to reference and cite their sources. The project assessed students� information skills before and after the two workshops with the use of a questionnaire consisting of a set of questions based on some of the American College and Research Library (ACRL) standards. The research provides insight into how information literacy education at CPUT library can be improved. Its major recommendations are that more time in the timetable must be allocated to information literacy education and that lecturers should recognise the educational role of librarians.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationHart, G. & Davids, M. (2010). Challenges for information literacy education at a university of technology. Innovation, 41: 24-41en_US
dc.identifier.issn10258892
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/440
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherUniversity of Kwazulu Natalen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author postprint version of an article published by the University of KwaZulu Natal. Readers may make use of the material providing due attribution is given.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectInformation literacy educationen_US
dc.subjectEngineering educationen_US
dc.subjectLibrary and faculty collaborationen_US
dc.subjectCape Peninsula University of Technologyen_US
dc.titleChallenges for information literacy education at a university of technologyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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