Digital Literacy Competency among Library Users of Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University, Nalanda University and Central University of Orissa: A Comparative Study

Abstract

This paper intends to investigate about the actual aspect of digital literacy competency, comfort level of using  computer applications, familiarity of Internet resources, sources for information retrieval ,preference of search  engine, awareness of mobile learning Apps , and application of Web 2.o tools among library users of Rajendra  Prasad Central Agriculture University, Nalanda University and Central University of Orissa to fulfill their  academic performance.To accomplish research, systematic reviews and survey method was adopted with  questionnaire as an important tool for smooth collection of data, where questionnaire in both online and offline mode  was used to conduct present survey. It was distributed among library users to get various interesting responses  related to digital literacy competency where it was found that most of the students are comfortable and aware of web  tools for learning purpose and maximum users are familiar with social networking sites. e-textbooks are used by  76.81% users of CUO on maximum for information retrieval and google is most preferred search engine with 100%  response. Users are less aware of some mobile learning applications such as BoostHQ, Evernote etc.