Assessment of Digital Information Literacy Skills among the Library and Information Science Students of the University of Delhi

Authors

  • Ravi Shukla Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram 796004, India
  • Faizul Nisha Technical Officer, DESIDOC, New Delhi
  • Manoj Kumar Verma Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram 796004, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Information Literacy, Digital Literacy, University of Delhi, Library and Information Science

Abstract

The present study aims to assess the digital information literacy skills among the library and  information science students of the University of Delhi. The survey method has been found suitable to  conduct the study in which a structured 80 questionnaires were distributed randomly among the  students of DLIS and 72 (90%) of questionnaires were received from the respondents. After the analysis  of the questionnaires, it has been found that the maximum 57 (79.17%) students were using a computer daily and they are familiar with MS office application software. All the students were well aware of Internet literacy skills and also they all are using the Internet in which the large number i.e. 66  (91.67%) students were using it everyday. The maximum 69 (65.71%) of students were using the  Internet through their mobile data while a large number 69 (56.1%) of students using the simple searching technique. 

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Published

2021-05-12

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 1 (2021): Library Progress (International) (Jan-Jun) 2021

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Assessment of Digital Information Literacy Skills among the Library and Information Science Students of the University of Delhi . (2021). Library Progress (International), 41(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.48165/