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Information and Communication Technology: A Literature Review of Its Infrastructure and Application in Higher Education
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Kouser, Shazia; Popat, Shilpa S. – Online Submission, 2022
In the present study, the researcher has reviewed the existing literature from the previous research on Infrastructure and Application of ICT in Higher Education. The researcher carried out an intensive search on various publications and databases websites and finalized fifteen papers for carrying out the literature review. The literature review…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Higher Education, Electronic Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies
Promoting Digital Literacy Skills: Examples from the Literature and Implications for Academic Librarians
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Kenton, Jeffrey; Blummer, Barbara – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2010
This paper explores the numerous definitions of digital literacy, discusses its relationship to information literacy, and describes applications of digital literacy instruction in institutions of higher education. It also offers opportunities for academic librarians, and especially those in junior and community colleges, to enhance students'…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Colleges, Information Literacy, Librarians
Managing Information Technology: Facing the Issues. Track VI: Academic Computing Issues.
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CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1990
Eight papers making up Track VI of the 1989 conference of the Professional Association for the Management of Information Technology in Higher Education (known as CAUSE, an acronym of the association's former name) are presented in this document. The focus of Track VI is on academic computing issues, and the papers include: "Loan-a-Mac: A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Antecedents of Library Anxiety.
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Jiao, Qun G.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Library Quarterly, 1997
A study of 522 university students identified variables related to library anxiety: use of computerized indexes and online facilities, gender, year of study, native language, frequency of library visits, number of library skills courses undertaken, and reasons for using the library. Recommends measures to reduce library anxiety. Includes a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, College Students, Computer Literacy
Distance and Distance Research: The Need for Internet Proficiency in the Shadow of Shrinking Resources.
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Williams, Arthur E. – 1995
This paper discusses the need for students and faculty at small, under-funded academic libraries in rural areas, such as the University of Maine at Machias, to have Internet proficiency so they can access more sources of information. Small academic libraries in remote areas often lack the resources for students to conduct adequate research without…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
The Role of the Library in the First College Year. The First-Year Experience Monograph Series No. 45
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Hardesty, Larry, Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2007
While the library is at the center of many campuses physically, it is often an overlooked and underused resource in improving the learning and success of first-year college students. Librarians, classroom faculty, administrators, and higher education researchers come together to explore the potential of the library in shaping the student…
Descriptors: Assignments, Higher Education, College Freshmen, Change Agents