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Social Networking among Library and Information Science Undergraduate Students
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Alakpodia, Onome Norah – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine social networking use among Library and Information Science students of the Delta State University, Abraka. In this study, students completed a questionnaire which assessed their familiarity with social networking sites, the purpose for which they use social networking site and their most preferred sites to…
Descriptors: Library Science, Information Science, Undergraduate Students, Social Networks
A Celebration of Diversity: LIS Research in the Nordic Countries as Shown by PhD Dissertations 2005-2014
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Tveit, Åse Kristine – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2017
A study of PhD dissertations in library and information science (LIS) was carried out to investigate which research topics have been of interest in Nordic LIS institutions. Seventy-nine doctoral dissertations from 2005 to 2014, published by 13 different research institutions, were retrieved from the institutions' archives and from library…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Information Science, Library Science, Hypothesis Testing
Mobile Libraries: Librarians' and Students' Perspectives
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Aharony, Noa – College & Research Libraries, 2014
This study which is based on the Technological Acceptance Model (TAM), seeks to explore whether librarians and LIS students are familiar with the newest technological innovations and whether they are ready to accept them. The research was conducted in Israel during the first and second semesters of the 2012 academic year and considered two…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Education, Library Science, Electronic Libraries
LIS Students' Perceptions toward the Assimilation of E-Books in the Library: An Exploratory Analysis
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Aharony, Noa – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2013
The present study explores LIS students' perceptions toward the assimilation of e-books in the library. The research was conducted during the summer semester of the 2010 academic year in Israel and 144 students participated in the research. The study used three questionnaires: a personal details questionnaire, students' perceptions towards e-books…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Electronic Publishing, Library Science, Library Education
Library Science Students' Commitment to Library Service for Older Adults.
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Denis, Laurent-G.; Nauratil, Marcia J. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1984
Entering M.L.S. students, University of Toronto, were tested to elicit preference regarding provision of library service to older adults (theory-in-use) and degree of agreement with "The Library's Responsibility to the Aging" statement (espoused theory). Statistical analysis indicated no significant incongruence between students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Hypothesis Testing
Teaching Research Methods: Students' Cognitive Complexity and Demand for Structure.
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Harris, Roma M.; Ross, Catherine L. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1984
Results of investigation of M.L.S. degree students' needs for structure in required research methods course support hypothesis that, when exposed to such a course taught under low structure conditions, students with simple cognitive style would express demand for greater structure than would students with relatively complex cognitive style. (12…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Graduate Study