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Information Literacy and Office Tool Competencies: A Benchmark Study
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Heinrichs, John H.; Lim, Jeen-Su – Journal of Education for Business, 2010
Present information science literature recognizes the importance of information technology to achieve information literacy. The authors report the results of a benchmarking student survey regarding perceived functional skills and competencies in word-processing and presentation tools. They used analysis of variance and regression analysis to…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Student Surveys, Information Technology, Information Science
Brick and Click Libraries: Proceedings of an Academic Libraries Symposium (8th, Maryville, Missouri, November 7, 2008)
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Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Ury, Connie Jo, Ed.; Park, Sarah G., Ed. – Online Submission, 2008
Eighteen scholarly papers and eighteen abstracts comprise the content of the 8th "Brick and Click Libraries Symposium," held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship. Many of the…
Descriptors: Library Education, Instructional Design, Semantics, Copyrights
An Information Systems Approach To Teaching IT Skills to Students of Library and Information Studies.
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Freeman, Mark; Rowley, Jennifer – Education for Information, 1996
Proposes an approach to information technology (IT) skills instruction for library and information science students which starts with databases and software, moves on to spreadsheets, and then considers graphics and word processing. This encourages students to consider information first, and then to progress to tools for its analysis and…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Databases, Higher Education
Teaching IT Skills to Library and Information Studies Students: Some Reflections.
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Rowley, J. E. – Education for Information, 1994
Reviews issues associated with the development of information technology (IT) skills in higher education and considers the implications for library and information studies students. Highlights include graphical user interfaces; resources; documentation; staffing resources; teaching and learning processes; changing technology; new perspectives;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Portugal: Ten Years of Information Development.
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Nunes, Luis Filipe Abreu – Information Development, 1995
Discusses information development in Portugal since the early 1980s. Topics include public libraries; the national bibliographic database; training; software; access to online databases; CD-ROMs; and Portuguese participation in information projects of the European Community. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Foreign Countries
Information Technology in Libraries. A Pakistani Perspective.
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Mahmood, Khalid – 1998
This book presents an overview of the present status of the use of library automation hardware and software in Pakistan. The following 20 articles are included: (1) "The Status of Library Automation in Pakistan"; (2) "Promoting Information Technology in Pakistan: the Netherlands Library Development Project"; (3) "Library…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Auditing of Information and Communication Technologies in Library and Information Science Education in Africa
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Minishi-Majanja, Mabel K.; Ocholla, Dennis N. – Education for Information, 2004
This study mapped and audited the types, nature and diffusion of ICTs in LIS education in sub-Saharan Africa. Questionnaires were sent to 51 LIS schools in 19 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, of which 29 (57%) were returned. Most LIS schools have a significant ICT content in their programs, and most ICT modules are highly rated as core/required…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Information Science Education, Research Tools, Audits (Verification)