Document Type

Conference Item

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Abstract

Information literacy is defined as the ability to recognize information need, identify, evaluate and use information effectively. The user education programmes and activities that promote these abilities is a growing concern among librarians and those involved in the education and training sectors. The paper discusses the effort initiated by selected Malaysian public university libraries to promote information literacy skills among their users especially in terms of the objectives, course content and approaches used in delivering information literacy programmes and activities. The selected libraries comprise the libraries at the University of Malaya (UM), National University of Malaysia (UKM), University Putra Malaysia (UPM), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM).

Keywords

Information Literacy, Information Seeking

Divisions

Library

Event Title

68th IFLA Council and General Conference

Event Location

Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Event Dates

August 18-24, 2002

Event Type

conference

Additional Information

University of Malaya, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, MLIS Programme

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