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Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation

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....

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Main Authors: Mohd, S.M.S., Zainab, Awang Ngah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2002
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Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/2035/1/IFLA.DOC
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spelling my.um.eprints.20352019-10-25T09:28:41Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/2035/ Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation Mohd, S.M.S. Zainab, Awang Ngah Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources 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). 2002 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/msword en http://eprints.um.edu.my/2035/1/IFLA.DOC Mohd, S.M.S. and Zainab, Awang Ngah (2002) Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation. In: 68th IFLA Council and General Conference, August 18-24, 2002, Glasgow, United Kingdom.. http://myais.fsktm.um.edu.my/1019/
institution Universiti Malaya
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topic Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources
spellingShingle Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources
Mohd, S.M.S.
Zainab, Awang Ngah
Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation
description 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).
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd, S.M.S.
Zainab, Awang Ngah
author_facet Mohd, S.M.S.
Zainab, Awang Ngah
author_sort Mohd, S.M.S.
title Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation
title_short Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation
title_full Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation
title_fullStr Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation
title_full_unstemmed Information Literacy Programmes in Malaysian Public Universities: An Observation
title_sort information literacy programmes in malaysian public universities: an observation
publishDate 2002
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/2035/1/IFLA.DOC
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http://myais.fsktm.um.edu.my/1019/
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