4 research outputs found
A credit based information literacy course module for science undergraduates:an assessment
The Library of the University of Colombo offers an Information Literacy (IL) course module for the first year science undergraduates as a credit based optional course. This study was done among the seventy five students who followed the IL course module in 2011. Actual IL skills acquired by students from the course, students’ perceptions towards IL awareness levels and their readiness to apply IL skills during the next academic period were assessed. Actual IL skills acquired by the students were measured by their assignment marks and a user survey was conducted to assess the students’ perceptions towards IL awareness levels. All the students completed the course successfully and earned one credit by exceeding the pass mark level while 23 students passed with honours and 46 passed with satisfactory grades. Students’ perceptions towards the IL awareness show a significant improvement for the majority of the IL attributes at the end of the course. The highest awareness level shown for the attribute “library skills” followed by “mind mapping technique” and “internet searching techniques”. Students identified this IL course module as the best place to acquire IL skills and they ensured that they apply IL skills during their next academic period. The faculty identified this as a very useful and important module for science undergraduates and suggestions were made to make this compulsory for all undergraduates of the faculty of science. An advanced IL module for the third and fourth year students was also recommended
A credit based information literacy course module for science undergraduates: an assessment
19-26The Library of the University of Colombo
offers an Information Literacy (IL) course module for the first year science
undergraduates as a credit based optional course. This study was done among the
seventy five students who followed the IL course module in 2011. Actual IL
skills acquired by students from the course, students’ perceptions towards IL
awareness levels and their readiness to apply IL skills during the next
academic period were assessed. Actual IL skills acquired by the students were
measured by their assignment marks and a user survey was conducted to assess
the students’ perceptions towards IL awareness levels. All the students
completed the course successfully and earned one credit by exceeding the pass
mark level while 23 students passed with honours and 46 passed with
satisfactory grades. Students’ perceptions towards the IL awareness show a
significant improvement for the majority of the IL attributes at the end of the
course. The highest awareness level shown for the attribute “library skills”
followed by “mind mapping technique” and “internet searching techniques”.
Students identified this IL course module as the best place to acquire IL
skills and they ensured that they apply IL skills during their next academic
period. The faculty identified this as a very useful and important module for
science undergraduates and suggestions were made to make this compulsory for
all undergraduates of the faculty of science. An advanced IL module for the
third and fourth year students was also recommended
Service quality in University of Colombo libraries: an assessment
170-183Survey
of 614 users of the University
of Colombo Library system
using a modified version of SERVQUAL was carried
out
to ascertain the views of library users about the service level. They were
asked to assess the actual service delivered by
the
library; to establish the importance of the service to them as users; and, to
identify to what extent the service met their
expectations.
Exploratory factor analysis with Varimax rotation was employed to identify
underlying dimensions of service
quality
of the Library and the best predictor of the overall service quality of the University of Colombo Library was
identified
by regression analysis. Finds that the service quality of the University of Colombo
Library System was
represented
by seven dimensions and the best predictor of the overall service quality was
the dimension referred to as
“Collection
and Access”. This is the first user survey conducted in University Libraries in
Sri Lanka
to assess the service
quality through user perspectives,
discovering service quality factors