Are We in-Sync? Students’ Virtual Instructional Experience and Perceived Information Literacy Skills in Time of Pandemic

Yap, Joseph; Manabat, April

doi:10.1080/10875301.2021.1988796

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“…Further analysis of how the librarians were being skilled revealed that they acquire these skills through assistance by their colleagues, self-learning through YouTube channels, or trial and error methods (Chewe & Zulu, 2020;Wegener, 2022;Yap & Manabat, 2021). This indicates that there is no formal method of acquiring these skills in the professional development continuum for librarians.…”

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“…A shift to online teaching and learning of IL posed several challenges to librarians and students. Some of the challenges reported include: Short time frame and lack of resources: Yap and Manabat (2021) reported that one of the major challenges experienced in transitioning the teaching of the IL programme during the pandemic was the short time frame for launching the virtual platforms, which was coupled with low or lack of budgets to provide the required resources.…”

Section: Challenges In the Provision Of Il During Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Teaching Information Literacy in University Libraries in Kenya during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sawe,

Musangi

2023

KLISC JISKM

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Kenya detected its first COVID-19 case on March 19th, 2020, which led to educational institutions being shut down and learning activities shifting online. This change greatly impacted university operations, including university libraries. Before the pandemic, university libraries were teaching information literacy (IL) through conventional methods, which were mostly physical. Universities transitioning to online education necessitated libraries to rethink IL instruction. The purpose of this study is to assess the suitability of the modes of teaching, librarian skills, and resources required for IL delivery in university libraries in Kenya during the COVID-19 period. The objectives are to establish the modes of teaching IL used by university libraries, the skills, and resources required in the teaching of IL in an online environment, identify the challenges faced to offer IL during the COVID-19 pandemic period and recommend the best practices in IL delivery in an online environment. The study used systematic review of existing literature. Multi-platforms, synchronous and asynchronous, were employed at varied degrees; the success of the online modes of teaching was affected by the inaccessibility of the requisite resources, unpreparedness by the librarians and students as well as the demand for new skills. The study recommends contextualization of teaching initiatives, provision of professional development to librarians, development of contingency plans, and evaluation of the online modes of teaching for continual improvement.

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Section: Challenges In the Provision Of Il During Covid-19mentioning

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Teaching Information Literacy in University Libraries in Kenya during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sawe,

Musangi

2023

KLISC JISKM

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“…Increased students, who apply for postgraduate studies in education, enter the field of education, but their self-awareness ability in this field has not increased proportionally. Although many design theories aiming to create urban space vitality have been proposed, they all rely too much on designers' intuition and experience and need further empirical evidence and generalization, so increased number of scholars have started to verify and evaluate the principles of creating urban space vitality [11].…”

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Research on the Impact of Optimal Configuration of University Library Layout on Students’ Academic Literacy Development Based on 5G

Jing

2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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This paper provides an in-depth study and analysis of the relevance of adopting the idea of 5G for the optimal configuration of university library layout to the development of students’ academic literacy. It also analyzes the benefits of 5G on the digital governance of libraries together with the convenience that the application of 5G can provide to smart libraries and helps to realize the research on the service innovation model of smart libraries under 5G. The survey mainly focuses on four indicators: the development of physical space services in university libraries; facilities and equipment for physical space services; the content and form of physical space services; and it presents the current problems of physical space services, including the overall convergence of physical space services in university libraries. When different libraries are co-constructed and shared, there will be incompatibility problems, and if the library is required to develop its own management system, it will waste resources. The library space layout is arranged by highlighting the elements of the cognitive map to improve the lending efficiency; using a more continuous and transparent interface in terms of color and material to increase the experience of spaciousness; using more wood elements and green to add a natural atmosphere to achieve the purpose of relaxing the readers’ heart; and finally increasing the light source in the reading area to complement the illumination in the shaping of the light environment. In terms of spatial functions, more attention is paid to the design of public interaction and leisure spaces so that readers can rejuvenate themselves and devote themselves to the next learning tasks. The interior design is considered in terms of the relationship between arousal theory and task performance, and a moderately complex interface is designed to improve readers’ efficiency in the space. Finally, the paper concludes with a summary of what has not been thoroughly researched and an outlook on the future of university library interior design.

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Reference Service, Government Information, and COVID-19

Hackstadt

Adams

2022

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

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Are We in-Sync? Students’ Virtual Instructional Experience and Perceived Information Literacy Skills in Time of Pandemic

Cited by 5 publications

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Teaching Information Literacy in University Libraries in Kenya during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Teaching Information Literacy in University Libraries in Kenya during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Research on the Impact of Optimal Configuration of University Library Layout on Students’ Academic Literacy Development Based on 5G

Reference Service, Government Information, and COVID-19

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