Information Literacy Skills Training: a Factor in Student Satisfaction With Access to High Demand Material

Information literacy and learners’ satisfaction

“…Based on the bootstrapping algorithm with re-sampling of 500 samples, the path coefficients and t -values were estimated to verify the hypothesized relationships. As shown in Figure 3 and Table V, IL positively and significantly affects LS ( β = 0.249, p < 0.05), supporting the assumption of H1 in this study and consistent with previous studies (Li et al , 2016; Perrett, 2010). IL positively and significantly affects SNTU ( β = 0.278, p < 0.01), affirming H2 in this study and consistent with previous studies (Frandsen et al , 2017; Oostveen et al , 2011).…”

“…Other researchers have investigated the characteristics of the interactive relationship between learners and instructors using social media for educational purposes and the impact of this relationship on LS (Andersen, 2013; Joo et al , 2014). However, scholars have shown that social networking technology usage (SNTU) is affected by the availability of related skills for interpreting, evaluating and sharing certain information (Perrett, 2010). These skills and experiences can facilitate the use of social networking technology (Watjatrakul, 2016) and increase LS with access to desirable learning materials (Perrett, 2010).…”

“…However, scholars have shown that social networking technology usage (SNTU) is affected by the availability of related skills for interpreting, evaluating and sharing certain information (Perrett, 2010). These skills and experiences can facilitate the use of social networking technology (Watjatrakul, 2016) and increase LS with access to desirable learning materials (Perrett, 2010). In addition, freely available Web 2.0 platforms have become a major source of information, both genuine and not; thus, identifying dependable knowledge and discarding false information is becoming a real challenge (Al-Aufi et al , 2017; Badke, 2017).…”

Academic Libraries and Discovery Tools: A Survey of the Literature

“…Now that options are available, this can be applied to library resources, especially the library catalog. Perrett (2010) reports that even adding additional copies of textbooks does not increase user satisfaction since patrons are still unable to find items in the catalog. Extra copies are only useful if students can find Downloaded by [University of Waikato] at 02:39 08 July 2014 them.…”