چکیده:
Teaching information literacy needs to become a core activity at
academic libraries in distance education universities. Innovative programs
have been developed to promote information literacy to ensure students
success as lifelong learners. This study has been done to evaluate
information literacy of students of humanities in Payame Noor University of
Mashhad. The research population subjects are M.A. students in the
humanities departments of Payame Noor University of Mashhad, from
whom 188 were selected randomly based on Krejcie and Morgan table. Data
collecting tool is a questionnaire, which has been provided according to
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. The
results revealed that there is a significant difference between the female
students’ information literacy with average score (t= -10.45, df= 159, p<
0.0005), the male students’ information literacy with average score (t= 4.71,
df= 27, p< 0.0005), and all students’ information literacy with average score
(t= -11.42, df= 187, p< 0.0005). The questionnaire average score (26) is
more than students’ score, although the information literacy level in female
and male students had no significant difference (t= -0.520, df=186,
p=0.604). There is a significant difference in information literacy of
students with different majors (f (12, 175) = 2.803, p= 0.002).Developing
information literacy skills is essential for academic members and other
educational staff to be able to fully engage and exploit library resources in
distance education system. Distance education programs are complex and
costly to implement, which suggests that they are a valuable asset for
universities and therefore should be adequately managed and protected.
Libraries must sufficiently promote services available to distance students
and provide adequate service hours. In order to provide effective support to
distance learners, librarians and educators need to be creative and find
unique solutions.
خلاصه ماشینی:
9 percent) Data collection tool was a questionnaire, provided by Davarpanah, Siamak and Qasemi (2008) based on Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, in order to measure students' information literacy.
Table 1 Research Variances Desc riytive Indexes {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} In order to examine the information literacy of male and female students of Humanities in Mashhad Payame Noor University, sample statistical tests were used.
The results of the one-way variance analysis test, which compares the average scores of students' information literacy with regard to their majors, are presented in Table 6.
Table 6 Subjects' Information Lite racy Comparison with Re gard to Their Majors {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} According to the above table, which depicts the results of one-way analysis variance test, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in students' information literacy first standard record statistically, while their majors are different (f (12, 175) = 3.
In order to have a more precise comparison of students' information literacy, first standard record with different majors, Tukey's range test was used.
In order to compare information literacy second standard level more precisely in students with different majors, Tukey's range test was used.
In order to compare third information literacy standard level more precisely in students with different majors, Tukey's range test was used.
The results of this test are indicative of the fact that the information literacy standard level is significant in Tourism students compared to Physical Education students.