چکیده:
Information literacy is a set of capabilities that requires individuals to know when they need information and the ability to locate, evaluate and effectively use the information they need. Informational literacy in the true sense can contribute to the empowerment of researchers in different academic fields. This research has been conducted to investigate the status of information literacy skills of the faculty members of Amin University. A survey method used to collecting data. The research population includes all the faculty members of Amin University. The data were collected through the American Information Literacy Questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire. The results showed that, in terms of "identifying information needs" with an average of 3.37, "effective and efficient access to information" with an average of 3.70, "evaluation of information and information channels" with an average of 3.18, "the effective use of information" with an average of 3.69, "observance of legal issues of information and citation practices" with an average of 3.94 are relatively favorable. In general, the information literacy of subjects under study was evaluated as higher than the optimal level with a mean percentage of 74.32 and a mean score of 3.71 out of 4. Therefore, it can be concluded that by presenting educational and research workshops, the inclusion of an information literacy course (theoretical and practical) at the top of the standards of skills and training of faculty members of the university, a great step would be taken in improving their information literacy.
خلاصه ماشینی:
This research has been conducted to investigate the status of information literacy skills of the faculty members of Amin University.
Therefore, it can be concluded that by presenting educational and research workshops, the inclusion of an information literacy course (theoretical and practical) at the top of the standards of skills and training of faculty members of the university, a great step would be taken in improving their information literacy.
IL education is crucial for all researchers including Iranian researchers in information era and the main issue of this research is to answer the basic question: What is the status of IL skills of the faculty members of the Amin University?
The latter which explores the needs for librarians with knowledge and skills related to user education and information literacy, using the content analysis method, is a valuable work.
Research findings by Hashemi, Hemmati and Abbasi (2012) showed that the information literacy status of faculty members is at medium level in ICCS index and in ICDL index is above medium level.
TabTe l Cronbach's alsha c‹ efficient of research items {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} Results This research is based on the conceptual model of information literacy skills of faculty members of AU.
Therefore, the significant relationships between and effects of information literacy skills variables and effective and efficient access to information on the model of ILS of faculty members of APU are proved.
students and faculty members at the Qom University and Seminary Research Institute, considering subjects information literacy is very favorable and is in the line of our results.