Community College Librarian Views of Student Information Literacy Needs.

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Title: Community College Librarian Views of Student Information Literacy Needs.
Authors: Latham, Don1 dlatham@fsu.edu, Gross, Melissa1 mgross@fsu.edu, Julien, Heidi2 heidijul@buffalo.edu
Source: College & Research Libraries. Jul2024, Vol. 85 Issue 5, p712-725. 14p.
Subject Terms: *Community college libraries, *Community college librarians, *Information literacy, *Information skills, *Reading comprehension ability testing
Abstract: This paper shares the results of semi-structured interviews with 30 community college librarians who have instruction duties. The interviews explored these librarians’ perceptions of students’ information literacy (IL) strengths and weaknesses as well as their views of students’ self-perceptions. Participants believe that students are confident in their ability to find information and are proficient in using technology to find information. Participants consider students’ overconfidence to be an IL weakness along with: not understanding the research process; being overwhelmed by information; and, in some cases, having poor reading comprehension skills. Views are mixed as to whether students’ IL skills vary based on their program of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: This paper shares the results of semi-structured interviews with 30 community college librarians who have instruction duties. The interviews explored these librarians’ perceptions of students’ information literacy (IL) strengths and weaknesses as well as their views of students’ self-perceptions. Participants believe that students are confident in their ability to find information and are proficient in using technology to find information. Participants consider students’ overconfidence to be an IL weakness along with: not understanding the research process; being overwhelmed by information; and, in some cases, having poor reading comprehension skills. Views are mixed as to whether students’ IL skills vary based on their program of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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