Information Literacy Skills among Women Faculty Members in Engineering Colleges in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: A Study

This study analyzes the information literacy skills which include identification of required information and locating needed information, evaluating retrieval information on the basis of reliability and validity, disseminating retrieved knowledge and their presentation on preferred communication media among the women faculty members belongs to the Department of Science & Humanities in Engineering colleges at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. This study has been assessed based on primary data of the respondents through a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed among women faculty members of Science & Humanities Department in Engineering Colleges in Coimbatore. The filled in questionnaire were received from the women faculty members working in 27 Engineering colleges in the south region of Coimbatore District. Out of one hundred and ten questionnaire distributed, 96 duly filled responses had been received. This study is limited to the women faculty members working in the south region of Coimbatore district only. It is concluded from this study that the women faculties belong to the Department of Science & Humanities in engineering colleges of Coimbatore South Region prefer internet and online sources including social media as the source of information. They are also learning and sharing the current knowledge and developments through social media. From this study it is observed that the respondent's information requirements towards Teaching & Research and interpretation level are good and they disseminate the knowledge to the student's community effectively.