Library Herald
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 56
  • Issue: 4

Assessment of Information Literacy Competency of Social Science Researchers

1Research Scholar, DLIS, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007

2Associate Professor, DLIS, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007

Online published on 18 May, 2019.

Abstract

The present paper is a research report of a study conducted to assess the awareness, use and satisfaction level of researchers with library services. The study has also attempted to assess the information literacy competency level of social science research scholars of select four central universities in Delhi. The study has used 50 questions based on five standards of ACRL.

Keywords

Library Resource Awareness, Information Literacy, ACRL Standards, Competency Assessment, Research Scholar