Library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah / Raja Alwi Raja Omar … [et al.]

Malaysia is heading towards becoming an information and knowledge based society (K-Society). On-going efforts to establish our nation as a center of academic excellence are seriously being undertaken and those include reforming our educational system with the inclusion of personal skills developmen...

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Main Authors:	Raja Omar, Raja Alwi, Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie, Azmi, Nor Azlina, Md. Radzi, Mohd Abdul Hafiz, Noordin, Nazni
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Information Management 2013
Subjects:	Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia Electronic information resource literacy
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13904/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13904/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13904/1/AJ_RAJA%20ALWI%20RAJA%20OMAR%20JIKM%2013.pdf

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spelling	uitm-139042016-08-17T07:28:35Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13904/ Library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah / Raja Alwi Raja Omar … [et al.] Raja Omar, Raja Alwi Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie Azmi, Nor Azlina Md. Radzi, Mohd Abdul Hafiz Noordin, Nazni Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia Electronic information resource literacy Malaysia is heading towards becoming an information and knowledge based society (K-Society). On-going efforts to establish our nation as a center of academic excellence are seriously being undertaken and those include reforming our educational system with the inclusion of personal skills development However, one skill that many in the education fraternity fail to see or unwittingly neglect is library and information skill among school students. Through general observations (by librarians) on students enrolled into institutions of higher learning (public or private), it can be assumed that majority of them do not possess understanding and skills in using the library and information or simply said, are library and information illiterate. This could be seen in their inability to correctly use or find library resources relevant to their information needs. Realizing this situation, a study was carried out by the researchers to provide evidence and proof to reaffirm this inadequacy which may become a great obstacle in moving towards becoming an information society. A survey questionnaire and also a set of library skills assessment questions were distributed to a new batch of students enrolled in the diploma programs at Universiti Teknologi MARA Kedah (UiTM Kedah). This batch of new students actually represents the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia - SPM (and its equivalent) level school leavers. Their characteristics resemble other SPM school leavers who managed to further their studies at either other local or overseas universities and colleges, and also those who continued their daily lives outside the academic world. The focus of assessment was on library skills (for example bibliographic instruction). The outcome of the assessment indicated that a majority of UiTM Kedah students lack library skills and also most of the secondary school libraries or school resource centres lack in the provision of exposure on library skills to school students. As such, the question is what should be the plan to eradicate the problem that has been too long in existence? Faculty of Information Management 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13904/1/AJ_RAJA%20ALWI%20RAJA%20OMAR%20JIKM%2013.pdf Raja Omar, Raja Alwi and Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie and Azmi, Nor Azlina and Md. Radzi, Mohd Abdul Hafiz and Noordin, Nazni (2013) Library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah / Raja Alwi Raja Omar … [et al.]. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM), 3 (2). pp. 65-74. ISSN ISSN:2231-8836 ; E-ISSN:2289-5337 https://ijikm.uitm.edu.my/
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spellingShingle	Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia Electronic information resource literacy Raja Omar, Raja Alwi Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie Azmi, Nor Azlina Md. Radzi, Mohd Abdul Hafiz Noordin, Nazni Library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah / Raja Alwi Raja Omar … [et al.]
description	Malaysia is heading towards becoming an information and knowledge based society (K-Society). On-going efforts to establish our nation as a center of academic excellence are seriously being undertaken and those include reforming our educational system with the inclusion of personal skills development However, one skill that many in the education fraternity fail to see or unwittingly neglect is library and information skill among school students. Through general observations (by librarians) on students enrolled into institutions of higher learning (public or private), it can be assumed that majority of them do not possess understanding and skills in using the library and information or simply said, are library and information illiterate. This could be seen in their inability to correctly use or find library resources relevant to their information needs. Realizing this situation, a study was carried out by the researchers to provide evidence and proof to reaffirm this inadequacy which may become a great obstacle in moving towards becoming an information society. A survey questionnaire and also a set of library skills assessment questions were distributed to a new batch of students enrolled in the diploma programs at Universiti Teknologi MARA Kedah (UiTM Kedah). This batch of new students actually represents the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia - SPM (and its equivalent) level school leavers. Their characteristics resemble other SPM school leavers who managed to further their studies at either other local or overseas universities and colleges, and also those who continued their daily lives outside the academic world. The focus of assessment was on library skills (for example bibliographic instruction). The outcome of the assessment indicated that a majority of UiTM Kedah students lack library skills and also most of the secondary school libraries or school resource centres lack in the provision of exposure on library skills to school students. As such, the question is what should be the plan to eradicate the problem that has been too long in existence?
format	Article
author	Raja Omar, Raja Alwi Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie Azmi, Nor Azlina Md. Radzi, Mohd Abdul Hafiz Noordin, Nazni
author_facet	Raja Omar, Raja Alwi Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie Azmi, Nor Azlina Md. Radzi, Mohd Abdul Hafiz Noordin, Nazni
author_sort	Raja Omar, Raja Alwi
title	Library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah / Raja Alwi Raja Omar … [et al.]
title_short	Library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah / Raja Alwi Raja Omar … [et al.]
title_full	Library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah / Raja Alwi Raja Omar … [et al.]
title_fullStr	Library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah / Raja Alwi Raja Omar … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed	Library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah / Raja Alwi Raja Omar … [et al.]
title_sort	library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at universiti teknologi mara (uitm) kedah / raja alwi raja omar … [et al.]
publisher	Faculty of Information Management
publishDate	2013
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13904/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13904/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13904/1/AJ_RAJA%20ALWI%20RAJA%20OMAR%20JIKM%2013.pdf
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Library and information literacy among new intake of diploma students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah / Raja Alwi Raja Omar … [et al.]

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