Digital Information Literacy of Post Graduate Students of Visva-Bharati: A Survey

Abstract

Digital information literacy, as the recent concept of information literacy enable to the user of digital recourse to access, collect, evaluate, synthesis and use the required information at the right time in the right way and in right form. Objective is to determine the literacy of using digital resources of the postgraduate students of Visva-Bharati, the first central university of independent India. The target group selected for this study is postgraduate students of four departments of Palli Samgathana Vibhaga of Visva-Bharati. Questionnaire method (containing 19 questions) is used for this study. Questions focussed on computer skills, familiarity of digital resources, requirement of training on use of digital resources, types of digital resources used, purpose of using digital resources, preferable search engine, skill in search using Web-OPAC, awareness about Copyright and IPR Issues, problem faced in using digital resources, etc. Overall, it was found that the respondents are moderately satisfied in using computer. Majority of the respondents are familiar with the use of digital resources but they require training for using digital resources effectively and efficiently. Most of the respondents are not aware of copyright and IPR issues of using digital resources and face problems using digital information resources due to difficult to find relevant information.