Information literacy: implications for Mexican and Spanish university students
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by Emerald in Library Review
- Vol. 53 (9), 451-460
- https://doi.org/10.1108/00242530410565238
Abstract
A growing concern for universities is developing a new educational model in which the student is educated both for future social responsibilities, and where information literacy is viewed as a lifelong learning requirement. Thus, there is a pressing need for empirical analyses to identify the extent to which university students are information‐literate. Therefore, an investigation of university students from two institutions in the USA and Europe was carried out in order to determine how they use their libraries, information and computers. It was found that there were similarities and differences between the two groups of students from the University of Murcia, Spain, and the National University of Mexico.Keywords
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