ASSESSMENT OF DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS OF FACULTY MEMBERS FOR TEACHING IN LIBRARY SCHOOLS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES OF NORTH-EASTERN STATES, NIGERIA
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Abstract
This research investigated the digital literacy skills of Faculty Members in the Department of Library and Information Science in the north-eastern states of Nigeria. Six research questions and one hypothesis were answered and data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), among the research questions there are; what is the ability of library and information science faculty member in the north-eastern states of Nigeria to locate Digital information? How do library and information Faculty Members in the north-eastern states of Nigeria critically judge and evaluate credible digital information. Quantitative research method was applied in the study using random sampling technique to draw the sample. Forty-four copies of the questionnaires were administered while thirty-seven copies were completed, returned and was used in the study which represents 84% of the response rate. The finding of the study revealed thatFaculty Members in the Department of Library and Information Science in the Federal University of North-eastern states of Nigeria were very confidents in the use of scanning/skimming techniques to quickly access the key relevant information on a web page, in assessing whether an online resources or persons credibility and trustworthiness. The study recommends some steps to turn around the situations; faculty members must be empowered with all necessary digital literacy skills, embark on rigorous training and retraining programs, workshops, conferences and seminars, there should also be a coherent training policy for the faculty members on a sustainable basis to increase their requisite digital literacy skill, emphasis should be given to digital technology components by the institutions so as to equip the faculty members with the requisite expertise, there is urgent need for the increase in the budgetary allocation to the institutions by the government in order to raise their Information and Communication Technology facilities affordability status.
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