Transforming university students into library users: Influence of user-education programmes on the information and study skills of first-year students in South Africa.

Petrus Chiya, Katlego; Bosire Onyancha, Omwoyo

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dc.contributor.author	Petrus Chiya, Katlego
dc.contributor.author	Bosire Onyancha, Omwoyo
dc.coverage.spatial	Bogotá D.C.
dc.date.accessioned	2024-06-12T21:09:58Z
dc.date.available	2024-06-12T21:09:58Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.identifier.citation	Petrus, K., & Bosire, O. (2023). Transforming university students into library users: Influence of user-education programmes on the information and study skills of first-year students in South Africa. pp.191-219. Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO.
dc.identifier.isbn	En proceso
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.uniminuto.edu/handle/10656/19454
dc.description	Capítulo completo en acceso abierto que hace parte de la obra Media and information literacy for the public good: UNESCO MILID Yearbook 2023.
dc.description.abstract	The study aimed to examine the influence of user-education programmes on the information and study skills and competencies of first-year students at North–West University, Vaal Triangle Campus (VTC), in South Africa. The study adopted a quantitative approach and employed the case study method. The respondents consisted of 1,885 first-year students across two faculties with a sample size of 320, which were selected using the systematic sampling technique. The self-developed questionnaire was then distributed among the respondents. Out of 320, 266 students responded to the questionnaire, which produced a good response rate of 83%. The collected data were analysed using frequency and percentages and presented in tables and charts. The results revealed that a substantive number of first-year students never attended training on library use, including high school, public, college or any other academic libraries, prior to their arrival at the university. However, after attending the user-education programmes, they became independent users of the library and its resources, which was of great importance to lifelong learning and, thus, increased the usefulness of the library.
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO
dc.relation.ispartof	Media and information literacy for the public good: UNESCO MILID Yearbook 2023.
dc.relation.uri	https://repository.uniminuto.edu/handle/10656/19196
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
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dc.subject	Alfabetización informacional
dc.subject	Habilidades de estudio
dc.subject	Eduación
dc.subject	Sudáfrica
dc.title	Transforming university students into library users: Influence of user-education programmes on the information and study skills of first-year students in South Africa.
dc.type	Book chapter
dc.subject.keywords	Information literacy
dc.subject.keywords	Study skills
dc.subject.keywords	Higher education
dc.subject.keywords	South Africa
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