Information Literacy: A Study of Freshman Students' Perceptions, with Recommendations

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dc.contributor.authorSeamans, Nancy H.en
dc.contributor.committeechairMoore, David M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFitzgerald, Mary Annen
dc.contributor.committeememberBurton, John K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNespor, Jan K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLockee, Barbara B.en
dc.contributor.departmentInstructional Technologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:12:01Zen
dc.date.adate2001-05-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:12:01Zen
dc.date.issued2001-04-30en
dc.date.rdate2002-05-14en
dc.date.sdate2001-05-14en
dc.description.abstractThe research problem for this study is focused on the need to know how students acquire and use information. Research indicates a lack of understanding of what students know about information and how they use information and this study used the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (Appendix A) as the basis for acquiring a better understanding of what kind of information freshman students at Virginia Tech need and how they acquire it during their first semester at college. Students were asked questions about their information use during fall semester 2000, using both email questioning and in face-to-face interviews. The data collected was used to develop insights into how students acquire and use information and resulted in suggestions that could be used in revising and improving instruction for freshman students that is provided by the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-05142001-104550en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05142001-104550/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/27705en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartSeamans.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectInformation technology - United Statesen
dc.subjectAcademic libraries - Aims and objectivesen
dc.subjectLibraries and educationen
dc.subjectInformation services - United States - User educacationen
dc.subjectLibrary orientation for college studentsen
dc.subjectInformation retrieval - Study and teaching (Higher Education)en
dc.subjectInternet in educationen
dc.titleInformation Literacy: A Study of Freshman Students' Perceptions, with Recommendationsen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineInstructional Technologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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