Assessment of Online Information Literacy among Librarians in Federal Universities in South-South Nigeria

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1 University Library, Federal University Otuoke, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

2 Department of Educational Management, University of Benin

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The study examined online information literacy of librarians in South-South Nigerian federal universities. A descriptive research plan was adopted to engage a population of ninety-four librarians and a sample of seventy-two purposively-selected librarians in seven federal universities. A questionnaire was used for data gleaning. Data were computed using weighted mean and standard deviation. Findings showed that the online information literacy possessed by the librarians were the ability to use search engines and online public access catalogues to find online information, to open documents/files on online databases and similar online information storage platforms, to download or save online content, to evaluate online information, to share information on social media and to perform electronic mailing. The librarians acquired this literacy by learning independently, from colleagues and by trial and error. However, attempts by the librarians to acquire online information literacy were hindered by shortage of funds to undergo online information literacy trainings, largely-theoretical or non-online oriented information literacy courses in library schools, shortage of internal online information literacy trainings, poor library Internet connectivity and information and communication technology facilities.

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