Information literacy, information use and sustainable development of higher education in Nigeria

IF 2.1 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Information Discovery and Delivery Pub Date : 2021-10-11 DOI:10.1108/idd-04-2021-0048

Clement Ola Adekoya

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Purpose The need for sustainable development (SD) of higher education (HE) is recognized in the UN 2030 Agenda for SD. Central to the SD of HE is information literacy and information use. This study aims to investigate information literacy, information use and SD of HE in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population for the study was the staff of public higher educational institutions in Southern Nigeria. A self-structured online questionnaire was sent to the respondents via social media. The data generated were analysed using mean, frequency count and percentages. Findings It was reflected that information literacy played a significant role in the SD of HE and that the extent of information use was high. It was revealed that the areas of HE that require SD include economic/finance and investment priorities; administration, mission and planning; and research and scholarship. Originality/value The study emphasizes that SD of HE in the current educational enterprise requires that people are information literate and information is extensively used.

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尼日利亚高等教育的信息素养、信息利用与可持续发展

联合国2030年可持续发展议程确认了高等教育可持续发展的必要性。高等教育可持续发展的核心是信息素养和信息使用。本研究旨在调查奈及利亚高等教育的资讯素养、资讯使用与资讯发展。设计/方法/方法本研究采用描述性调查研究设计。研究对象是尼日利亚南部公立高等教育机构的工作人员。通过社交媒体向受访者发送了一份自组织的在线问卷。生成的数据使用平均值、频率计数和百分比进行分析。研究结果表明，信息素养在高校学生的可持续发展中起着重要作用，信息使用程度较高。据透露，高等教育需要可持续发展的领域包括经济/金融和投资优先事项;行政、任务和规划;还有研究和奖学金。本研究强调当前教育事业中高等教育的可持续发展要求人们具有信息素养，信息被广泛使用。

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Information Discovery and Delivery INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

4.80%

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期刊介绍： Information Discovery and Delivery covers information discovery and access for digital information researchers. This includes educators, knowledge professionals in education and cultural organisations, knowledge managers in media, health care and government, as well as librarians. The journal publishes research and practice which explores the digital information supply chain ie transport, flows, tracking, exchange and sharing, including within and between libraries. It is also interested in digital information capture, packaging and storage by ‘collectors’ of all kinds. Information is widely defined, including but not limited to: Records, Documents, Learning objects, Visual and sound files, Data and metadata and , User-generated content.