A Diagnosis of Information Literacy Core Competency Levels of Researchers in Economics

Rajesh Singh, Shailendra Kumar

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The study diagnoses information literacy core competency (ILCC) levels of research scholars in Economics. The diagnosis is conducted on five parameters based on five ACRL Standards: Need, Access, Evaluation, Use, and Use Ethics of Information. The empirical data was collected through questionnaire method and analyzed. In the networked digital information landscape, researchers should possess a reasonably good level of ILCC for survivance in research and academia. The diagnosis reveals that there were large numbers of incompetent researchers. On selected parameters maximum incompetent researchers were 33% in information access, followed by 23.5% in information evaluation, 12.8% in information need, 10.7% in information use and the lowest of 8.5% in information use ethics. The findings call for urgent attention from all the stakeholders. The study also discusses the means and ways of promoting and enhancing the ILCC of researchers.  


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