How Students of Higher Education Handle Information? The Case of La Sabana University, Colombia

  • Patricia Jaramillo Grupo de investigación Tecnologías para la Academia, Centro de Tecnologías para la Academia, Universidad de La Sabana. – Proventus. Campus Puente del Común, Chía, Cundinamarca
  • Cristina Hennig Grupo de investigación Tecnologías para la Academia, Centro de Tecnologías para la Academia, Universidad de La Sabana. – Proventus. Campus Puente del Común, Chía, Cundinamarca
  • Yadira Rincón Grupo de investigación Tecnologías para la Academia, Centro de Tecnologías para la Academia, Universidad de La Sabana. – Proventus. Campus Puente del Común, Chía, Cundinamarca
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34096/ics.i25.704
Keywords: Information Management Competencies, Information Literacy, ACRL, Qualitative Research

Abstract

This study identified the Information Management Competencies (CMI) of  university students to enhance those skills in training programs. As a theoretical reference we took the standard proposed by the Association of College and Research Libraries. For data collection we used a questionnaire consisting of three parts. The first part is related to the perception of the students about their CMI, the second part has an exercise that requires to put into practice those skills and its result is a text production, and the third part is the reflection of the students on its performance in the exercise. The texts produced were part of the research data. In addition, semi-structured interviews were done to deepen in the process of information handling. Findings shows that participants have a low CMI level, so some guidelines to strengthen the promotion of that competency are provided and can be considered in other contexts.

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Published
2011-12-01
How to Cite
Jaramillo, P., Hennig, C., & Rincón, Y. (2011). How Students of Higher Education Handle Information? The Case of La Sabana University, Colombia. Información, Cultura Y Sociedad, (25), 117-143. https://doi.org/10.34096/ics.i25.704
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No 25 (2011)
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