INFORMATION LITERACY COMPETENCE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER-LIBRARIANS

One of the keys in building environment is the role of the school librarian in making the literacy program which begins with library instruction and making the library as the center of the literacy movement in schools. Therefore, it needed a training to enhance the information literacy competence. T...

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Published in:Library philosophy and practice 2020-01, p.1-9
Main Authors: Yanto, Andri, Rusmana, Agus, Rachmawati, Tine Silvana, Sinaga, Dian, Anwar, Rully Khairul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Elementary schools
Information literacy
Learning
Library and information science
Library collections
Literacy programs
School librarians
School libraries
Teaching
User training
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Summary:One of the keys in building environment is the role of the school librarian in making the literacy program which begins with library instruction and making the library as the center of the literacy movement in schools. Therefore, it needed a training to enhance the information literacy competence. The objectives of this study is to explore the information literacy competence which gained through a training. The hypothesis was "there is no difference in the average number of information literacy comptence before and after training". The research method used was pre-experimental design with one type of Pretest-Posttest group. The value of the influence of the treatment can be known more accurately by comparing the pre-test with post-test results. The sample in this study is selected using a purposive sampling technique as much as 17 teacher librarians from various primary schools in Jatinangor. The result showed that the there were differences in the average scores for knowledge with before and after training with a mean score increase of 5.59 to 6.29. It showed that the training increased knowledge and information literacy competence. Confirming the results of the hypothesis H1, there is a difference in the average number of information literacy ability before and after training.
ISSN:1522-0222