The implementation of Information Literacy Standards ACRL 2 and 5 in higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina : masters thesis

Midžić, Mirela (author), Vilar, Polona (mentor)

The paper presents the research conducted with the aim of establishing the level of information literacy of students and faculty in higher education institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and based on that to formulate conclusion of the current situation and define possible recommendations for the development and implementation of information literacy programs. The research was carried out based on Information Literacy Competency Standards ACRL 2 and 5, since the author feels that these two standards can provide the most comprehensive information about how information is accessed and used, and if this information is used in a proper manner, in regard to legal and ethical issues. It was conducted at 6 state universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo, Mostar, Tuzla, Bihać, Banja Luka, Zenica), among students and faculty. The results of the study can subsequently be used to form a joint curriculum that can be used across higher education institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to increase the level of information literacy of the faculty and students, with the purpose of establishing information literate citizens, ready for the 21st information age.

• Language: English
• Keywords: information literacy, higher education, information literacy programs, students in Bosnia and Herzegovina, masters thesis, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [M. Midžić]
• Year: 2012
• Number of pages: 125 f.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-72226
• UDC: 371.385.1/.4:004(497.6)(043)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 50330466
• Publication date in RUL: 08.09.2015

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

V magistrskem delu je predstavljena raziskava katere cilj je bil ugotoviti stopnjo informacijske pismenosti študentov in zaposlenih v visokošolskih izobraževalnih inštitucijah v Bosni in Hercegovini. Pokazala je trenutno stanje informacijske pismenosti, na podlagi ugotovitev pa so podani tudi predlogi za razvoj in implementacijo programov informacijske pismenosti. Raziskava temelji na dveh standardih za informacijsko pismenost, ACRL 2 in ACRL 5, avtorica pa je mnenja, da nam ta dva standarda dasta najboljše podatke o tem, kako se do informacij dostopa, kako se pridobljene informacije uporabi ter če se jih uporabi legalno in v skladu z etičnimi načeli. Raziskavaje bila opravljena med študenti in zaposlenimi na šestih državnih univerzah v Bosni in Hercegovini (Sarajevo, Mostar, Tuzla, Bihać, Banja Luka in Zenica). Rezultati raziskave bi se kasneje lahko uporabili pri sestavi skupnega učnega načrta, ki bi ga uporabljale visokošolske inštitucije v Bosni in Hercegovini, s tem pa bi se povišala stopnja informacijske pismenosti študentov in zaposlenih na univerzi. Namen vsega tega je izobraziti informacijsko pismene državljane, pripravljene na informacijsko dobo 21. stoletja.