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Ethical Use of Information – How University Students Fare

Szarina Abdullah, and Nor Rashimahwati Tarmuchi, and Norliya Ahmad Kassim, and Mohd. Sharif Mohd. Saad, and Rasimah Aripin, (2007) Ethical Use of Information – How University Students Fare. In: Building An Information Society For All: Proceedings of the International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society, ICOLIS 2007, 26-27 June 2007, Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. ISBN 9789834349103.

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Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Information Management
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Information Management
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Information Management
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Information Management
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Information Technology & Quantitative Sciences

Abstract

Ethical use of information is an important component of information literacy, particularly among university students. This paper reports on the finding of a study conducted among university students to identify their information literacy (IL) competency, with specific attention on “Ethical use of information”. The study used a self-administered questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. Respondents were 1,100 final year students from various disciplines from 4 public and 2 private universities in the Klang Valley of Malaysia. The level of competency was measured by students’ ability to identify 3 main things: a) which types of information use require users to acknowledge the information sources, b) which activities are considered plagiarism, and c) which types of information are considered copyrighted. Students need to answer13 item questions. Each answer was assigned scores for the purpose of computing competency levels, namely: 0=wrong answer, 1=beginner, 2=intermediate, 3=advanced. Results of the analysis revealed that majority of the respondents’ competency fall under the beginner level (43.4%), followed by the intermediate level (38.0%), and advanced level (18.6%). Other interesting results are obtained by cross-tabulating competency data against various characteristics, such as their information-related activities in the library, the nature of academic assignments, the type of information skills course they have attended, the university where they attended, and other demographic variables. Implications from findings are discussed.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:Edited by Abrizah Abdullah et al. Kuala Lumpur: Library and Information Unit, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya, 2007. ISBN:9789834349103.
Keywords:Information literacy evaluation in Malaysia, Information ethics, University students.
Subjects:Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Science
ID Code:59

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