... questionnaire to assess perceptions of digital competencies and institutional expectations. Findings Librarians show high awareness of digital literacy as a core competency (mean = 4.56). However, understanding of advanced technologies such as big data and AI remains moderate (mean = 3.54). Respondents...

...Akinade Adebowale Adewojo Purpose The persistent digital divide across African regions undermines educational, economic and civic outcomes. Public and academic libraries are well positioned to mitigate these disparities through digital literacy initiatives. This study aims to review capacity...

...Nusrat Jannat Bipasha; Md. Shiful Islam; Md. Mozammel Bhuyan Purpose The main aim of the study is to assess the digital literacy (DL) skills among female students in two renowned public universities in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach An online quantitative survey method was conducted...

... Data management ICT adoption Digital libraries Digital literacy Information management Libraries serve as invaluable repositories of knowledge, playing a crucial role in supporting academic pursuits and fostering intellectual growth within educational institutions. Academic libraries...

...Catleya Santiago Ferro; Melgie Gabasa Pacardo; Joseph Marmol Yap; Stephen Biaco Alayon Purpose This study aims to examine the digital literacy (DL) competencies among librarians and paraprofessionals of public libraries in Western Visayas, Philippines. It also investigated the digital programs...

... users find material (19^th century) and providing digital literacy (20^th century), I had to provide guidance to patrons with regard to predatory journals. Also, by the 21st century, OA and OERs made scholarly research more accessible to patrons. I now had to acquire additional...

...Scholastica Chizoma Ukwoma; Ngozi Eunice Osadebe; Victoria Nwamaka Okafor; Chinwe Nwogo Ezeani Purpose This study aims to show that digital literacy can serve as a tool for effecting social change and highlights the achievements of an academic library in digital content creation using...

... that a solid formation in informational and digital literacy is developed. Thus, the objective of this article is to present the experience in the development and application of didactic strategies to promote the proper and efficient use of digital resources available in digital libraries in the biomedical...

...Ebikabowei Emmanuel Baro; Onyedikachi G. Obaro; Emetarom Doris Aduba Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess digital literacy skills possessed by library and information professionals working in university libraries in Africa. Design/methodology/approach Online questionnaire...