Library and Information Science

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    Information Literacy Skills among Female Students of Secondary Schools in Bangladesh
    (DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2023-12-24) Matin, Wares-Ul; Alam, Md. Jahangir; Begum, Bilkis; Biswas, Md. Sakib
    This study assessed information literacy skills among female students of secondary schools in Bangladesh. A structured questionnaire was developed consisting of library and ICT facilities, information literacy skills, ability to locate information, evaluate information sources, and use the approach of needed information. A total of 596 data were collected from female students of class nine of five general and five girls' high schools in the rural areas of Dhaka Districts. The study revealed that overall, 60.23% of the respondents were aware of IL; however, 49.33% of the female students were unable to locate academic information, 69.63% failed to identify information sources, and 75.17% did not know how to use the required information appropriately. It is the first endeavor to assess IL skills among female students of class nine in Bangladesh. Thus, a holistic approach can be initiated countrywide for further studies on measuring the IL skills of male and female students.
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    Individual differences in service quality of university libraries in Bangladesh
    (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2024) Alam, Jahangir; Matin, Wares; Begum, Bilkis
    This study measured the individual differences in the service quality of Bangladeshi university libraries by type of university, user and gender. A modified SERVQUAL (service quality) model was adopted for the academic library environment, which included 30 items under five dimensions with a 7-point Likert scale. The survey was conducted among 61 teachers, 50 researchers and 455 students from two public, two international and two private universities in Bangladesh. The individual differences in library service quality were calculated through an analysis of variance and independent sample t-test for the university, user and gender categories. The overall service quality was significantly different (p < .001) among the users of the public (M ¼ 4.02), private (M ¼ 5.08) and international (M ¼ 5.10) university libraries, as well as between male (M ¼ 4.48) and female (M ¼ 5.01) users. Several statistical methods supported the sampling adequacy, reliability and validity of the adapted model, which could be used as a basis for further assessments of library service quality by different demographic groups, both locally and globally