Librarians Use of Information Literacy Strategic Tools for Teaching Students in Nigeria Universities to Combat Fake News and Misinformation

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dc.audienceAudience::Social Science Libraries Sectionen_US
dc.audienceAudience::News Media Sectionen_US
dc.contributor.authorAnyaoku, Ebele N.
dc.contributor.authorOsuchukwu, Ngozi P.
dc.coverage.spatialLocation::Nigeriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-22T14:45:45Z
dc.date.available2022-06-22
dc.date.available2022-06-22T14:45:45Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-22
dc.description.abstractThe research assessed the extent of use of Information literacy tools by librarians in Nigeria for teaching undergraduate students skills to combat fake news. The research method was document analysis. The research analysed forty-four course materials currently used by Librarians for teaching an information literacy course coded GST 121 (Use of Library, Study Skills and Information Communication Technology. The research also examined library websites of 20 universities in Nigeria to determine availability of fake news content. Findings show there were no module or chapter on fake news and misinformation in the 44 course materials reviewed. Equally, there was no content on fake news on the library websites. However, the course materials included media and information literacy modules which are underlining competencies that are important in guarding against fake news and misinformation. The librarians provided instructional units on online bibliographic databases in more than half (56.8%) of the course materials. There were added units on database literature search (38.6%) and search engine information search (27.6%). Only a small percentage had units on evaluating information (11.4%). It is recommended that librarians should review the GST 121 curriculum and include distinct modules on evaluating information, fact-checking, spotting and combating fake news and misinformationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://2022.ifla.org/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/1961
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) / 2022 in Dublin, Ireland;
dc.rights.holderEbele N. Anyaoku and Ngozi P. Osuchukwuen_US
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectSubject::Librariansen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Fake newsen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Information literacyen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Media literacyen_US
dc.titleLibrarians Use of Information Literacy Strategic Tools for Teaching Students in Nigeria Universities to Combat Fake News and Misinformationen_US
dc.typeArticlesen_US
dc.typeEvents Materialsen_US
ifla.UnitUnits::Section::Social Science Libraries Sectionen_US
ifla.UnitUnits::Section::News Media Sectionen_US
ifla.oPubId0en_US

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