International Graduate Students' Information Literacy Skills: Perceived vs. Test Assessed

• In Event: INTL/ICEM - Information Literacy Skills, Career Needs & Mobile Device Ownership

Short Description

In 2015, an information literacy team designed an instrument to determine international graduate business students' perceptions of their information literacy (IL) skills and their actual skills. This instrument was delivered electronically to 932 international graduate business students at a small four-year masters-level college with a specialization in business. Overall, students surveyed believed they had adequate skills in all five of the IL areas, however test scores indicated that they were below standard in all areas.

Authors

• Monica Rysavy, Goldey-Beacom College

• Russell Michalak, Goldey-Beacom College