期刊名称：Pakistan Journal of Library and Information Science
印刷版ISSN：1680-4465
出版年度：2018
卷号：21
页码：1-16
出版社：University of the Punjab
摘要：This study aims to investigate the personal digital information
practices of engineering faculty members in terms of finding,
organizing, keeping, and re-finding information. Quantitative
research design based on survey method was used to collect data
through structured questionnaire. Simple random sampling
technique was applied (random number table) to get response from engineering
faculty members. They perceived that their information gathering and finding
skills were good and they coped well with gathered information of their interest.
Findings revealed that faculty members classified and sorted gathered
information to re-find it latter. They also kept information that had potential to
be useful in future. Respondents used different ways to re-find their saved
information including keywords search, browse through folder structure, access
through bookmark, and use of memory. It is noted that browsing information
through folder names, and bookmarks were also a common practice among
engineering faculty. Findings also revealed that there was statistically significant
difference between male and female faculty members’ PIM practices. Faculty
members perceived that they were skillful in finding information while they were
less-proficient in organizing and re-finding information. Thus, they also have to
face different types of challenges such as technology obsolescence, assessing
future value of information, information fragmentation and memory load in
remembering the location of information. The findings of engineering faculty
members’ PIM practices have significant implications for faculty themselves, educational technologist, digital library developers, and educational policy
makers.
关键词：Personal information management; Information literacy skills; Faculty
members; Pakistan; Academic engineers
