Evaluating the impact of training from the perspective of information literacy: the case of Capes Portal of E-Journals

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Fernanda Gomes
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Cendón, Beatriz Valadares
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Em Questão (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/49451
• topic: Portal de Periódicos da Capes. Competência informacional. Avaliação. Educação superior. Treinamento de usuário.; Avaliação de treinamentos de usuários; Capes Portal of E-Journals. Information literacy. Assessment. Higher education. User training.

This study aimed at assessing the impact of training in the use of the Capes Portal of E-Journals at the information literacy level of students. The methodology was qualitative and the survey sample was formed, in the first stage - pre-instruction test, by 14 students which enrolled voluntarily in a training program offered by the university library to the Federal University of Minas Gerais community. After the pre-instruction test, the students went through an instructional session. In the second stage of the research (post-instruction test and interviews), seven of the 14 students present at the initial stage participated. Data collection was conducted through observation and computer screen recording in the pre-instruction test and observation, computer screen recording and interviews at the postinstruction test conducted two weeks after the first stage. The data were obtained and analyzed based on the second standard of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Results led to the conclusion that participation in training sessions positively influence the development and achievement of information literacy.