Results of the study
4. Introduction
4.2 Questionnaire results
4.2.6 User education
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Of the 67 respondents, 42 completed this question. The majority of the respondents (33 or 78.6%) indicated that print resources will co-exist with electronic resources. Twenty
(47.6%) had the view that electronic resources willsupplement print resources. Four (9.5%) indicated that electronic resources will eventually replace print resources. Only one
respondent said that electronic resources will dominate print resources. Results are shown in Table 15.
Table 15: Respondents' views on the future of print and electronic resources
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33 78.6
electronic resources
Electronic resourceswill supplement
20 47.6
print resources
Electronic resources will eventually
4 9.5
replace print resources
Electronic resources will dominate
I 2.4
print resources
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questions asked respondents for recommendations which they felt wouldbeuseful for the improvement of user training in accessing print and electronic resources in the Library.
4.2.6.1 Views on the importance of computer literacy in accessing electronic resources
Inquestion 23, respondents were asked to rate their views on the importance of computer literacy in accessing electronic resources. Results are given in Figure 3 below.
Figure 3: Respondents' views on the importance of computer literacy in accessing electronic resources (N=65)
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Sixty-five respondents completed this question. Most of the respondents (50 or76.9010) strongly agreed that computer literacy was important for one to access electronic resources, while 21.5% (14) just agreed. Only one respondent did not agree that computer literacy was important in accessing electronic resources. None of the respondents disagreed strongly and two did not complete the question.
4.2.6.2 Level of computer literacy
F0Bowing the respondents' views on the importance of computer literacy in accessing electronic resources, they were askedto rate their level of computer literacy (question 24).
This was to establishifthe respondents were competent in accessing electronic resources. A total of 66 respondents completed this question.
Most of the respondents (34 or 51.5%) indicated that their level ofcomputer literacy was average. Twenty-four (36.4%) indicated that they were competent, while five (7.6%) indicated that they were highly competent in using a computer. Two respondents indicated that they were less competent while one was not competent. The results are shown
graphically in Figure 4.
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Figure 4: Respondents' level of computer literacy (N=66)
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4.2.6.3 User training received from the COM Library
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Question 25 was asked to establish if the respondents had received any form of training in information searching and retrieval from the COM Library. This question was completed by 66 respondents. Of these, 31 (47%) indicated that they had received training from the COM Library, while 35 (53%) indicated that they had not received any training. Slightly more than half of the respondents had not had any training in information searching and retrieval from the COM Library.
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4.2.6.4 Respondents' level of satisfaction with training received
Respondents who indicated that they received training from the COM Library were asked to complete question 26. They were asked to rate their level of satisfaction with the training they received from the COM Library. Three (8.8%) of the 34 respondents who completed this question indicated that the training was highly satisfactory. Most of the respondents (16 or 47.1%) found the training satisfactory. The rest of the respondents were not satisfied with the training they received from the COM Library. Seven (20.6%) and another seven (20.6%) of the respondents indicated that the training they had received was less satisfactory and not satisfactory, respectively. One respondent indicated that he/she did not have an opinion regarding the level of satisfaction with the training he/she received from the COM Library.
4.2.6.5 Respondents' recommendations to the COM Library for the improvement of user training in accessing print resources
In question 28, the respondents were askedtoprovide recommendations for the COM
Library to improve user training in accessing print resources. Though this question was more applicable to the respondents who had received training from the Library, it was left open to all the respondents, because they used the COM Library's print and electronic resources.
Some of the responses were disregarded because the recommendations were made for the Library services rather than user training. Only 20 responses were valid and analysed.
Half of the respondents (10 or 500ill) that completed this question stated that user training should be thorough. The respondents wanted more time allocatedtouser training than
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currently the case. Five (25%) of the respondents recommended that the Library should conduct refresher or on-going user training in accessing print resources. Otherrecommendations included the incorporation of user training in the curriculum (one or 5%), simple and efficient user training (two or 10%), user training should be conducted at
convenient times to allow students to attend the sessions (one or 5%) and there
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a need tohave full-time stafIresponsible for user training (one or 5%). The question allowed for multiple responses, but all the respondents provided one recommendation. The results are showninTable 16.
Table 16: Respondents' recommendations to the COM Library for the improvement of user training in accessing print resources
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Usertrainingshould be thorough
10 50
Provide refresher training for students
5 25
User training should be simple and
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Incorporate user training
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curriculum1 5
Conduct user training at convenient
1 5
times
Have full-timestaffresponsible for user
1 5
training
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4.2.6.6 Respondents' recommendations to the COM Library for the improvement of user training in accessing electronic resources
The last question asked respondents to recommend to the COM Library what they felt would improve user training in accessing electronic resources. Again, some of the
recommendations were not used because they were not applicable to the study. Twenty-one responses were used in this analysis. Respondents provided one recommendation each, even though they could provide more than one recommendation.
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The results show that slightly less than half of the 21 respondents (9 or 42.9%) wanted the teaching of computer, information searching and retrieval skills to be included in user
training. Four respondents recommended that there should be qualified staff in the leT room to assist students in accessing electronic resources. For the rest of the recommendations the frequencies of responses were evenly distributed. These recommendations included the following: instruction materials on how to access electronic resources to be made available online on the COM Library Webpage, the need for thorough user training, teaching of vital areas important to medical students, provision of refresher user training and the need to incorporate user training into the curriculum. The results are displayed in Table 17.
Table 17: Respondents' recommendations to the COM Library for the improvement of user training in accessing electronic resources
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Teach computer, information searching and
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retrieval skills
Have qualified stafftoman the leT room 4 19
Make available instruction materials on Library Webpage
2 9.5
Provide thorough training 2 9.5
Provide refresher user training 2 9.5
Teach vital areas importanttomedical
students I 4.8
Incorporate user training in curriculum 1 4.8
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