Abstract
Digital literacy skills are important, for university students, who are qualified human resources of countries, to have the digital literacy skills to meet the needs of the current age. However, in university libraries where digital technology is used extensively, it is thought that users who do not have or have low digital lit-eracy skills will not benefit from these libraries in the maximum level possible. It is therefore recognized that the determination of the digital literacy levels of the users, to whom services are provided, is important in diversifying the services and training provided to the users. This study is conducted in order to determine the current awareness and skills of students in relation to digital literacy studying in the first grade of departments of Psychology, History, Turkish Language and Literature (TLL), and Contemporary Turkish Dialects and Literatures (CTDL) at Bartın University. Using quantitative research method, the data used in this study was obtained by using survey technique. Within the framework of the responses of 226 participants to the survey questions, the study investigated whether there were any differences between students' digital literacy skills and awareness on the basis of departments and technology usage habits. The study shows that students' skills and awareness about digital literacy vary according to the departments they study in and their technology usage habits. It is observed that the Psychology de-partment received the highest average for the information technology usage habits among the participants.
Highlights
The internet, the master network, increased the speed of transformation and production of information on the network
Quantitative research methods were used in this study to determine the existing skills and awareness of the students’ relation to digital literacy studying in the first grade of departments of Psychology, History, Turkish Language and Literature (TLL), and Contemporary Turkish Dialects and Literature (CTDL) at the Faculty of Letters of Bartın University
A survey was conducted on 226 students who study in first grade at the departments of Psychology, History, TLL, and CTDL at the Faculty of Letters of Bartın University during the 2019-2020 academic year to determine the current skills and awareness of those students regarding digital literacy
Summary
The internet, the master network, increased the speed of transformation and production of information on the network. The integration of internet use into our lives has led to a change in the way that individual’s access to information and their literacy understanding. The main source of information capital is qualified people. Universities are the academic institutions that train the much needed qualified human resources. In this process, what is expected from universities is to train the human resource that can reach the information, use the information, communicate and produce it, adapt to fast-changing technology, and learn by itself (learned how to learn) [2, 3]. Since the fundamental duties of the students, beginning university to specialize in certain fields, are built around thinking, questioning, researching, and learning, a university library is a place where the students acquire the greatest support during their educational lives
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