Abstract
The study attempted to understand the University students' digital reading habits and their related skills. It also has a view of students' preferred sources of reading, whether physical or digital resources. For this study, we conducted a survey study with students and research scholars of the Central University of Tamil Nadu, India. The instrument was a structured questionnaire distributed with various modes. The result found that the majority of the students are well known about digital tools and usage, most of the students are excellent in digital literacy skills and other findings is however they are good in digital literacy even though they like to read print books is their most favorable preference. The results conclude that whatever technological devices are developed and students have also grown their technical knowledge. The result finds out, in education especially reading-wise, students or readers' first wish is printed resources; digital books are secondary to them.
Highlights
Digital literacy plays a vital role in day today life such as the workplace environment, educational institutes, all kinds of organizations that depend on digital
Jeffrey conducted a case study design among four higher education institutions to explore the obstacles and support required by students in developing digital information literacy
Digital literacy and digital-based reading are most important in the present scenario
Summary
Digital literacy plays a vital role in day today life such as the workplace environment, educational institutes, all kinds of organizations that depend on digital. Collaboration has an essential role in digital literacy, as it assists in filling the knowledge gap by extracting information from various sources and making user information independent It requires teamwork, sharing of data, and work in a network. Experience plays a vital role in improving digital literacy skills, so sharing information by experienced library experts with young professionals can address this barrier. Anjaiah conducted an exploratory study at Dravidian University to assess the digital literacy skills of research scholars and students. Jeffrey conducted a case study design among four higher education institutions to explore the obstacles and support required by students in developing digital information literacy. Parvathamma N. conducted the study among the student community in management institutes in Davanagere District, Karnataka, to understand the ICT tools and web-based services used by students to frame the curriculum for digital literacy courses.
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