Digital Information Literacy Competency among Lecturers of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University in Supporting Research and Scientific Publication

摘要

Technological developments of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era have changed landscape higher education landscapes. Internet has become the main sources for improving the quality of teaching and research. But the research quality improvement depends on the digital information literacy competency of the lecturers. This research aims to measure digital information literacy competency among lecturers in the University of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa (Untirta), Banten. This was conducted with a quantitative approach with survey methods. The samples were 119 lecturers at Untirta with a margin of error of 8% and a 95% confidence level through the stratified random sampling method. Data collection techniques were conducted through face-to-face interviews using questionnaires. This research finds that the percentage of lecturers in Untirta who have published books as much as 54%, articles in national journals 88%, articles in accredited national journals 48%, articles in international journals 31% and articles in "reputable international journals" 27%. The hypothesis of this research is Ha: the level of digital information literacy Untirta lecturers is the highest 68% of expectations and H_0: the level of digital information literacy Untirta lecturers are more than 68% of expectations. The T test results show that t count = 12.283. T table is obtained with df = 118, sig 5% (1 tailed) = 1,657. Because t count ≥ from t table (12.823 > 1.657), then H_0 is accepted, meaning that the level of digital information literacy of Untirta lecturers is at most 68% not proven, even reaching 85%. Therefore it can be concluded that the level of information literacy competency is good. This has become an important capital for improving the quality of research by Untirta lecturers. However, 70% of lecturers still experienced obstacles, especially in access to international journals (43%) and English language skills (21%). Though Untirta subscribes to Springerlink, an international journal database, the users among lecturers were only 33%. So the socialization and training in using international journals as a reference is very important, especially as the main source for writing articles in international journals.