USER EDUCATION AND INFORMATION LITERACY IN UNIVERSITIES OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES IN INDIA.

摘要

Twenty-six of the agricultural universities in India teach user education and information literacyn(IL). This article evaluates these courses and investigates if and how the course curriculumnblends research and technical writing skills effectively. Unfortunately, the courses lacknuniformity in teaching IL and technical writing skills. Since the universities are under statengovernment control, they are unable to provide uniform curricula throughout India. There isnalso a need for a credited course on IL, integrating ICT and computer skills, and another coursenfor research and technical writing.