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Training needs for electronic information use in the College of Law at the University of South Africa

The purpose of this study was to investigate the training needs of law academics by examining
their ability to use legal electronic information resources at Unisa effectively. Using the survey
method, a questionnaire was used to collect data. The data was descriptively analysed. The
study revealed that law academics are aware of the wide variety of electronic resources
relevant to their work. Further, these academics possess the necessary basic skills to use these
resources. However, the majority of academics do not have high levels of confidence in using
specific electronic legal resources.
This study concluded that, despite the library's provision of user training sessions for
academics, training does not focus on legal electronic resources. The variety of responses
revealed the diverse training needs of law academics. The study recommended that training
needs analysis be conducted by subject librarians who would conduct specialised legal
electronic training. / Information Sscience / M.Inf.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/1333
Date31 December 2007
CreatorsConstable, Festus Tsepo
ContributorsMinishi-Majanja, M. K.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
Format1 online resource (x, 105 leaves)

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