Revision and Empirical Study of Chinese Version of Information Literacy Self-Efficacy Scale(ILSES)
Information literacy self-efficacy is a subjective judgment of an individual's ability to effectively identify,retrieve,access and use information.The development of scientific information literacy self-efficacy assessment tools is helpful to correctly assess the information literacy level of society or individuals,and to carry out targeted information literacy education.The paper to revise the Chinese version of the Information Literacy Self-Efficacy Scale(ILSES)developed by Kurbanoglu and others.It is found that the Chinese version of ILSES consists of 21 questions from three dimensions of primary information literacy,intermediate information literacy and advanced information literacy.It has good reliability and validity and can be used as an assessment tool for information literacy self-efficacy.The results show that gender does not affect one's information literacy self-efficacy;older or highly educated people have higher information literacy self-efficacy;people who have studied information literacy courses or have information management professional background show a higher level of information literacy self-efficacy.
Information literacySelf-efficacyMeasurement scaleChinese revision