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

• Main Author: Constable, Festus Tsepo
• Other Authors: Minishi-Majanja, M. K.
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Law academics; Legal electronic training; Legal electronic information resources; User needs analysis; Subject librarians; Literacy skills; Electronic databases; Information seeking; Searching and retrieval; 025.567768227; Training needs > South Africa > Pretoria > Case studies; College teachers > Training of > South Africa > Pretoria > Case studies; Online bibliographic searching > South Africa > Pretoria; Information storage and retrieval systems > Law > South Africa > Pretoria; Law > Electronic information resources > South Africa > Pretoria; Electronic information resource searching > South Africa > Pretoria
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1333

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.