The librarian as an information source and a mediator in supporting learning behavior of undergraduates: a case study at University of Peradeniya

Abstract

It is a popular belief that the students depend mainly on electronic resources in the digital age and that they are quite conversant with using the technology-based information resources in their academic research. In the Sri Lankan context, more and more research is required to understand the information usage trends of the undergraduates. An initiative was taken by the principal researcher at University of Peradeniya to study the "Information seeking and research strategies of undergraduates in the digital age: a survey". This major study covered ten different aspects related to information resource usage and information-related research tasks and the main objective of the study was to raise awareness about the information seeking and research trends of the undergraduates of the university and to make recommendations to address the identified issues. This paper presents one aspect of this major study.