Developing the information literacy selfefficacy scale

• Published in: Journal of documentation Vol. 62; no. 6; pp. 730 - 743
• Main Authors: Serap Kurbanoglu, S., Akkoyunlu, Buket, Umay, Aysun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.11.2006
• Subjects: Information literacy; Measurement; Skills; testing and instruments; Turkey
• ISSN: 0022-0418; 1758-7379
• DOI: 10.1108/00220410610714949

Purpose The main aim of this paper is to describe the development of a scale designed to measure selfefficacy for information literacy. Designmethodologyapproach Cronbach's alpha, item analysis and item discrimination indices, principal component analysis, varimax rotation, and discriminant validity were used to measure reliability and validity of the scale. A 28item refined version of the scale was found highly reliable and of reasonable length. Findings Further refinement based on principal component analysis indicated three major components, which allow approaching information literacy skills regarding to their complexity levels. Originalityvalue The information literacy selfefficacy scale is recommended to identify individuals with low selfefficacy beliefs, which may be a significantly limiting factor for them to explore their information literacy skills.