Information Literacy

The greatest challenge for society in the 21st century is to keep pace with the knowledge and technological expertise necessary for finding, applying and evaluating information. It is acknowledged that we live in an information-rich society where the amount of information in the world is presently doubling every two years. Therefore it is necessity of 21st century to include information literacy (IL) in education.Present research focuses on the Information literacy of PG as well as Research Scholars in all Science Departments of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU).Present study has been undertaken with a view. To review the current developments in the filed of “Information Literacy” & To study the extent of Information Literacy in PG & Research Students of the Science Departments in BAMU. The sample size for user population of 1037 is 360 users have been determined by using Krejcie & Morgan table. Accordingly, of the total 1037 users, the questionnaire were distributed randomly to 34.71% i.e. 360 questionnaires distributed, 312 questionnaire duly filled in were returned by target audience, i.e. the response rate was 86.66%.