Study of Information Literacy Skills among Male Prison Inmates in Sri Lanka

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2019

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3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

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The purpose of this study is to explore and explain the information literacy skills and information resources use by Sri Lankan prisoners. The study employed the survey research design. It recommended that prison administrators should be in collaboration with prison library officers and various organization bodies to introduce library hour, provide information resources and provide conducive environment in the prison to motivate information use by prison inmates

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Information literacy, Prisoners, Sri Lanka, Information resources, Literacy skills

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Chandani, J.G. and Weerasooriya, W.A. (2019). Study of Information Literacy Skills among Male Prison Inmates in Sri Lanka. 3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p55

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