Information Illiteracy in the Academic community
Abstract
The study deals with the concept of Information Illiteracy in the academic community. It deals with the reasons of Information Illiteracy and tries to recognize the types of Illiteracy prevailing in the academic community (the College of Arts as a sample) through a questionnaire of six questions dealing with the concept of Information Illiteracy. The questionnaire was distributed to (25%) of the study community as sample making (72) faculty members. The study concludes that the Illiteracy at the College community is a technical, computer , Internet and Information Illiteracy with different percentages. The study discussed the necessary requirements needed by the academic community if it intended to abolish Illiteracy in it. The study contains nine charts and one table.