Abstract:
In today’s information era, combined with technological advancement, most of the information is
presented in the digital form. Therefore, the individuals who deal directly with information should
be fluent in handling digital information or they should be digital information literate, since
creating a digital literate student community is responsibility of librarians and Information
Science and Technology teachers. The current study is a socio-cultural approach to investigate the
digital information literacy level of postgraduate students in Sri Lanka. Hundred and fifty subjects
from two reputed universities in Sri Lanka were included in the study, and the results clearly
indicate a higher shift towards digital information literacy skills among the post graduates. Based
on this study, recommendations have been made to develop the infrastructure facilities at
university level, and to facilitate the availability of more digital information literacy programs for
postgraduate students through their respective libraries.
