Recognisition of needs conservatory students need for knowledge and their skills to use the sources of knowledge: The University of Sakarya model

In line with the knowledge explosion, the expansion in the amount of knowledge becomes of great importance while acess to knowledge gains importance and increasing attention is focused thereon. The societies make progress to be a society of knowledgelinformation due to emphasis they place on knowledge and investments made in information. The levels of knowledge production, information consumption anduse of information in problem solving are considered in creation of a society of information(knowledge), in the society of knowledge the educational paradigms are changed and as a result of technological developments, the teaching techniques have tended to change. In the 21 st century the traditional (conventional) approach of "teaching" has been placed by the concept of "learning to learn". The Student/Learner is no longer one who waits for being learned, who receives the packagod knowledge instead is one who is active in learning assumes his/her responsibility for learning, and who is researcher and Explorer of knowledge. In the process of learning, the concept based on textbooks as principal (primary) source is changed to a variety of sources contributed audio-visual , and written aids. The educational process is not limited to school education and it appears that need for learning covers the life time. Due to increase in amount of knowledge and technological development over the last decacade, the need for learning covers such topics as diversity, the "skill-based" character of literacy, recognisition of need for information, localisation of information source, access to knowledge, formulation of search strategies , analysis of knowledge, interpretation, evaluation, communication, possession of problem solving skills, source-based training, life time learning, the learning society, continuing training, reforms towards curriculum, democratisations, and respect for copyright. Findings from the research conducted on State Conservatory Students of Sakarya University indicate that the library facilities and the education received do not allow for development of skills to receive training knowledge while indicating that the students are willing to access to knOWledge and to use sources of information effectively.