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Reading Habits Among The Undergraduate Students Of Government First Grade College Bidar (Karnataka, India): A Case Study, Prakash Waghmare

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Reading is nothing but interpreting the printed words. The present study is carried on reading habits of the undergraduate students based on user survey at Government First Grade College Bidar (Karnataka). Factors affecting the reading habits of the students, purpose of reading, most preferred material for reading, opinion about the library services and the reason for not using the library frequently were studied.

Context Analysis Of Top Seven Retracted Articles: Should Retraction Watch Revisit The List?, Rosy Jan, Shohar Bano, Ikhlaq Ur Rehman Syed, Midhat Mehraj

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Significant and serious scientific misconduct in a research article leads to its retraction. Citing such articles further perpetuates the erroneous work. An article unknowingly builds on false claims of a

retracted article, the new and unsuspicious article may compromise the integrity of the scientific literature. This type of implicit dependency on a retracted article can be highly risky and harmful. Thus the focus of the study is to identify the journals citing the retracted articles with emphasis on the examination of context of citations received by top seven highly cited retracted papers identified and listed by Retraction watch. In-depth analysis …

Sconul Seven Pillars Model To Test The Information Literacy Skills Of Engineering Students: A Case Study, Gowri P Mrs., Padma P

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Information literacy is a crucial component of developing life – long learning skills. Students need to be information literate to cope up with the challenges in further studies and future profession. The present study investigated the information literacy skills of engineering students of PSR Engineering College, Virudhunagar district, Tamilnadu State, India. It is descriptive survey method. 400 students were randomly selected. Data were collected using questionnaire. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), Version 17.0 was used to analyze the data so prepared. Descriptive and inferential statistics have been applied to the data. The results reveal that: The students are better …

Keywords Analysis On Dengue Disease From 2005 – 2014: A Scientometric Study, Issac Newton, Dr.P.Gomathi Mani

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The study has examined the research output of the keyword analysis of ‘Dengue disease’ during the period 2005 - 2014. Bibliometric indicators were existing journal articles, cited reference, authorship pattern, document wise distribution, journal self – citation and author self-citation, keyword analysis in the dengue disease. The keyword analysis of Dengue Disease for ten-years, during the year 2005 to 2014 taken for the study 3517 words were retrieved in the current study. The highest publication is 691 in 2014 rank is first, the second rank is 2012 in 518 records, third rank is 2011 in 414 records and lowest record …

Major Trends In Lis Research: A Bibliometric Analysis, Oluwaseyi H. Wusu, Nneka G. Lazarus

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This study provides an overview of the Library and Information Science (LIS) research from 1980 through 2017. We employ bibliometric and text mining analyses on a sample of 500 most cited articles to examine the impact of factors such as number of authors, enhanced institutions, document types and keywords on the number of citations that they received. We also investigate major trends in LIS research literature including contribution of different countries, variations across publication years and identifying active research areas and major journal outlets. This study serves as a resource for future studies on LIS trends demonstrating the attributes of …

Transforming Library And Information Services Delivery Using Innovation Technologies, Ogar Christopher Eje Mr, Tangkat Yusuf Dushu Mr.

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In todays’ world, library and information services delivery are being transformed from their manual operations to new ways using technology. The study identified the paradigm shift in libraries and information services as a direct consequence of innovation technologies. The key concepts in the study are discussed. The new technology and communication tools are employed in rendering services to the patrons through appropriate channels for access to information with cluster of technologies referred to as the internet. Information technology has brought in sweeping changes in the way libraries function. Libraries need to access, evaluate, and measure the impact of information technology …

Information Literacy Programming, Students Skills And Utilization Of E-Resources At Maseno University, Kenya, Ezra Momanyi

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The study was conducted in Maseno University Kenya. The study objectives were to examine the existing infrastructure that supports the delivery of IL program at Maseno University; to determine the extent of use and the relevance of e-resources to students need at Maseno University and to identify ways of improving utilization of e-resources in Maseno University. Descriptive research design was used in this study and the target population was 100 respondents. Research instruments included questionnaires and an interview schedule. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics for analysis purpose. Quantitative data was presented in form of frequency distribution tables, pie …

Allied Medical Sciences Students' Experiences With Technology: Are They Digitally Literate?, Abbas Harati, Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi

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Objective: The ability to use digital resources is important for medical students. In order to use digital resources, they need the capabilities of digital technology utilizing, which is referred to as "digital literacy. However, how much effectively students can use these facilities is a subject that needs to be addressed. So, the present study intended to investigate the digital literacy level of students of the Allied medical sciences of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was performed at the Faculty of Allied medical sciences of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in academic year …

Ict Knowledge And Skills Required For Recruitment Of Academic Librarians In The Digital Age, Adeyinka Tella, Femi Titus Akande Mr., Sunday Segun Bamidele Mr.

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The paper examined the ICT knowledge and skills required for recruitment of the librarians in academic and research libraries. Survey approach was adopted drew sample of 24 respondents from four academic and four research libraries in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The sample comprised of head of libraries, the deputy and one senior person. Data was gathered through interview. The results demonstrated that the basic ICT required for recruitment of librarian into the academic and research libraries at the digital age are the specific ICT skills useful and relevant to each unit of the library and the general skills such as …

The Role Of Ict In Provision Of Library Services: A Panacea For Sustainable Development In Nigeria, Odunola Adefunke Adebayo Mrs, Yakub Olayinka Ahmed Mr, R. Toyin Adeniran Mrs

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This paper is an attempt to explore the crucial roles of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in management and provision of library services, and its implication to sustainable development in Nigeria. Despite the availability of wide opportunities offered by the advent of ICT, it has been observed that application of ICT to library services in Nigeria seems inadequate probably due to variety of challenges. With the methodology of simple literature review, the paper made effort to review related literature on ICT resources and ICT-based services in libraries, benefits of ICT and the role of library in sustainable development of Nigeria. …

Students’ Attitude Towards Social Networking Sites (Snss): A Case Study Of Central Institute Of Technology (Cit) Kokrajhar, Assam, Krishna Brahma Miss, Manoj Kumar Verma Dr.

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The present study investigates the use of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) by the students of Central Institute of Technology (CIT) in Kokrajhar, Assam. The survey and random sampling technique have been used for the collection of data. Around 200 structured questionnaires were distributed among the students of CIT, Kokrajhar and filled-in questionnaires were collected on the same day itself and analyzed for data interpretation in the form of tables and charts. The study explored that all the respondents were aware of SNSs and are using more than one SNSs websites, it has found that Facebook is use in large number, …

Assessing Of Iranian Medical English Journals Based On Journal Selection Criteria In Scopus, Shahram Sedghi, Somayeh Ghaffari

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Journals which have been indexed in universal citation databases can introduce their countries’ scientific productions to the world’ scientific communications. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate Iranian Medical English Journals (IMEJ) based on Scopus’ journal selection criteria. This is a descriptive quantitative study which deals with the last issues of 52 numbers of IMEJ which have not been indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. Data is collected using a researcher-developed checklist whose validity was confirmed by faculty members. Microsoft Office Excel was used to analyze data. According to our findings, the studied journals were in compliance …

User Engagement With Social Media, Implication On The Library Usage: A Case Of Selected Public And Academic Libraries In Malaysia, Sharyna Shafawi, Basri Hassan

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The mainstream use of social media has impacted the library as it has been identified to be an efficient platform for libraries to foster networking and enhance engagement with their user community. The unique characteristics of social media with ‘high tech’, ‘interactive’ blend with the ‘human touch’ give a valuable means for libraries to provide information resources and services beyond their physical walls. However, despite its widespread usage, an engagement rate on social media is still low among library users and evaluation of social media use is still elusive and scarce in the library literature. Prior studies have yet to …

Women In Prison And Their Information Needs: South – South Prison Libraries Perspective, Atanda S. Sambo, Nnebuogor Lauretta Ojei

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study aims at identifying the information needs of women in South-South Prison, Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. The census sampling technique was adopted for this study. Four objectives were set for the study and the interview was used to elicit information from respondents. Findings showed that Akwa-Ibom Prison topped the highest (21%) of the women in South-South Prison, followed by Cross River Prison (19%), Delta Prison (18%), Edo Prison/Rivers Prison (17%) and Bayelsa Prison (8%). Findings also reveal that the information needs of prisoner’s women covered medical information (98%), education/security information (97%), life after prison/spiritual …

Development Of Multilingual Resource Management Mechanisms For Libraries, Sukumar Mandal

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Multilingual is one of the important concept in any library. This study is create on the basis of global recommendations and local requirement for each and every libraries. Select the multilingual components for setting up the multilingual cluster in different libraries to each user. Development of multilingual environment for accessing and retrieving the library resources among the users as well as library professionals. Now, the methodology of integration of Google Indic Transliteration for libraries have follow the five steps such as (i) selection of transliteration tools for libraries (ii) comparison of tools for libraries (iii) integration Methods in Koha for …

Role Of Principal Supervision On The Relationship Between Students’ Personnel Services And Academic Achievement In Secondary Schools: A Preliminary Report, Yusuf Suleiman

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This study investigates the role principal supervision on the relationship between students’ personnel services and academic achievement in secondary school via mixed-method approaches (quantitative and qualitative). Sample size of 100 students in one of the secondary schools formed the respondents for the quantitative study, while principals (junior and senior section) of the selected school formed the informants for the qualitative study. Questionnaire tagged “Students’ Personnel Services and Supervision Questionnaire (SPSPQ)” was used to elicit data from students while interview protocol tagged “Principal Supervision, Students’ Personnel Services and Academic Achievement (PSA)” was used to collect relevant data from the principals. Data …

Authorship Patterns And Collaborative Research In Astrobiology, 2012-2017, Kotti Thavamani

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This paper presents a bibliometric study of Astrobiology during the period of 2012-2017. A total of 519 articles and 3048 authors in the journal were examined by year to ascertain authorship patterns, author productivity, and degree of collaboration. The average number of authors per paper is 5.872 % and the average productivity per author is 0.170%. The average degree of collaboration is 0.861, which clearly indicates its dominance upon multi authored contributions.

Measuring Co- Authorship Pattern In Research Output Of Chromosome Anomalies, Jeyshankar -. Ramalingam -, Nishavathi Elangovan

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This article studies about the collaborative measures of published documents in the field of chromosome anomalies. It discusses about inadequacies of collaborative measures in analyzing the collaborating behavior and strength of collaboration in a discipline. It also suggests centrality measures, as degree centrality, closeness, and betweenness in analyzing the collaboration among the researchers and scientists in the field of chromosome anomalies. The bibliographical database PubMed is used as sources for bibliometrics and 35912 citations examined for co – authorship pattern, collaborative behavior of the scientists. Centrality measures were used to construct a network for co – authorship in chromosome anomalies …

Journal Packing Density Of Subject Disciplines At The Continental Level: A Study, Ramesh Pandita, Shivendra Singh Dr.

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Purpose: -The present study has been undertaken with the view to assess the Journal Packing Density (JPD) of research journals published in different subject disciplines across different continents of the world. The study evaluates the average number of research articles published in each volume of a research journal published in a particular subject discipline. The other aspects evaluated in the study include, the subject disciplines with leading JPD at the continental level, the existing difference in the JPD among subject disciplines at the continental level, leading subject disciplines having maximum JPD at the global level and more. An overall …

Analysis Of Factors That Influence Users’ Willingness To Pay For The Services Of Iranian Academic Libraries By Using The Contingent Valuation Method, Vida Seifouri, Fahimeh Babalhavaeji, Fatemeh Nooshin Fard, Dariush Matlabi

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Background: The demand for evaluation methods of Academic libraries has resulted from the fact that universities are being recognized as an important economic asset of national competitiveness. This realization has led to an attempt to verify the effectiveness of investment in higher education, and Academic libraries also have had a chance to reconsider and promote the importance of their existence to their universities.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to estimate the economic value of a variety of academic library services and identify demographic, individual, sociological and technology factors affecting users’ willingness to pay by using the contingent valuation …

Learning About The Information Seeking Behavior Of Allied Medical Sciences Students: Advices For Libraries Of Multidisciplinary Colleges, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi, Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh

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Libraries will have satisfactory performance in terms of providing services to users if they firstly identify the information needs of their clients and then, they seek to meet these needs. To accomplish this aim, identifying the information seeking behavior of users seems necessary. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the methods and motives of information seeking by students of allied medical sciences. The population of the study included the postgraduate students of Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences accepted to the university in 2015 to 2016.

The results indicated that …

Perceived Influence Of Library Services On Students’ Academic Achievement In Secondary Schools In Kwara State, Nigeria, Yusuf Suleiman, Zahyah Hanafi, Muhajir Tanslikhan

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Library is considered as an important input needed to implement school programs. In the light of the foregoing, this study examined the perceived influence of library services on students’ academic achievement in secondary schools. Non-probability techniques (stratified, purposive and convenience sampling techniques) were used to select 20 schools and its principals from three senatorial districts in Kwara State. The research design used combined both interview and observational checklist to collect relevant data for the study. Nvivo software (version 10) was used to analyse the data collected. Findings of the study revealed that library services positively influenced students’ academic achievement. Findings …

Flow Of Business Newspaper Information In Scholarly Publications: A Study On The Wall Street Journal Newspaper Indexed In Web Of Science, Angom Jeevan Singh, Dr. S. Ravikumar

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An Assessment Of The Impact And Visibility Of United Arab Emirates Journals, Shakil Ahmad, Abu Waris, Isam Mohammed Abdel-Magid, Md Sohail

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This research reviews well cited United Arab Emirates Research Journals as per journal bibliometric quality indicators and scientometric protocols. Complex algorithms and trustworthy databases were used in judging journals quality ranking level.

The main objective of this research work is to assess currently employed (2015) scientific journal quality indices with emphasis on recognised indicators that include: Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Eigenfactor Score (ES), SCImago Journal Rank indicator (SJR) and H5-index. United Arab Emirates Research Journals were chosen from their category within Web of Science. JIFs and ESs are acquired from Journal Citation Report and the SJR from the SCImago Journal …

The Strategy Of University Library In Indonesia To Support World Class University (Wcu), Dyah Puspitasari Srirahayu

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This research aims to provide the detailed description of the implementation of library’s roles in supporting the World Class University in Universitas Airlangga and to give an overview of the obstacles that will be faced by the library of Universitas Airlangga in carrying out its role to support World Class University. This research used descriptive-qualitative research method to describe the implementation of library role in supporting world class university especially in providing information to support academic community research. The subject of this research is the activities conducted by five (5) libraries to support world class university such as Universitas Indonesia …

The Investigation Of Utilization Of Research Findings In Humanities: The Effects Of Individual Characteristics Of Faculty Members On Their Viewpoints, Oranus Tajedini, Mohammad Azami, Ali Sadatmoosavi

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Abstract

Purpose: As the interaction between the practical users and researchers in different fields, from defining the research topic to publishing the research, knowledge translation (TM) is a method through which exploitation of knowledge is more probable. The purpose of the present research was to investigate the relationship between individual characteristics of members of humanities faculties of Iran and their viewpoints on knowledge translation.

Methodology: This research would undergo the category of applied researches and was conducted with an analytical survey method. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire based on the knowledge translation model presented by National …

Pedagogy In Library And Information Science Programme In Nigeria, Francisca Chinyeaka Mbagwu, Ifenyinwa Blessing Okoye, Augustine I. Anyanwu

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The attitude of some of the library and information science instructors (LISIs) to continue to teach students with pedagogies not aligned with the changing trend in today’s information environment has been identified as one of the reasons why there is low job performance among librarians in their workplaces in Nigeria. This study is aimed to find out the most preferred pedagogy adopted by LISIs in the University based library and information science school programme in South East, Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was designed and distributed to 138 librarians with the help of research assistants by face to face contact. …

Influence Of Career Choice On Professional And Job Commitment Of Librarians In Selected Libraries In Oyo And Ogun States, Nigeria, Monsuru Quadri

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This study examined the influence of career choice on professional and job commitment, factors influencing career choice, the perceptions on professionalization and the extent to which career choice has influenced the growth, job and professional commitment of librarians in selected libraries in Oyo and Ogun states of Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted with questionnaire as the research instrument. The reliability co-efficient of the instrument was 0.83. The statistical methods used to analyze the data obtained were descriptive statistics of frequency distribution counts, percentages and tables for the demographic variables and standard deviation for research questions. Findings revealed that …

Perceptions Of Leadership And Skills Development In Academic Libraries, Mohammad Aslam

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The purpose of this research is to investigate the perceptions of leadership in academic libraries and how leaders and administrators build their understanding of dynamic and successful leadership. The study examines of nine private and public institutions library director, manager and head librarian were included in order to find dynamic leadership skills, responsibilities at workplace, their satisfaction and institutional support to leadership. The study also focuses on how can leaders update their skills and competencies for the future leadership of academic libraries and what are the challenges and methods to increase leadership abilities. Face-to-face and telephone interviews were conducted to …

Contribution To Open Access Repository By The Tamil Nadu State Universities In India ; A Case Study Of Shodhganga, Sivasubramanian Subbiah

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No abstract provided.