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Student Perspective While Choosing Distance Education In Library And Information Science Education In Odisha: A Survey Included A State University Lis Student’S In Library Science, Lulu Rout, Shubhasmita Acharya Mrs Dec 2019

Student Perspective While Choosing Distance Education In Library And Information Science Education In Odisha: A Survey Included A State University Lis Student’S In Library Science, Lulu Rout, Shubhasmita Acharya Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study includes 295 Library Science student in a State University known as Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha. In Odisha this is the first State University who provide a huge number of distance learning courses. The sample size includes 195 BLIS student and 95 MLIS student who got admitted in this state university in 2019-2020 batch. The result of this survey is to find out the reason behind choosing the distance Library Science course in Odisha state and the reason of student migrating from other state to Odisha state for choosing this University. Except the Library Science course this survey …

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Visually Impaired Access To Library Services: The Role Of Library Infrastructure, Paulina Kwafoa Dec 2019

Visually Impaired Access To Library Services: The Role Of Library Infrastructure, Paulina Kwafoa

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Globally it is estimated that there are 285 million persons living with some sort of vision related difficulties. In Ghana, about 737,743 Ghanaians living with disabilities (Ghana Statistical Service, 2012). The United Nations and other international organizations have always emphasized the importance making education and educational services accessible to all. In recent times, there have been advocates for inclusive education where children with disabilities have been educated together with ‘able bodied’ colleagues. The purpose of this study was to examine library infrastructure for the visually impaired in the public universities in Ghana. The study adopted both qualitative and quantitative …

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Library Users Opinion About Library Professional Staff Help To Users In University Libraries: A Study, Kona Ramakrishna, Rudraksha Gowridevi, Chagari Sasikala Dec 2019

Library Users Opinion About Library Professional Staff Help To Users In University Libraries: A Study, Kona Ramakrishna, Rudraksha Gowridevi, Chagari Sasikala

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Library users opinion about library professional staff help to users in university library: a study in deemed to be university libraries, Andhra Pradesh, India. In this study distributed 1164 questionnaires to library users and received 1030 responses, the response rate is 88%. The study revealed that the response rate among the faculty fluctuated between 71 and 100, among the research scholars it ranged between 68 and 91 percent and among Post Graduate students it varied between 84 and 95 percent. It is clearly evident from the responses of users that majority of them visited the library for borrowing library books. …

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Usefulness Of Library And Information Services At The Higher Education Level: A Study Of Deemed To Be University Libraries In Andhra Pradesh, Kona Ramakrishna, Rudraksha Gowridevi, Chagari Sasikala Dec 2019

Usefulness Of Library And Information Services At The Higher Education Level: A Study Of Deemed To Be University Libraries In Andhra Pradesh, Kona Ramakrishna, Rudraksha Gowridevi, Chagari Sasikala

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The Study examined usefulness of library and Information Services in Deemed to be University libraries in Andhra Pradesh. In this study the questionnaires were circulated among 1164 library users (nearly 20% of the Universe) (faculty members, research scholars and postgraduate students) out of whom 1030 responses were received representing 88 percent of the total sample to whom the questionnaire was distributed. It is evident from the analysis that majority of users opinioned book lending service as effective. Among those who considered the facility as very effective and effective the percentage of users from GITAM is more compared to others. Furthers …

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Introduction, Loretta Price Dec 2019

Introduction, Loretta Price

College of Law Library History

This introduction is written by M. Loretta Price, Collection Management Department Head and Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law

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Anatomy Of An Exhibit: The Academic Library As Place Of Self-Instruction, Matthew Chase Dec 2019

Anatomy Of An Exhibit: The Academic Library As Place Of Self-Instruction, Matthew Chase

San Marcos, Fall 2019

This exhibition project addresses the central question: How can we creatively transform academic library spaces to support and engage students in critical information literacy? The project used physical library space to install a series of exhibitions at the San Marcos Campus Library of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. Guided by the theoretical frameworks of Foucauldian perspective on knowledge and discourse, Falk and Dierking’s Contextual Model of Learning, and critical librarianship, the exhibit series engages students in a self-guided journey to discover and evaluate how knowledge is constructed, produced, and disseminated. Particular focus is directed to the Fall …

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Use Of Mobile Phones In Scholarly Publications: A Review Of The Emerging Behaviour Of The 21st Century Scholars, Sudhier K G Pillai Dr. Dec 2019

Use Of Mobile Phones In Scholarly Publications: A Review Of The Emerging Behaviour Of The 21st Century Scholars, Sudhier K G Pillai Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Scholars engage in intellectual enquiries which is why they are considered to be the cornerstones of any research geared towards solving societal problems or testing phenomena. This makes their research outputs needed to be readily available for public consumption. For quite long, scholars are rated based on the number of scholarly contributions they make. While mobile phone has diffused, adopted and used as part of our everyday life, researchers neglected the dimensions of attitudes of scholars for adopting and use of mobile phone technology in the course of their scholarly communication. The components of attitudes of scholars for adopting and …

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Perspectives Of Students Of National Open University Of Nigeria (Noun) Towards Cbt And Pen On Paper Examination In Three Selected Centres In Nigeria., Isau Adewole Adegun Mr, John Olugbenga Akinola Mr, Samuel Olusegun Adepoju Mr Dec 2019

Perspectives Of Students Of National Open University Of Nigeria (Noun) Towards Cbt And Pen On Paper Examination In Three Selected Centres In Nigeria., Isau Adewole Adegun Mr, John Olugbenga Akinola Mr, Samuel Olusegun Adepoju Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research paper investigates the perspectives of students’ of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) towards computer and pen-on-paper examination. Questionnaires were used to generate data. The data collected targeted students of three selected Study Centre .300 questionnaires which consist of 200-400 level of students of the three selected study Centre were administered .Response rate of 240 out of 300 representing 80% of the total questionnaires obtained for data analysis. The result showed that a significant percentage of the respondents were either doing good or fairly good academically. The students’ performances measured in each question type. When comparing students’ familiarity …

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Matching Made In Heaven: Collections And Metadata Collaboration For Print Preservation, Alie Visser, Erin Johnson, Christina Zoricic Dec 2019

Matching Made In Heaven: Collections And Metadata Collaboration For Print Preservation, Alie Visser, Erin Johnson, Christina Zoricic

Western Libraries Publications

Following the trend of repurposing library space to meet modern user needs, Western University is undergoing a planned revitalization and renovation of its largest library on campus. As a result, 500,000 items will need to be shifted to other locations or off-site storage. In this session we will outline the impact of metadata work in shifting this large collection of material to a shared print preservation storage facility, in coordination with Western University’s Keep@Downsview partnership (https://downsviewkeep.org/). Keep@Downsview is a partnership of five universities to preserve the scholarly record in Ontario in a shared, high-density storage and preservation facility. We will …

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An Institutional Collaboration And Application Of Lotka’S Law To The Research Output Of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Vishal Dattatray Bapte, Mohan R. Kherde Dec 2019

An Institutional Collaboration And Application Of Lotka’S Law To The Research Output Of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Vishal Dattatray Bapte, Mohan R. Kherde

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The article presents a scientometric picture of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. The analysis was carried out on the data extracted in the form of 1908 records extracted from Web of Science during 2001-2019. However for testing of Lotka’s law all the records i.e. 4212 available 1989 were used. An annual growth is highlighted in the study period. The article draws attention to annual growth of publication output, co-authorship network, distribution of publication output on the basis of various subject categories, leading collaborative institutes and countries. Further, the co-authorship network and co-occurrence of keyword analysis have been depicted through VOS-viewer.

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Information Literacy In Place-Based Interdisciplinary Teaching And Learning, Anne E. Leonard Dec 2019

Information Literacy In Place-Based Interdisciplinary Teaching And Learning, Anne E. Leonard

Publications and Research

This chapter explores the role of information literacy in virtual or hybrid place-based interdisciplinary courses. Whether teaching as a guest lecturer or as a co-instructor, I infuse information literacy competencies into assignments, relying on the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Four of the six frames of the Framework map especially well to interdisciplinary teaching and learning: information has value, authority is contested and contextual, research as inquiry, and searching as strategic exploration. Through searching in special collections and archives and integrating digitized primary sources into research projects students engage in a virtual exploration …

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Teaching Business: Looking At The Support Needs Of Instructors, Kurtis Tanaka, Danielle Cooper, Cara Cadena, Preethi Gorecki, Jon Jeffryes, Carol Sanchez Dec 2019

Teaching Business: Looking At The Support Needs Of Instructors, Kurtis Tanaka, Danielle Cooper, Cara Cadena, Preethi Gorecki, Jon Jeffryes, Carol Sanchez

Scholarly Papers and Articles

In 2018, Ithaka S+R began a new research program investigating scholars’ undergraduate teaching practices. As a first foray in this program, we looked at the teaching practices and needs of instructors teaching in business and business related disciplines. The project was undertaken collaboratively with research teams at 14 academic libraries in the United States and we thank those institutions and their researchers for partnering with us.

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"Awareness And Access To Mobile Applications In An Academic Library", Sk Abdul Gaffar, Dr.S. Kishore Kumar Dec 2019

"Awareness And Access To Mobile Applications In An Academic Library", Sk Abdul Gaffar, Dr.S. Kishore Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Smartphones and Mobile applications are considered as one of the dominant communication tools in every walk of life whether it is for general or professional communication in education domain. The smartphone of different kinds with powerful features through applications is available in the market; which can also be used in an academic library to promote library activities and services for the benefit of fraternity and research output. To enable such services, mobile applications related to library play a vital role in disseminating information to the users over smartphones. The purpose of this study is to find out the awareness, access, …

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Study On Image Seeking Behaviour Of Iranian Architects At Shahid Beheshti University, Amir Reza Asnafi, Mohsen Hajizeinolabedini, Faezeh Ahmadipour Dec 2019

Study On Image Seeking Behaviour Of Iranian Architects At Shahid Beheshti University, Amir Reza Asnafi, Mohsen Hajizeinolabedini, Faezeh Ahmadipour

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Access to the required information in all available scientific disciplines is one of the most important factors in the survival of that field. In the architecture field, the type of information format differs from other disciplines. In this field, images are important for performing architectural activities as well as training. The purpose of this study was to identify the behavior of image in the architecture of Shahid Beheshti University. Therefore, by reviewing related retrieval texts, information behavior, image retrieval, and architecture, the discovery of the importance of the image in this field and the features of image retrieval and image …

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Bibliometric Analysis Of Indian Contribution In The Research Literature On Artificial Intelligence: A Study, Dr. Kumaran Marimuthu, Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan Dec 2019

Bibliometric Analysis Of Indian Contribution In The Research Literature On Artificial Intelligence: A Study, Dr. Kumaran Marimuthu, Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present research paper pertains to the bibliometric analysis of literature on Artificial Intelligence during the year 1986-2015. The main objectives of the research work are to explore the academic research/review publication contributed by the Scientists and Subject experts from the Engineering background. The data/information used in this study has been proclaimed from the online database “Scopus”. The following terms were used as keywords to retrieve the data from the “Scopus” are (TITLE-ABS-KEY-AUTH (artificial intelligence) AND PUBYEAR > 1985 AND PUBYEAR < 2015 AND (LIMIT-TO (SUBJAREA,"ENGI”))). The study has revealed and discussed on the major parameters of yearly publication, citation pattern, a bibliographic form of publication, highly contributed authors, top-ranking authors, etc. The foremost results of our study have found that during the study period 2676 research publications were contributed by the Indian authors in the Engineering discipline.

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Une Ufa Aac Library Subcommittee Resource Highlight: State Of Maine Collaborative Resources, Une Library Services Dec 2019

Une Ufa Aac Library Subcommittee Resource Highlight: State Of Maine Collaborative Resources, Une Library Services

UFA AAC Library Sub-Committee Library Resource Highlights

December 2019 library resources highlight compiled for the University Faculty Assembly Academic Affairs Committee's Library Sub-committee at the University of New England. Focus on: Resources available to UNE community members thanks to library partnerships throughout the state of Maine, including book recommendation tools, children's learning portals, and a new reciprocal borrowing program.

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Mapping Of Major Ict Initiatives In School Education Of India: An Overview, Navneet Kumar Sharma, Aditya Tripathi Dec 2019

Mapping Of Major Ict Initiatives In School Education Of India: An Overview, Navneet Kumar Sharma, Aditya Tripathi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The shifting of teacher-centric education system (primitive) to student-centered education system (modern) invites many changes that are directly or indirectly affects the scenario of education worldwide. In India, lots of changes have been made in school education system as far as ICT tools and techniques are concerned. Many applications and devices have been designed and produced to fulfil the needs of not only teachers and students but also parents and other stakeholders for the betterment of the society as a whole. The ICT initiatives taken by Government of India are effective in disseminating information to its clientele. This paper presents …

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Attitude Of Librarians Towards The Use Of Information And Communication Technologies In Selected Academic Libraries In Kwara State, Hajarat Abubakar,, Grace Babafemi, Bilqees Jumai Nallah, Francis Olusanjo Oyeyemi Dec 2019

Attitude Of Librarians Towards The Use Of Information And Communication Technologies In Selected Academic Libraries In Kwara State, Hajarat Abubakar,, Grace Babafemi, Bilqees Jumai Nallah, Francis Olusanjo Oyeyemi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT This study examined librarians’ attitude towards the use of ICT in selected academic libraries in Kwara State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study consist of all the librarians in University of Ilorin, Kwara State University and Al-hikma University which gives a total number of 51 librarians. A structured questionnaire was developed to elicit information from the 51 librarians from the selected academic libraries in Kwara State, out of which 49 copies of the questionnaire were completely filled and return. The data collected were analyzed with the use of frequency counts, percentages and PPMC. The …

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Fan Fiction And Readers Advisory, Sarah Donnelly Dec 2019

Fan Fiction And Readers Advisory, Sarah Donnelly

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this article, the history of Fan Fiction is discussed, its place in the library is explained, and the roles of Readers Advisory clarified.

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Alternative Education In The Global Era: Study Of Alternative Models Of Islamic Education In Tazkia International Islamic Boarding School Malang, Wildana Wargadinata, Wahidmurni Wahidmurni, Abdussakir Abdussakir, Esa Nur Wahyuni, Iffat Maimunah Dec 2019

Alternative Education In The Global Era: Study Of Alternative Models Of Islamic Education In Tazkia International Islamic Boarding School Malang, Wildana Wargadinata, Wahidmurni Wahidmurni, Abdussakir Abdussakir, Esa Nur Wahyuni, Iffat Maimunah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper aims to describe the model of Islamic education in Tazkia International Islamic Boarding School (IIBS) Malang which is applied in the global era and the factors that influenced the success of this institution. The authors used a descriptive qualitative research method. The results showed that the Islamic education model of Tazkia IIBS Malang had organized a well-structured education program. This can be seen in the vision and mission manifested in several excellent programs, such as; al-Qur'an teaching with an al-Muyassar method, the international curriculum is guided by the Cambridge and al-Azhar Egypt curriculum, enrichment and extension programs as …

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Level Of Job Performance Of Library Professionals In University Libraries In Varanasi Based On The Gender And Work Experience, Neha Verma, Kunwar Singh Dr. Dec 2019

Level Of Job Performance Of Library Professionals In University Libraries In Varanasi Based On The Gender And Work Experience, Neha Verma, Kunwar Singh Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this present study was to determine the level of personal characteristics of library professionals on their job performance in four University libraries in Varanasi. The personal characteristics consists of gender and work experience. In this study, the survey research design was adopted to investigate the level of these variables on the job performance of a sample of library professionals from the four university library in Varanasi. The questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the collected data for this study. The results revealed that most of the library and information professionals have …

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Demographic Variables And Academic Discipline As Determinants Of Undergraduates’ Use Of Electronic Library Resources In Federal Universities In South-West, Nigeria, Adefunke Sarah Ebijuwa, Iyabo Mabawonku Professor Dec 2019

Demographic Variables And Academic Discipline As Determinants Of Undergraduates’ Use Of Electronic Library Resources In Federal Universities In South-West, Nigeria, Adefunke Sarah Ebijuwa, Iyabo Mabawonku Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Undergraduates use electronic library resources for academic activities because it offers access to relevant and current information from different subject areas. Literature review indicated that undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources is low in Nigeria owing to a number of factors that are largely attributed to user’s attitude, computer literacy and information retrieval skills, but, little attention was given to factors such as demographic variables and academic discipline. This study, therefore, examined demographic variables (age, gender) and academic discipline as determinants of undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources in in federal universities in South-west, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design …

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Internalization Of Multicultural Values In Learning Islamic Education, Triyo Supriyatno, Ubabuddin Ubabuddin Dec 2019

Internalization Of Multicultural Values In Learning Islamic Education, Triyo Supriyatno, Ubabuddin Ubabuddin

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Education in Indonesia is still reaping problems, including the loss of morality and character that engages students in respecting differences. As a pluralistic nation, respect for diversity is very important to maintain unity and peace. Internalization of multicultural values is carried out as an effort to introduce cultural diversity and appreciate the differences within it. Because the difference is a necessity that must be accepted by anyone. This study aims to determine the multicultural values contained in Islamic religious education learning and planting methods that have been carried out in Learning Islamic Education. The results showed that: 1) multicultural values …

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Research On E-Resources In India: A Scientometric Assessment Of Publications Output On The Basis Of Scoupus Database During 1993-2018, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Manoj Kumar Verma, S N. Singh Dec 2019

Research On E-Resources In India: A Scientometric Assessment Of Publications Output On The Basis Of Scoupus Database During 1993-2018, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Manoj Kumar Verma, S N. Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper is a scientometric study focus on the publications on the title of e-resources based on Scopus database during the period of 1993-2018. A total 167 research articles were published on the title e-resources during the study period. The maximum numbers of publications 24 were published in 2013 followed by 21 in the year 2012. A fluctuation was found in annual growth rate during the period of study. The highest AGR is in the year 2009 with 800. The most prolific author was Bhardwaj, R.K. contributing 6 publications, followed by Bhat, N.A. and Tripathi, M. scored second rank in …

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Irs In America: "Land Of The Free" Or "Free Online Access", Paul Royster Dec 2019

Irs In America: "Land Of The Free" Or "Free Online Access", Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

International Association of Technological University Libraries, IATUL Seminar 2019 Gdańsk University of Technology Library, Gdańsk, Poland, /December 10, 2019 • Repositories by country (10 most) • IR platforms in the USA (pie chart) • Why institutions choose one over another • Bottom line: IRs are a great success • Top 5 IRs by content • Top IRs by traffic • What (where) is Nebraska? • Our repository • The university's most visited site • Our audience is 62% international • Downloads by continent • Downloads by country (top 12) • Downloads by item type • Average downloads by item type …

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Attitude And Perception Of Kabale National Teachers College Students’ Towards Use Of Library Materials, Edwin Achugbue Dec 2019

Attitude And Perception Of Kabale National Teachers College Students’ Towards Use Of Library Materials, Edwin Achugbue

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated utilization and attitude of Kabale national teachers college students towards use of library materials. The survey research design was used in the study. The population is 200 registered users randomly sampled. The questionnaire was used to collect data, 200 copies of the questionnaire were distributed, 196 were returned, while 184 were found suitable for analysis. The data were analyzed using frequency and statistical mean (x) to answer the research questions with a criterion mean of 2.50. The hypothesis was tested using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that attitude of …

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Describing Web Archives: A Computer-Assisted Approach, Gregory Wiedeman Dec 2019

Describing Web Archives: A Computer-Assisted Approach, Gregory Wiedeman

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

Currently, web archives are challenging for users to discover and use. Many archives and libraries are actively collecting web archives, but description in this area has been dominated by bibliographic approaches, which do not connect web archives to existing description or contextual information, and have often resulted in format-based silos. This is primarily because web archiving tools such as Archive-It arrange materials by seeds and groups of seeds, which reflect the complex technical process of web crawling or web recording, and are often not very meaningful to users or helpful for discovery. This article makes the case for arranging and …

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Review Of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’S Future In An Uncertain World, Ben Goldman Dec 2019

Review Of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’S Future In An Uncertain World, Ben Goldman

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World explores strategies for how public libraries can become more sustainable organizations in a time of social and environmental disruptions. Sustainability, viewed through the lens of triple bottom line accounting, can be accomplished by understanding and prioritizing the needs of the communities that libraries serve. While not written with archives in mind, the book offers important insights for archivists, who collectively must do more to prepare for climate-driven disruptions to their work.

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Librarian Perception On The Influence Of Social Networking On The Behaviour Of Secondary School Students In Benue State, Beetseh Kwaghga, Tor-Akwer Helen Famaren Dec 2019

Librarian Perception On The Influence Of Social Networking On The Behaviour Of Secondary School Students In Benue State, Beetseh Kwaghga, Tor-Akwer Helen Famaren

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was designed to examine librarian perception on the Influence of Social Networking on the Behaviour of Secondary School Students in Benue State. The research design is descriptive survey. The Population of the study includes all the students in some selected secondary schools in the three LGAs of Benue state that were randomly selected. The population of students in some selected secondary schools in Logo L.G. A is 10,000, while the population of students in some selected secondary schools in Gboko LG.A. is 15,000 and the population of students in some selected secondary schools in Otokpo LG.A. 8,000 making …

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Research Performance In The Field Of Big Data In India: A Scientometric Analysis Based On Scopus Database, Dr.Suchetan Kumar, Md Safiqur Rahaman Dec 2019

Research Performance In The Field Of Big Data In India: A Scientometric Analysis Based On Scopus Database, Dr.Suchetan Kumar, Md Safiqur Rahaman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: The present study has been carried out to find out the research performance in the field of big data in India during 2010-2019 as indexed in the Scopus database. A total 7502 research publication has been found in the Scopus during the 10 years period of 2010-2019 and were downloaded for analyze with the help of Microsoft excel and vosviewer. The study also provide comparative performance of different Scientometric parameters including total research productivity, yearly research output, authorship pattern, International collaboration, Institution wise collaboration, Degree of collaboration, RGR & DT, Source wise research publication, Subject wise publication, and most …

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