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Open Access Publishing In Developed Countries: A Comparative Study Between United States Of America And United Kingdom, Irfan Ul Haq Akhoon

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study measured quantitatively the current position and growth of Open Access archives, at the first stage it gives a quantitative overview of Open Access archives established and published from different developing and developed countries. Further it focuses on a comparative study between United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK) the two developed nations. Open access journals indexed in Scopus database are being surveyed for this study. As the study is based on the data collected from the Scopus database upto July 2017, which shows that the total number of journals indexed are 36377 in which 63% …

Library As A Goldmine: Social Media Technologies (Smt) As The Way Forward, Oluwabunmi Dorcas Bakare, Stephen Mutula

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

There is no gainsaying that academic libraries are a natural gold mine for the University community and for the general public as a whole. Extant literature has shown that academic libraries are a source of enrichment for curriculum and research thus leading to academic productivity and global visibility of the parent institution. The realization of this fact has gone a long way in enhancing the status of academic libraries globally by changing the orientation of library clienteles and also correct the misconception in which they perceive the library as an antique, a reading place and has little or nothing to …

Research Productivity On Nephrology Output During 2007-2016: A Bibliometric Study, Dr Murugan Chinnaraj

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study evaluates the Nephrology research output during 2007-2016. The data were downloaded from web of science database which was maintained by Thomson Reuters. Total numbers of records were 4655 with 47, 384 citations and average citations per article was 10.05. Nephrology is the adult and pediatric study of the kidneys and its related diseases. The nephrologists deals with the diagnosis and management of kidney diseases. The kidneys are vital for maintaining normal fluid and electrolyte balance in a body. The collected data were analyzed with the help of ‘Bibexcel tool’. The study also applied statistical tools such as Authorship …

Personal Information Sharing Behavior Of University Students Via Online Social Networks, Ghulam Murtaza Rafique

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background – With privacy concerns growing on a daily basis, it is important to understand how university students guard their personally identifiable information. Despite the students' perceived readiness and several studies on the topic, it is not fully understood what personally identifiable information university students are sharing via Online Social Networks (OSNs).

Purpose – Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the personal information sharing behavior of university students through online social networks.

Design/methodology/approach – Quantitative approach was used and a survey questionnaire was solicited to collect the data from 250 out of 712 master’s students of faculty …