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Got Metadata In Your Future? Lessons Learned From Describing A Unique Image Collection, Scott M. Dutkiewicz, Jessica Serrao, Charlotte Grubbs

South Carolina Libraries

This practical session covers how Clemson University Libraries’ metadata team describes their largest digital collection of historical images. It focuses on what the team has learned from the project, including developing workflows and strategies for describing images, creating a local heading controlled vocabulary, and leveraging expertise to streamline metadata creation. The team explains the metadata management tool CollectiveAccess, shares examples from the collection, and discusses benefits of documentation. The session concludes with continued metadata challenges.

Once More, With Feeling: A Case Study In Emotional Intelligence Testing Of Library Staff, Jennifer Wright

South Carolina Libraries

Emotional intelligence is key to employee success, yet many libraries do not consider EI in training. 46 library staff completed the Emotify test and a survey assessing their performance. Staff in leadership roles tended to score higher and rate their EI knowledge higher. Staff with lower scores tended to assess the test as not useful. More EI training is needed for nonsupervisory staff, and library administrations should encourage EI training for all staff.

Analysis Effect Of Audit Information Technology : Green Technology, Smart System And Innovation Behavior Working For Improving Business Services University In Indonesia, Merlin Apriliyanti, Ilham M, Tanti Handriana, Indrianawati Usman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the use of technology and integrated information systems and recommend the development of new systems at PTKIN (UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya and UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang). The study of information technology management in tertiary institutions aims to measure the extent to which the application of information technology is able to support the activities of the Tri Dharma College in order to achieve world class universities. In measuring the results of the audit of information technology management the tertiary institution will conduct evaluation, monitoring and further development of information …

Teachers’ Attitude And Reading Culture Of Pupils In Selected Staff Primary Schools In Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria., Andrew Oshiotse Okwilagwe Prof., Deborah Kelikume Duke Miss

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

This study investigated teachers’ attitude and reading culture of pupils in selected staff primary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The study population consisted of 400 primary four and five pupils and ten staff selected from three staff schools in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria adopting the total enumeration sampling technique. The questionnaire was the main instrument for data collection. It consisted of 42 questions arranged in four sections. Simple percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson Product Moment correlation were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that pupils read story …

Role Of Library Instruction In Curbing Plagiarism Among Undergraduates Of University Of Ilorin, Nigeria, Olubukola Oluyemisi Ajiboye, Baheer Abiodun Basheer, Saheed Abiola Hamzat

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the role of library instruction in curbing plagiarism among undergraduates in University of Ilorin. The research design was descriptive survey .The research was guided by two questions and a hypothesis. It was a questionnaire based study. Purposive sampling technique and total enumeration were used to sample the respondents. The target population constituted 382 undergraduates but 235 copies of the questionnaire were found usable which represented 61.1% of the response rate. The findings from the study showed that there was no significant relationship between the attendance of library instruction and the knowledge of plagiarism among undergraduates. This was …

Information Seeking Behavior Of Postgraduate Students In The University Of Peshawar, Pakistan, Amjid Khan, Asad Khan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: This study investigated the information-seeking behavior (ISB) of the research students in terms of information needs, sources, resources, barriers to information seeking, significance of the libraries towards the quality of research and factors motivating the use of libraries at the University of Peshawar.

Design/Methodology/approach: This study used a quantitative approach, adopting a survey questionnaire method for data collection. The population of this study was composed of the Master, M.Phil. and PhD research students in the faculties of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Management Information Sciences at the University of Peshawar. The sample size was 300 research students selected …

Library Leads, October 2020, Issue 17, University Of The Pacific Libraries

Library Leads

Contents:

Launching a New School of Health Sciences at Pacific – An Update on Library Collaboration by Mickel Paris

Pacific Website Launch by Thy Son

Tiger Design and Tiger Hunt By Keely Canniff

Holt-Atherton Special Collections and Archives Updates by Nicole Grady and Mike Wurtz

Mapping Of Data Mining Research Productivity In India: A Scientometric Analysis, Sumathi Meyyar, Ranganathan Chandrakasan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study analyses the Indian Scientists contributions of research papers related to the topic in Data Mining was undertaken from Web of Science Databases has been used to retrieve the data for 22 years (1999-2020) by the searching the keyword “Data Mining”. The study reveals that, most of the researchers preferred to publish their research results in journals; as such 88.59% of articles were published in journals. More numbers of articles were published in the year 2019. The authorship trend shows that, out of total 1096 literature published, 95.53 % of the publication published under the joint author. It is …

Using The World Café Methodology To Support Community-Centric Research And Practice In Library And Information Science, Vanessa Kitzie, Jocelyn Pettigrew, Travis L. Wagner, Nick Vera

Faculty Publications

The World Café (TWC) methodology is a form of action research that develops collective knowledge among individuals and communities to address shared problems. TWC can complement LIS research and practice that is increasingly participatory and community centric. The potentials and pitfalls for TWC are illustrated by ongoing research examining public library service to LGBTQIA+ communities for health information. The authors used TWC in a community forum between LGBTQIA+ community leaders and librarians/paraprofessionals in [name removed for blind review]. Per TWC conventions, participants engaged in day-long rotating café-style table conversations that encouraged new ideas and collective dialog. Discussion centered on two …

Is It Necessary To Pay Attention To Levels Of Evidence? : Comparative Study In Nursing Publications Indexed In Scopous Based On Aaccn Levels Of Evidence, Fatemeh Babaei Dowlat Abadi, Maryam Kazerani (Corresponding Author), Azam Shahbodaghi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Examining the evidence-based level of scientific productions is a qualitative evaluation. This study aims to examine the evidence levels of nursing scientific production of in Iran, Malaysia and Turkey and their citation in SCOPUS during 2011 to 2015. The evidence level of the products was determined using the table suggested by American Association of Critical Care Nursing-Levels of Evidence, and their citation rates in the highest level of evidence were determined using the reports of SCOPUS citation database. Based on the results, the most scientific products are related to Turkey, Iran and Malaysia, respectively. In Iran, from 1360 articles, 1193 …

Reliability And Validity Of Scales Assessing Anxiety Associated With Information Related Tasks: A Systematic Review, Muhammad Asif Naveed, Sajjad Ullah Jan, Mumtaz Ali Anwar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research carried out a systematic review of the evidence of reliability and validity of scales available in studies reporting surveys of individuals to assess anxiety associated with information related tasks such as library anxiety, information seeking anxiety, and information anxiety. A systematic search using keywords ‘library anxiety’, ‘information anxiety’, 'information seeking anxiety', and 'information seeking' AND 'anxiety' was carried in Web of Science, Scopus, LISA, and LISTA to identify the relevant literature. This review included those studies reporting the use of any scale assessing information related anxiety, and published in the English language, and included all type of documents …

Research Analysis On Biometric: A Scientometric Study, Kavitha Es

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The focus of this study is to assess the research output of Biometric publications from the period of 2010 – 2019 through scientometric analysis. The total number of records were 7335 which is from Web of Science and analyzed using various tools like Histcite, Bibexcel and interpreted using Microsoft Excel and Google sheets. The laws of bibliometrics are also analyzed along with Relative growth rate, doubling time, Degree of collaboration and Collaborative indexes is also interpreted.

Enhancing The Role Of Academic Librarians In Conducting Scoping Reviews, Peter Kokol, Jernej Zavrsnik Dr, Marko Turcin, Helena Vošner Blažun

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information exposing, in conjunction with technological innovations and the emergence of social media, altered the traditional roles of academic libraries and enabled librarians to become necessary partners in research. The role of academic librarians in conducting systematic reviews is well recognised, however, their role in conducting scoping reviews is not yet well established. Nevertheless, we propose that, in more and more frequent situations when it is not feasible to read and analyse all relevant literature to be scoped manually, librarians employ bibliometric analysis and mapping to visualise and chart literature content. Our study demonstrated that science landscapes induced automatically by …

Assessing Topical Homogeneity With Word Embedding And Distance Matrices, Jeffrey M. Stanton, Yisi Sang

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

Researchers from many fields have used statistical tools to make sense of large bodies of text. Many tools support quantitative analysis of documents within a corpus, but relatively few studies have examined statistical characteristics of whole corpora. Statistical summaries of whole corpora and comparisons between corpora have potential application in the analysis of topically organized applications such social media platforms. In this study, we created matrix representations of several corpora and examined several statistical tests to make comparisons between pairs of corpora with respect to the topical homogeneity of documents within each corpus. Results of three experiments suggested that a …

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Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Faculty Services Newsletter, Maggie Kiel-Morse

Faculty Services Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Scientometrics Profile Of The Banasthali Vidyapith: A Deemed University Of Rajasthan, India, Md.Safiqur Rahaman, Shakil Ahmad, Khadeeja M.N Ansari, Isam Mohammed Abdel-Magid, Dr. Praveen Babel

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The current investigation work utilized bibliometric and visualization techniques. Scopus bibliographic database sources used to retrieve data. Two thousand seven hundred sixty-four (2764) papers retrieved by applying the 'Affiliation' in Scopus' simple search section. Biblioshiny (3.0), MS-Access, Excel, and VOS Viewer software used to analyze data and bibliometric indicator extraction employ to evaluate the research productivity of Banasthali University for a period of twenty-one years from 2000 to 2020. This data analysis leads to monitor the university's past and present status to maps its future perspectives. This study ventured to examine the overall performance of the faculties and researchers of …

Authorship And Collaboration Pattern Of Research Output Published By Researchers Of Tripura University During 2010-2019: A Scientometric Analysis, Manoj Kumar Verma Dr., Saumen Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present paper is a scientometric enquiry of research publications of Tripura University for a period of 10 years (i.e. from 2010-2019) and based on the secondary data collected from Web of Science databases and found that the total 503 papers published during this study period which index in web of science database. The study endeavours to analyse the pattern of publications, annual growth in publications, authorship pattern, types of documents, collaboration patterns, collaborative index, collaboration coefficient, modified collaboration coefficient, prolific author etc. based on collected data and found that 2017 and 2019 were the most productive year for this …

Growth And Transition In A Time Of Uncertainty, Christopher A. Lee, Amy Cooper Cary

Library Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Information Games In The Academic Library: Library Of Kyiv National University Of Culture And Art, Ukraine, Olena Skachenko

Georgia Library Quarterly

In the article, the author writes about the use of games, including intellectual quizzes and online activities, to teach students information literacy skills related to their discipline of study.

It Takes A Village: Populating The Institutional Repository With Performing Arts Content, Anne Shelley

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Managing an institutional repository is not a project in its own right: rather, it is an operational service that involves conversations with faculty, students, and other content providers. However, once those stakeholders decide that the repository is a good, stable, discoverable home for their work, there are projects involved in populating the repository. This article presents a case study of how the author, a music librarian and institutional repository manager at Illinois State University, approached adding thousands of items from the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts into the institutional repository, ISU ReD: Research and eData.

Relevance Of Generational Cohorts In The Analysis Of Academic Library Usage, Laura D'Aveta, Thomas Sullivan, Tina Budzise-Weaver

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The literature surrounding student usage of academic libraries often relies upon generational cohort classifications when discussing patterns and preferences. We analyzed the most recent data available at [University] Libraries to determine whether any statistical significance could be attributed to these generational cohort classifications. We found that no significance could be attributed to generational cohorts that could not also be accounted for by other factors, bringing into question the importance of alleged generational differences when making decisions within academic library practice and policy.

Information Access Skills In Social Science Researchers: Assessment Of Competency, Rajesh Singh Dr., Shailendra Kumar Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study assesses levels of Information Access Skills (IAS) in social science researchers at select central universities in Delhi. Questionnaire was used to collect relevant data on skills like information browsing, use of information search tools, and information search strategy consisting of natural language search, keyword search and Boolean search. The descriptive and inferential statistical tools like ANOVA, Post-hoc test using LSD were used to analyze and interpret the collected data. On the competency scale, a big total of 46.2% of researchers were found incompetent in IAS. Suggests measures to enhance the IAS levels of information privileged researchers.

An Assessment Of Demographic Factors As Predictors Of Career Commitment Of Librarians In Universities In Southern Nigeria., Mercy Arodovwe Igere Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Unwillingness and negative attitude of librarians was observed as a factor that hinders users from accessing information resources in most developing country libraries. This negative attitude could be associated with the demographic factors of the librarians hence this study investigated demographic factors as predictors of career commitment of librarians in South-South universities, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study and three hypotheses were formulated at 0.05 level of significance using simple regression analysis. The research questions and hypotheses were analysed using inferential statistics such as simple regression analysis. The population comprised 197 librarians in universities of South-South, Nigeria. Questionnaire was …

Awareness And Application Of Organizational Knowledge Management By Academic Librarians In University Libraries In South- East Nigeria, Angela Njideka Anike, Anthonia Ukamaka Echedom

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Application of organizational knowledge management is crucial to effective information service delivery in university libraries. Its implementation in Nigeria is still at the initial stage while the level of awareness and application in university libraries in South-East is yet to be determined. This study investigated the level of awareness and application of organizational knowledge management by academic librarians in University libraries in South-East Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted. The population comprised 175 academic librarians from ten public universities. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. Percentages and mean were used to answer the research questions while t-test was …

Road Traffic Accident Research In India: A Scientometric Study From 1977 To 2020, Dr. Jayaprakash G. Hugar, Dr. Mirza Muhammad Naseer, Dr. Abu Waris, Muhammad Ajmal Khan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study carried out the scientometric analysis of road traffic accident research in India from 1977 to 2020. It aimed to examine type of publications with their citations and usage, the year wise publication and citation growth, most preferred journals, authors’ preference of keywords used, collaboration of Indian authors, authorship pattern and most prolific authors, and top contributing organizations. During 44 years of study, 1,132 research items were published and indexed in Web of Science (WoS) bibliographic database. Analysis discovered that number of publications increased from one (0.08%) in 1977 to 182 (16.07%) in 2018 and observed good progress in …

Knowledge, Practices, And Challenges Of Library Practitioners On Abstracting, David A. Cabonero, Wina B. Dominguez, Judy Ann P. Jandoc, Jeazel S. Tomas

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Access is the primary concern of a library thus information retrieval tool like an abstract is as important as the Online Public Access Catalog. Abstracting then plays an important role in improving access to information that is needed by library users. Librarians then perform this task primarily to guide the users in deciding whether an information resource will be consulted or not. The study utilized the descriptive method of research using a survey questionnaire to determine the level of knowledge and practices on the parts and types of abstracts and the challenges on abstracts a document surrogate encountered by library …

Information Literacy Skills And The Use Of E-Library Resources Among Undergraduates In South-West Nigeria, Paul Adeoye Omosebi, Fehintoluwa E. Omosebi .

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study is a correlational survey study which investigates information literacy skills and the use of E-library resources among business administration undergraduates in south-west Nigeria. A sample size of 900 respondents was used but 800 questionnaires were retrieved. The target population for the study comprised of undergraduate business administration students in private universities in Southwest Nigeria. A simple random sampling technique was adopted for the purpose of this study. The questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection and was divided into three sections namely demographic characteristics, information literacy and use of e-library among students in the private universities …

Disc Open House, September 30, 2020, Sarah R. Kostelecky, Margie Montanez, Amy E. Winter Mpa

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Sarah Kostelecky, Director of DISC, discusses DISC's mission, vision, and examples of digital projects.

Margie Montañez, Curator, Latin American Collections, discusses noncustodial archives and decolonizing metadata in the context of digital projects.

Please see these two brief tutorials on using UNM's Digital Repository, as an approximation of Amy Winter's part of the presentation.

• Navigating and Searching UNM's Digital Repository
• Logging In and Submitting Work

Beyond Books 2: Cataloging Archival Materials, Nicole Lewis, Allison Mccormack, Becky Skeen, Rebecca A. Wiederhold

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Academic libraries aren’t the only institutions that care for archival materials. These unique items can often be found in public libraries, historical societies, and other cultural heritage organizations, many of which may not have trained special collections catalogers on staff. In this workshop, participants will learn how to catalog archival materials, including manuscripts, photographs, and audiovisual materials, so they can be discovered in online catalogs and databases. Both item and collection-level cataloging will be discussed, and participants will learn when and how to apply relevant metadata standards like RDA and DACS. They will then practice cataloging with examples provided by …