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Visualizing The Knowledge Outburst In Global Research On Covid-19, Jiban K. Pal

ISI Best Publications

The scholarly output of the new coronavirus research has been proliferating. During five months, an amount of 14,588 scientific publications about nCoV-2 and COVID-19 has been generated intensively (as indexed in Scopus on 31 May 2020). Such a knowledge outburst has created ample interest in understanding the research landscape of this newly configured area. This paper demonstrates on scientometric dimensions of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) research using quantifiable characteristics of the publication dataset. Findings reveal that the rate of publication growth (1600%) is very significant to a synergic response of the researchers to combat with the most extended sequence of …

Librarians’ Information And Communication Strategies For Solving Restiveness Among Secondary School Students In Enugu-North Local Government Area Of Enugu State, Angela Ngozi Nwadike Ph.D, Grace Ngozi Omeje Ph.D, Bartholomew Chinweuba Nwefuru Ph.D

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study sought to determine Librarians’ information and communication strategies for solving restiveness among secondary school students in Enugu-North local government area of Enugu State. The study was borne out of the numerous cases of deviant behaviours among secondary school students in Enugu North, other part of the state and Nigeria at large. The study explored all the public secondary schools in Enugu North local government area of Enugu State. The study was guided with a research question. A descriptive survey was adopted for the study. The study was carried out in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu state, …

Telehealth Inter-Professional Healthcare Providers Nur 209, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

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Analysis Of Recent Trends In Malware Attacks On Android Phone: A Survey Using Scopus Database, Sonali Kothari Tidke, Vijayshri Khedkar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In past few years, smartphone use has shifted from professional access to personal need. Smartphone has now become an essential requirement to perform day to day activities. This has made smartphones unsecured and vulnerable to cyber threats and malware attacks. This study is also focused on finding intersection between malware attacks and Android OS considering Android as the most widely used mobile OS. A comprehensive search is conducted on Scopus Database for peer-reviewed articles. The study is carried out on bibliometric data of the considered articles to generate a highly useful concept map.

Perception And Readiness Of Students’ Towards Online Learning In Nigeria During Covid-19 Pandemic, Olalekan Moses Olayemi, Hayatudeen Adamu Mr, Kemi Jummai Olayemi Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The coronavirus pandemic saw the abrupt shutting down of higher institutions of learning by government, and students were told to vacate campuses as one of the measures to curb further infections. In order to ensure uninterrupted educational delivery, universities across the continent are introducing online learning. This study investigated the perception and readiness of students’ towards online learning in Nigeria during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study employed descriptive survey research design and structured questionnaire was the instrument used for the data collection. A total of one hundred and forty-eight (148) undergraduate students filled the questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed …

Review And Analysis Of Failure Detection And Prevention Techniques In It Infrastructure Monitoring, Deepali Arun Bhanage, Ambika Vishal Pawar, K Kotecha

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Maintaining the health of IT infrastructure components for improved reliability and availability is a research and innovation topic for many years. Identification and handling of failures are crucial and challenging due to the complexity of IT infrastructure. System logs are the primary source of information to diagnose and fix failures.

In this work, we address three essential research dimensions about failures, such as the need for failure handling in IT infrastructure, understanding the contribution of system-generated log in failure detection and reactive & proactive approaches used to deal with failure situations.

This study performs a comprehensive analysis of existing literature …

Demystifying The Scholarly Publishing Landscape, Eleta Exline, Emily Poworoznek, Patricia Condon

University Library Scholarship

The scholarly publishing landscape has grown exponentially in size, scope and complexity within the last decade. Since the number and type of publishing outlets have exploded, researchers now need to consider practical and ethical issues such as predatory journals, open access, preprints, publishing data and sponsor obligations when making publication decisions. Further, these issues may be compounded by interdisciplinary research collaborations. Presenters will provide an overview of the contemporary scholarly publishing landscape and the different components. They will also help researchers identify key questions to ask during different stages of the research process, highlight differences that may bear on interdisciplinary …

A Review Of Grey Literature Cited By Food Loss Law And Policy Scholarship, Angela Hackstadt

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

In the United States, state and federal programs, rules, and legislation attempt to address the social, economic, and environmental impacts of food waste. Research on the efficacy of these interventions rely on a variety of grey literature resources. Grey literature is valuable to policy research but may be overlooked because it is not published commercially and is often deemed unauthoritative. This review focuses on the use of grey literature in food waste law and policy scholarship to identify the most used sources and to determine what, if any, archiving strategies authors use. Recommendations for librarians and researchers are discussed.

An Intro To Open Educational Resources, Michele Gibney

Research Tuesdays

Interested in learning more about OER or hearing more about available grants for faculty to develop OER over the summer? Come to this talk and get a crash course in all things Open!

Research Metric Analysis Of The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi On Scopus Database 2010-2019, Muhammad Yousuf Ali Mr, Peter Gatiti, Ikram Ul Haq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper analysis the research output of the faculty, staff and researchers affiliated to the Aga Khan University (AKU) Medical College, Pakistan from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2019. The paper maps AKU research by analyzing publications by authors with Aga Khan University institutional affiliation that are indexed in Scopus, a citation database of the peer-reviewed literature. Researchers rely on data from Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar to assess scholarly communication. However, this study choose Scopus as it is one of largest multidisciplinary databases covering over 23000 journal titles in comparison to Web of Science which covers …

An Exponential Trend And Mapping Of Research In Web 2.0, Baskaran C. - -

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study analyses the research paper on the publications of Web 2.0 during 2000-2019 and total no. 7123 publications recorded over the period of study. A maximum 825 (12.08%) of the publications appeared in 2016, followed by 793(11.61%),745(10.91%), and 730(10.69%) of the publications that appeared in the year 2015,2017 and 2018. Relative Growth Rate (RGR) and Doubling Time (Dt) of the publications on Web 2.0 global data during 2000-2019. The analysis made on the records based on Web of Science (WoS). The majority of 5743 (84.12%) of the publications appeared in Journals. The study dictates that the majority 134 (1.96%) …

Bibliometric Survey On Image Processing Techniques Using Lattice Boltzmann Method For Cfd Simulations, Priyambada Praharaj Mrs, Chandrakant Sonawane Dr, Madhura Ingalhalikar Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This bibliometric analysis aims to understand how Lattice Boltzmann Method could be a potential solver in integrating computational fluid dynamics with image segmentation smoothly. Cardiovascular diseases have been a major health problem in our society and have been an interesting topic for researchers to focus on. Computational Fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation on well-segmented patient-specific images could help the clinicians in diagnosing many cardiovascular diseases in the initial stages itself thereby avoiding surgery. This paper focuses on how various methods have been used since 1988 and been successfully implemented in subsequent years. The bibliometric analysis is done from Scopus and the …

Information Need And Information Seeking Behaviour Of Tangkhul Naga Community In India, Shinchuila Raising, Prabhu Gaddimani, Akhilesh K.S. Yadav

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main objective of this research is to study the information-seeking behaviour and need of the Tangkhul Naga community in the Ukhrul district of Manipur state in India. What are the various sources and channels used for seeking information, the purpose of information seeking, problems faced by the Tangkhul Naga community while seeking the information? The survey research was conducted using a questionnaire tool from the scattered population of the Tangkhul community. Total of 211 people was responded to the questionnaire. The respondent includes student, daily-wage worker, government-employee, retired people, self-employed and unemployed persons. The print media and the Internet …

Assessment Of Rural Women Farmers’ Knowledge On Selected Soya Bean Products And Accessibility To Nutrition Education Sources In Ekiti State, Nigeria, Olalekan Odefadehan Dr., Temitope Omoyungbo, Ayotunde Owolabi, Tolulope Akinbobola

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study assessed the accessibility to nutrition education sources and level of knowledge on soya bean products as alternative/cheap source of protein by rural women. Multistage sampling procedure was utilized in selecting 234 respondents in the study area. Interview schedule and focus group discussion was used to collect information from the rural women. Data was analysed through descriptive statistics (percentages, frequencies and means) and inferential statistics (Analysis of variance). The results showed that the women had access to nutrition education on soya beans mostly through; family and friends (x̅= 0.82), local health centres (x̅= 0.78), radio (x̅= 0.80) and television …

How Does Oer Meet Our Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Goals?, Jenny Ceciliano, Lisa Notman, Karen Bjork, Jaime R. Wood, Scott Robison

Open Education Week 2021

Eliminating textbook costs through the use of Open Educational Resources may seem like a simple change, but it's one that can have a big impact. Research has shown that using OER in place of traditional textbooks helps to create more equitable and inclusive learning experiences for marginalized students. In this workshop, learn more about how OER is a DEI tool and how PSU faculty are using OER in their courses.

Epistemology — Building Relationships, T. Scott Plutchak

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Wandering The Web — Stem And Steam: Selected Ideas For Children’S & Young Adult Programming, Roxanne Spencer, Jack Montgomery

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Marketing Touchpoints — Segmenting User Groups For Greater Inclusivity, Jill Stover Heinze

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Biz Of Digital — Transitioning To A New Ir Platform, Michelle Flinchbaugh, Pam Pierce

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Collection Management Matters — Bff: Collaborative Partnerships Of Collection Management And Systems Librarians, Xuemei Ge, Glenda Alvin

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Don's Conference Notes- Shopping The New Status Quo: The 41st Society For Scholarly Publishing Meeting, Donald T. Hawkins, Leah H. Hinds

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And They Were There- Reports Of Meetings — 2019 Alpsp Conference, Ramue K. Kubilius, Sever Bordeianu

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Atg Profiles Encouraged

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Outsourcing Technical Services In A Health Sciences Library, Demetria Patrick, Melanie Mcgurr

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Homegrown Outsourcing: A Cooperative Cataloging Pilot Between Duke University And The University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Denise Soufi, Nanako Thomas, Natalie Sommerville

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Outsourced Cataloging Of Materials In Languages For Which There Is No In-House Capability, Joshua Hutchinson

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Gig Cataloger: Working As An Independent Contractor On An Outsourced Reclassification Project, Catherine Eilers

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Inside Outsourcing Technical Services: Upsides And Downsides, Stacey Marion, Alayne Mindt

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Deadlines

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

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