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Supporting Inclusive Learning Using Chatbots? A Chatbot-Led Interview Study, Sambhav Gupta, Yu Chen

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Supporting student academic success has been one of the major goals for higher education. However, low teacher-to-student ratio makes it difficult for students to receive sufficient and personalized support that they might want to. The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and conversational agents, such as chatbots, has provided opportunities for assisting learning for different types of students. This research aims at investigating the opportunities and requirements of chatbots as an intelligent helper to facilitate equity in learning. We developed a chatbot as an experimental platform to investigate the design opportunities of using chatbots to support inclusive learning. Through a chatbot-led …

Secure Human Action Recognition By Encrypted Neural Network Inference, Miran Kim, Xiaoqian Jiang, Kristin Lauter, Elkhan Ismayilzada, Shayan Shams

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Advanced computer vision technology can provide near real-time home monitoring to support “aging in place” by detecting falls and symptoms related to seizures and stroke. Affordable webcams, together with cloud computing services (to run machine learning algorithms), can potentially bring significant social benefits. However, it has not been deployed in practice because of privacy concerns. In this paper, we propose a strategy that uses homomorphic encryption to resolve this dilemma, which guarantees information confidentiality while retaining action detection. Our protocol for secure inference can distinguish falls from activities of daily living with 86.21% sensitivity and 99.14% specificity, with an average …

Best Practices In Disaster Public Communications: Evacuation Alerting And Social Media, Frannie Edwards, Kaikai Liu, Amanda Lee Hughes, Jerry Zeyo Gao, Dan Goodrich, Alan Barner, Robert Herrera

Mineta Transportation Institute

This research project examines the current state of the practice for disaster public communication, the distrust of government, the training available to public information officers, and the literature available to guide the design of effective public outreach messaging, especially for rapid on-set events. Growing distrust in government had led to lack of public confidence in public agency messaging during emergencies, yet public agency public information officers are using multiple pathways, including both traditional and social media resources, to try to reach impacted communities effectively. The introduction explains the development of wildfire events in the West and their context. A literature …

Traffic Restrictions During The 2008 Olympic Games Reduced Urban Heat Intensity And Extent In Beijing, Bo Yang, Hongxing Liu, Emily L. Kang, Timothy L. Hawthorne, Susanna T.Y. Tong, Song Shu, Min Xu

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Satellite thermal remote sensing has been utilized to examine the urban heat dynamics in relation to the urban traffic restriction policy. During the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the traffic volume was approximately cut off by half through the road space rationing. Based on daily MODIS satellite thermal observations on the surface temperature, statistical models were developed to analyze the contribution of traffic volume reduction to the urban heat intensity and spatial extent. Our analyses show that cutting off half of the traffic volume has led to a marked decrease in the mean surface temperature by 1.5–2.4 °C and shrinkage …

Seeking Of Agriculture Information Through Mobile Phones By Rice Farmers In Ogoja Agricultural Zone, Cross River State, Nigeria, Friday O. Idiku, Ginini Francis Elemi, Ejeje Igwe Agube, Comfort Aya, Anthonia Egem Okem

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Seeking agriculture information is common among rice farmers in many parts of the world. The study was aimed at assessing the Seeking of Agriculture Information through Mobile Phone by Rice Farmers in Ogoja Agricultural Zone of Cross River State Nigeria The specific objectives of the study were to; identify the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers, determine factors influencing the seeking of agriculture information through mobile phones by rice farmers, and to examine the constraints to use of mobile phones by rice farmers in Ogoja Agricultural Zone of Cross River State Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was adopted to select ninety …

Spartan Daily, November 30, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 41

Current Unanswered Questions In Social Media Activism Research, Kelsey A. Thompson

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

For the last decade, researchers have conducted numerous research studies on the role various social media platforms have been used by activists to affect change. These general surveys and specific analyses address how media sites are being used in the specific roles they currently play or have played in a given movement. Immeasurable time and effort has been regularly dedicated to understand the impact these platforms have had on social change. However, social media sites continue to change and evolve over time, creating new opportunities for investigation. This transitional article is intended to propose and contextualize some of the current …

Information And Communication Technology Training And Job Performances Of Library Professionals In Academic Libraries In Rivers State: A Case Study Of Rivers State University And University Of Port Harcourt, Eruchi Brown Akpelu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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Awareness And Utilization Of Web 2.0 In Sharing Of Knowledge Among Faculty Members Of Federal School Of Surveying, Oyo, Sakirat Aderonke Salawu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study evaluates awareness and utilization of web 2.0 in sharing of knowledge among faculty members of Federal School of Surveying, Oyo. The descriptive survey design was used to describe events and opinions about the situation. Therefore, the population of the study includes Faculty members of Federal School of Surveying, Oyo State. As at 2022, there are fifty-eight (58) Faculty members of Federal School of Surveying. A simple random sampling technique was adopted to give all the respondents an equal chance of being selected for the study. A web-based questionnaire was designed using Google form and generated link was shared …

Spartan Daily, November 29, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 40

An Assessment Of Networking And Resource Sharing In Federal University Libraries In Nigeria, Emmanuel Chidiadi Onwubiko

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

No library today can boast of having it all to satisfy all the vital needs and demands of her clientele without recourse to some forms of collaborative assistance or the other. This study so to speak is an assessment of networking and resource sharing in federal university libraries in Nigeria. The study was guided by four research objectives and questions respectively with a population sample of 86 librarians purposively derived from 43 federal university libraries. The major instrument used for data collection for the study was a 34-item modified Likert scale questionnaire while the data collected were analyzed using frequency …

Rewards And Recognition Of Librarians Job Performance In Some Selected University Libraries In South-South, Nigeria, Ngozi Vera Okonoko, Dika Sunday Ikhimeakhu, Ozioma Precious Amadi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigates the rewards and recognition of librarian’s job performance in some selected university libraries in South-South, Nigeria. A descriptive survey method was adopted for the study. Two research questions were formulated to guide the study. The population of the study consists of 112 librarians in some selected university libraries in South- South Nigeria. A total of 112 copies of the questionnaire were distributed and 101 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved using descriptive statistics mean and percentage mean score of 2.5 and above and percentage score of 50% were considered as acceptable. The study revealed that rewards and …

Open Access Resources Usage And Copyright Violation Amongst Undergraduates In Two Universities In Ibadan, Oyo State, Adebisola Theresa Oguntimehin, James Ogielagbega Enamudu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Open access is a burning issue in web-based education and research that makes provision for resources that is digital, online, free of charge and free of most licensing restrictions. However, the free accessibility provided to these resources has led to the speculations that undergraduates might tend to violate the copyright protection of these resources. Hence, the study aimed to examine the relationship between the use of open access resources and copyright violation amongst undergraduates in two universities in Ibadan, Oyo state.

The study adopted the descriptive survey design with a study population from two universities in Ibadan, Oyo state (Lead …

A Study Of Using E-Resources By Research Scholars In Selected Institutions Of Southern Tamilnadu: Research Methodology, Senthur Vel Murugan Librarian

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

Purpose:

In this paper, the philosophical position of the scientist is investigated which will explain the purposes behind the decision approach utilized in this examination. In this way, the principal motivation behind this paper is to exhibit the examination approach and techniques utilized in this investigation to respond to the exploration questions and to accomplish the examination objective.

Design / Methodology/ Approach

Research Design is a groundbreaking strategy indicating the strategies and methodology controlling the specialist to gather their information and investigation their exploration. The most widely recognized research structures that analysts consistently use are exploratory, expressive, and easygoing. …

Usage Patterns Of Open Access Institutional Repositories In Tanzania: A Case Of Selected Public Universities, Anna Shangwe Mbughuni

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the usage patterns of OAIRs among university community members in Tanzania universities. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model used to guide this study. The study employed a cross-sectional research design. Systematic random and purposive sampling procedures were used to obtain a total of 292 respondents and eight key informants respectively. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data. Quantitative data were analyzed by using SPSS and qualitative data were analyzed by using content analysis. The study found that 54.5% of the respondents indicated the …

Spartan Daily, November 22, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 39

Uncoding Library Chatbots: Deploying A New Virtual Reference Tool At The San Jose State University Library, Sharesly Rodriguez, Christina Mune

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Purpose: This paper aims to detail how a university library developed an AI chatbot to meet a growing need for virtual reference services. This chatbot was developed using Google's free Dialogflow bot platform and embedded in the library's website. With the onset of COVID-19 and a greater reliance on virtual services, chatbots have become of increasing interest to libraries as a tool to provide enhanced services during non-staffed hours and to perform basic information triage when virtual chat transactions reach an overwhelming number of available staff. Design/methodology/approach: Using in-depth research into current practices and readily available tools, a small non-technical …

Identifying An Analytical Framework To Assess The Determinants Of Ict Adoption In Libraries And Its Implications For Teaching And Learning During Insecurity, Muhammad Kabir Abubakar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The security situation in Nigeria, particularly in the country's North-West and North-Central Zones, has forced the closure of many educational institutions. Teaching and learning have become more erratic as a result of this. This issue has far-reaching repercussions for librarians and information specialists. Libraries have long been regarded and recognized by educational institutions for their contribution to high-quality teaching and learning. Several studies have found that information and communication technology (ICT) can improve teaching and learning by facilitating access to information. As a result, governments and school administrators have been working to promote the use of ICT in libraries to …

Digitization Of Information Resources In University Libraries In Nigeria: Challenges And Way Forward, Peter Olubunmi Olubiyo, Nancy E. Achebe (Prof.), Lydia M. Olubiyo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Libraries, archives, museums, and other memory institutions digitize items to preserve fragile materials and create more access points for patrons. The traditional role of the library as simply a place of storage and preservation of books and other information materials which has changed overwhelmingly since the advent of information and communication technologies (ICTs) Academic libraries are duly bound to acquire, preserve and disseminate information from whatever source, hence there is the need for such sources of information to be kept preserved and made available in a more convenient and accessible format. This calls for digitization which is the process of …

Framework Of Sns Usage For Knowledge And Information Sharing In Higher Learning Institutions In Tanzania, Jaffar Msafiri Ponera

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated a framework for implementing SNS for knowledge sharing in Tanzania's higher learning institutions (HLIs). The study deployed mixed-methods research, where a convergent research design was used. This enabled the researcher to collect quantitative and qualitative data in a similar research phase, but they were analysed differently. A convergent research design enabled the researcher to compare the findings obtained from quantitative data with those from qualitative data to ensure rigour. A total of 171 out of 239 targeted postgraduate students completed an online survey from the four HLIs in Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions, Tanzania. The study included eight …

Assessment Of The Quality Services Of The University Libraries: The Case Of Birjand University Library, Leili Seifi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study evaluates the quality of services received by the Central Library of Birjand University among users based on LibQual components. The present study is descriptive. Data were collected using the LibQual questionnaire, and its reliability is obtained using Cronbach's alpha test. The statistical population included all users of the Central Library of Birjand University which 150 users were selected by non-proportional stratified sampling. The results of the study showed that the quality of services received in general and in the three components of effect of service, information control, and the library as place, were above average. There was no …

Accessibility And Utilization Of Information Resources By Academic Staff Of Federal University Gusau Amid Telecommunication Shutdown In Zamfara State., Bello Tukur, Nura Ibrahim, Maimuna Muhammad Lawal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigates accessibility and utilization of information resources by academic staff of Federal University Gusau amid telecommunication shut down in Zamafara state. The researchers adopted quantitative research method using cross sectional survey design. Simple random sampling was adopted for the study and the Sample size of 169 was determined using Krejcie and Morgan table. Data was collected using questionnaire and the data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics with the help of statistical package for social science (SPSS). The finding revealed that majority of the respondents strongly agreed that visiting libraries and offline databases in the electronic library served …

Spartan Daily, November 16, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 37

Spartan Daily, November 17, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 38

Digital Research Proficiency In Information And Communication Technology Skills Employed By Secretarial Staff And Business Teachers In Day-To-Day Administration And Training In Secondary Schools, Honesta Chidiebere Anorue, Ogenyi Ochehe, Maureen Anayo Madu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Not only does Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have the potential to increase the efficacy and efficiency of teaching and learning, it also has the potential to lessen administrative obligations. This study investigates the extent to which secretarial staff and business teachers use of digital research proficiency in information and communication technology skills in their day-to-day interactions in secondary schools in Benue State. Specifically, a descriptive survey research approach was used for this investigation.The study tested four hypotheses and answered four research questions at 0. 05 level of significance. The study's population was 53 respondents that comprised 38 business teachers …

Library User Education Programme: A Panacea For Effective Library Resources Utilization In Nigerian Universities, Peter Olubunmi Olubiyo, Lydia Mercy Olubiyo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

User education programme refers to a well-planned programme of training and educating patrons on the skills and techniques of locating and retrieving library materials. User education is one of the important services of the library organized each year for undergraduates of higher institutions. User education is an academic programme designed by academic libraries to educate her user’s especially undergraduates on how to effectively utilize library resources and services. The researchers explained that user education quickens the efforts of the clientele in retrieving and aids utilization of library materials through user education. More importantly, whether information comes from the internet, or …

Entrepreneurship Education As Tool For Economic Growth: The Roles Of Information Centres In Nigeria, Peter Olubunmi Olubiyo, Jude Timilehin Olubiyo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Entrepreneurship education has been embraced by almost all the developed countries so it is important to develop the spirit and culture of entrepreneurship education also in the developing countries. Entrepreneurship education is the type of education that shapes people’s mindset and also provides the skills and knowledge that one requires to develop an entrepreneurial culture. Entrepreneurship education should be available to all university students regardless of their courses through the provision of its information resources in the library and information centres for economic growth.

Spartan Daily, November 15, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 36

Public Library Services On The Promotion Of Literacy Level Of Users In Kenneth Dike E-Central Library, Awka, Ugochi Iruoma Egwuonwu, Obioma Loveth Obiekwe, Evelyn Nkiruka Ekpeha

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated public library services on the literacy level of users in Kenneth Dike E-Central Library, Awka. Five research questions were used for the study. The research method adopted was the survey method and population consisted of 2543 registered users of Kenneth Dike public library. A sample size of 345 users was used. Mean was used for data analysis. Questionnaires and observation checklist were used for data collection. The study found that the available public library services that can promote the literacy level of users are consultancy services, exhibition and displays, book reservation services which have high mean score …

Breaking The Barriers: A Phenomenological Study Of Women’S Non-Governmental Organisations’ Adoption Of Social Media, Muhammad Kabir Abubakar, Patricia Neo Mooko

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Organizations now frequently use social media as a tool for communication and information sharing. Although many studies have examined the various context-specific barriers to technology adoption in organizations, few of them have a direct bearing on the particular barriers to social media adoption. Organizations can use social media for their activities with the help of understanding the adoption barriers. Investigating the most important impediments to social media adoption in women’s non-governmental organisations (WNGOs) in North-West Nigeria is the goal of this study. The study used a phenomenological approach-based qualitative research design. Semi-structured interviews were used to gather data from ten …