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Webometrics Analysis Of Websites Of Private Engineering College Of North India: A Study Through Google Search Engine, Rima Hazarika

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examines and explores the websites of 20 private engineering colleges in North India through a webometric analysis. The data have collected through the Google search engine. Webometrics is a tool for measuring the impact of the web. This study investigates the domain systems of the websites, analysis the number of web pages and link pages, and calculates the internal and external links. The result found that the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS), Pilani with 65 (7.20%), ranks first with the highest Domain Authority, and Amity University Noida leads with the highest Page Authority of 84 (7.22%). …

Critical Translingual Perspectives On California Multilingual Education Policy, Eduardo R. Muñoz-Muñoz, Luis E. Poza, Allison Briceño

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Policies restricting bilingual education have yielded to policy frameworks touting its benefits. This shift corresponds with evolving lines of debate, focusing now on how bilingual education can best support racialized bilingual learners. One element of this new debate is the perspective on language underlying curriculum in bilingual programs, with a focus on translanguaging– normalization of the language practices of bilingual communities and positing that bilinguals draw from a singular linguistic repertoire. This article examines initiatives undertaken in California between 2010 and 2019 using Critical Policy Analysis. The work highlights that while opportunities for translanguaging have arisen, tensions between heteroglossic perspectives …

Steady Long-Term Slip Rate On The Blue Cut Fault: Implications For Strain Transfer Between The San Andreas Fault And Eastern California Shear Zone, K. A. Guns, R. Bennett, K. Blisniuk, A. Walker, A. Hidy, A. Heimsath

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The Eastern Transverse Ranges (ETR) province of California contains a system of E-W-trending left-lateral faults accommodating clockwise block rotation between the San Andreas Fault (SAF) system in the Coachella Valley and the Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ) in the Mojave Desert. Building upon established geometric relationships, we estimate that this rotation across the ETR may transfer right-lateral strain from the SAF to the ECSZ at a time-averaged rate of ∼4.3–7.7 mm/yr. Through geomorphic mapping and the analysis of 38 10Be surface exposure samples, we derive a long-term slip rate of 1.26 ± 0.50 (2σ) mm/yr over the late Pleistocene, yet …

An Overview Of Knowledge Management Research In Zimbabwe: From 2010 To 2022, Jonathan Munyoro, Takawira Machimbidza, Stephen Mutula

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper gives an overview of knowledge management (KM) research in Zimbabwe and analyses the most significant research trends and patterns from 2010 to 2022. The literature review technique was used to collect data, focusing on characteristics of publication outputs, focus of the researches, research methods, and summary of key findings. Findings show that research in knowledge management is still limited in Zimbabwe. The corporate sector receives the most focus from KM researchers, followed by knowledge-oriented institutions, the public sector, Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs), media organisations, and agriculture-related enterprises. Universities, despite being both knowledge factories and large consumers of …

Spartan Daily, October 27, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 29

Spartan Daily, October 26, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 28

Spartan Daily, October 25, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 27

Digital Libraries And Skill Acquisition Training Among Rural Communities For Poverty Alleviation In Rivers State, Nigeria, Christian Olori, Chinyere Anigbogu, Adaobi Nwoye, Judith Ugwueke, Gloria Olori

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study explores the extent of contribution of digital libraries to poverty alleviation of rural communities through skill acquisition training in Rivers State. The study was guided by one research question and a null hypothesis. The descriptive survey research was adopted. The sample size of 236 was drawn from the population of 2,355 registered learners from 12 registered vocational education centres using the convenience sampling technique. Data collecting instrument was the researchers’ structured questionnaire which was face validated by three experts. A reliability coefficient value of 0.83 was obtained using the Pearsons Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Data were analysed using …

Intercultural Communication In Agriculture Libraries: A Case Study In Ethiopia, Scarlett Kelly

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

International development and assistance programs have been running for many years. Yet there is a significant a gap in comparative studies of intercultural communication in academic libraries between Africa and North America. There is also a gap in understanding intercultural communication in terms of library management, library staff training, and cross-cultural knowledge transfer. This research aims to fill the gaps. Based on internal document review, workplace survey, and a series of observation and reflection during the case studies in Ethiopia, the research project focuses on the different culture in library staffing and management, library service culture, the use of technology, …

Application Of Online Platforms For Research Visibility By Professional Librarians In Nigeria Universities., Tukur Abba Dr, Ifeanyi Anene

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose –The aim of the study is to investigate the application of online platforms by professional librarians for research visibility in Nigeria universities.

Design/methodology/approach - The study adopted online survey method. Questionnaire was designed to collect data from respondents using Google form. Data was collected from 367 academic librarians both practicing and lecturing in 28 universities in Nigeria.

Findings – The study revealed that majority of the academic librarians have created profile on Google Scholar and also joined ResearchGate network. While, the platforms with the least profiles are Scopus and ORCID. Majority of the academic librarians agree that creating …

Research Productivity Of Library And Information Science Faculty Of West Zone Of India: A Bibliometric Study, Mahendra Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study conducts a Bibliometrics analysis with the aim of identifying significant contributions of LIS faculties. There has been rapid increase of academic literature by faculties so that it is an important aspect to analyse their intellectual work with Bibliometric parameters. Bibliometrics used as a research method in Library and Information Science field. This research work based on secondary data total 13 universities taken from the West Zone of India in which 37 permanent faculties presently working. Researchers collected data from University websites, Google Scholar and Research Gate. In this study examined the Prolific Authors, Authorship Pattern, degree of collaboration …

Developing A Subject Gateway For Accessing Online Resources On Korean Studies, W.M. Tharanga Dilruk Ranasinghe Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The growth of online resources on Korean Studies (KS) has increased over past several years. They cover almost all facets of the discipline ranging from Korean Art to Korean Sociology. Majority of these resources offer free and unrestricted access and are managed by various institutions and individuals.

The demand for KS has increased as a fast-growing discipline in South Asia. There are number of institutions in the region which offer various academic programs related to KS, especially on Korean language and culture studies. However, despite of little collections, majority of libraries and resource centers in these institutions do not have …

Marketing Information Product And Services In The Digital Age In Academic Libraries Environment, Peter Olubunmi Olubiyo, Jude Timilehin Olubiyo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Library and information centers have began to realize that by using marketing principles and techniques, they can understand better their users needs, justify finding, communicate more effectively with a variety of internal and external audiences and achieved greater efficiency and result in delivering product and services that meet the identified needs of their client. In contemporary society, people can now easily access information and information- bearing resources on the go as long as they are connected with their laptop, smart phones, ipad e.t.c. Even though users can have access to information via the internet and other technology, the fact remains …

Webometric Study Of National Institutional Ranking Framework (Nirf) Listed College Website With Special Reference To Library Web Pages, Sunil V. Narnaware, Shashikant Ganpatrao Rokade

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is an analysis of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) listed top 20 college website under the college category on NIRF websites with special reference to library web pages in the year 2021. A total of top 20 NIRF listed college website selected for the study. The study focused on webometric analysis, which examines the domain, domain age and all three types of web impacts factors. To collect data in this study, various small SEO tools such as opensiteexplorer.org (now moz.com), duplichecker.com and smallseotools.com had used to find out domain age, domain authority, page authority and total, internal …

Spartan Daily, October 20, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 26

Convolutional Long-Short Term Memory Network With Multi-Head Attention Mechanism For Traffic Flow Prediction, Yupeng Wei, Hongrui Liu

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Accurate predictive modeling of traffic flow is critically important as it allows transportation users to make wise decisions to circumvent traffic congestion regions. The advanced development of sensing technology makes big data more affordable and accessible, meaning that data-driven methods have been increasingly adopted for traffic flow prediction. Although numerous data-driven methods have been introduced for traffic flow predictions, existing data-driven methods cannot consider the correlation of the extracted high-dimensional features and cannot use the most relevant part of the traffic flow data to make predictions. To address these issues, this work proposes a decoder convolutional LSTM network, where the …

Transforming Thesaurus Records Into Marc 21 And Mads: Designing A Framework For Libraries, Sukumar Mandal, Sailendra Malik

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose

This paper analyzes various thesaurus formats for converting data and how they can easily be implemented in libraries. These data formats are very important and necessary because they can easily transfer data from one system to another. The main focus of this system is on the data format of the Thesaurus Constructon.

Methodology

It is made with the TemaTres tool, which is used by many other tools. It has many new and modern features that librarians can use to create a new interface. In other words, it is possible to link other software very easily through these formats. There …

Spartan Daily, October 19, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 25

Understanding Community Safety And Policing In San José, California: A Qualitative And Communal Analysis, Michael Dao, Soma De Bourbon, Melissa Mcclure Fuller, William Armaline, Miranda Worthen

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

In Summer 2020, persistent public protest about racial injustice and police violence spurred conversations and action across the United States and the world about what community safety means and the various ways it can be achieved–particularly for diverse community members whose lives may be threatened under the status quo. In San José, California, this led in part to a community engaged research study on reimagining community safety–The People's Budget of San José. The project intended to inform justice policy reform in the city according to the perspectives and needs of residents. Through this community-academic partnership, 14 focus group discussions were …

Equivalent Access To Library: A Means Of Bridging The Gap Between The Abled And Disabled, Mukesh Kumar Jha

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Libraries, bookkeepers and their subsidiary establishments have for some time been logically proactive in giving equivalent access to data to everybody. Notwithstanding a characteristic proclivity for this demeanor, there are number of laws that require this stance. In the course of the most recent two decades, there has been a change in perspective in the manner in which the general public perspectives people with handicaps. This distinction in methodology for example seeing handicap not as an individual pathology but rather as a social develop not just discovers articulation in the lawful instruments that have been authorized for their social, monetary …

Growth Of Literature In “Information Literacy” Topic 2000-2021 Through Bibliometric Study., Amar Krishnaji Kulkarni, Rama Krushna Charan Patro Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information literacy has been an emerging topic for many fields in recent years, and this paper aims to evaluate the field of information literacy in the context of Library and Information Science (LIS). The evaluation will be conducted by using bibliometrics and scientific visualization techniques. A total of 2288 articles were retrieved that are indexed under topic information Literacy on web of science (Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index & Arts & Humanities Citation Index) were identified in order to achieve this objective. Search using the term 'information literacy'. Unify and standardize the data to make reliable evaluations. Evaluate …

Spartan Daily, October 18, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 24

Awareness And Use Of Social Media: A Study Of Ict Students At Kwara State University, Nigeria, Abdrahman Atanda Moustapha

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The use of social networks among students at higher institutions has become popular and is widely celebrated amid criticism. This is because these social networks are changing the way people communicate, interact, and socialize. The purpose of this paper is to explore students' awareness and use of social media: a study of ICT students at Kwara State University, Nigeria. This study used a survey research method. The respondents were students’ faculty of information and communication technology, and the results reveal that the majority of respondents (91.4%) are familiar with social networks, have access to the Internet, and regularly use mobile …

Users' Perception And Utilization Of Serial Resources In The Academic Library, Kwara State University, Nigeria, Abdrahman Atanda Moustapha

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Investigative research, focused on users' perception and use of serial materials, was conducted in academic libraries at Kwara State University library, Nigeria. The study population consisted of users in the respective faculties. A stratified random sampling method was used to select the sample. A questionnaire dealing with users' perception and use of serial materials was conducted on 4500 users registered in the Kwara State University library. The collected data was analyzed mainly by frequency counts and simple percentages. Study results indicate that university users occasionally use serial materials. The majority of users are somewhat satisfied with the reference materials available …

Security Of Information Resources In Academic Libraries In Kwara State, Nigeria, Abdrahman Atanda Moustapha

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was on the security of information resources in academic libraries in Kwara State, Nigeria. Academic libraries in Kwara State include both private and public institutions. The libraries were predominantly selected for academic purposes, such as Kwara State University, University of Ilorin, Al-Hikmah University, and Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin. Four research questions and four corresponding objectives of the study were framed. The case study design was approved for research. Targeted sampling was used to select 25 respondents from a pool of 115 professionals in all four academic libraries in Kwara State. Semi-structured interview guides were used to collect data …

Marketing Of Library And Information Product And Services: Study Of Special Libraries Of Karachi, Hafiz Muhammad Huzaifa, Naweed E. Sehar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Marketing and advertising are essential for expanding awareness of library product and services. Special libraries have an assortment of difficulties in marketing library and information product and services due to quickly changing media advancements, expanded user demands, competitions from other data sources like the web, and diminished library financial plan. The focal point of this study was on the promoting view of LIS Professionals working in Karachi's special libraries, likewise centered on marketing procedures for library and data items and services. The Research was restricted to Special libraries of Karachi. The study was directed utilizing a quantitative methodology and an …

Marketing Of Library Products And Services: A Theoretical Analysis, Shashikumar Hatti, Satishkumar Naikar, Sayed Ahemd Inamdar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The creation of libraries and information centres reflects the realization that marketing of information products and services is a crucial component of administration, particularly for readers' expected levels of satisfaction. Taking this into consideration, the study outlines all the procedures and tactics that may be used when selling information products and services. Additionally, it looks into the intent, viability, and actual application of Web 2.0 in the marketing and promotion of library resources and services. The idea of marketing does not come to mind when we think of library operations. But because of the literature's explosive expansion and the widespread …

Spartan Daily, October 13, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 23

An Assessment Into Information Literacy Skills Among Fine And Applied Arts Undergraduates In South-East Federal Universities In Nigeria, Chinweoke Ffrancisca Onwuasoanya Dr, Edumchieke Ritadoris Ubah Dr, Chiemezie Joecollins Ezepue Mr, Oloidi Oluwafemi Dr., Nwachukwu Kenechukwu Udeaja Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aims to investigate Information Literacy Skills among Fine and Applied Arts Undergraduate Students in South-East Federal Universities, Nigeria. It is understandable that many undergraduate students including those in fine and applied art department need information literacy skills in order to progress academically. The study is worth of investigation because information literacy is gateway for laudable academic achievement especially among those for art creativity or abstract representation into real life symbols. Therefore, there is need to employ balance means or strategy in gaining information literacy which would earn undergraduate students of fine and applied arts a favourable landing in …

Mentoring As A Tool For Re-Skilling The Academic Librarian In Ict Age, Chukwunaza N. Ekwelem Mr, Zikrat Abdulsalam, Emmanuel Abigeal Bimpe

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstracts

Without doubt, the increase in ICT has proven a library to be a living and growing organism. Coping with technology changes are the principal driving forces of the emerging information age librarian and it seems most librarians are less equipped through formal training for the technological demand in library services. The study investigated the use of mentoring as a tool for re-skilling the academic librarian in the ICT age. Descriptive survey was adopted for the study and total enumeration was used for the sample as all the librarians in the university were used for the study. The questionnaire was …