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Spartan Daily, February 23, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 11

Effect Of Job Security And Job Satisfaction On The Commitment Of Library Personnel In Academic Libraries In Ogun State Nigeria, Babatunde Ogunbanjo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Commitment of library personnel refers to the extent to which they relate with the goals and aspirations of their respective libraries and their desire to work for the realisation of the goals and, the readiness to be with their respective libraries. All employees, including academic librarians look for attractive salaries, creativity and innovation and job security. These factors fit well into the “Maslow Theory of Needs”. This study adopted a survey design. Two Hundred and ninety personnel drawn from public tertiary institutions in Ogun state participated in the study. A questionnaire was used to gather data and the data was …

Bibliometric Survey On Multipurpose Face Recognition System Using Deep Learning, Priyanka Tupe-Waghmare, Rahul Raghvendra Joshi Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Face recognition is a new concept coming up lately and flourishing in the field of network access and multimedia information systems. Since humans are at the focus of attention in variety of applications containing videos, the concept of face recognition is rising in popularity. Several areas involving network security, retrieval and indexing of the content, and compression of videos gain a lot of benefit from the face recognition systems and related technology. Controlling the access of the networks with the help of facial recognition not only makes it difficult for the hackers to steal the information but also makes the …

Scholarly Conversations, Intellectual Virtues, And Virtue Information Literacy, Wayne Bivens-Tatum

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article develops a concept of Virtue Information Literacy (VIL) modeled on the philosophical subfields of virtue ethics and virtue epistemology. VIL is an ethical, character-based approach analyzing information literacy through intellectual virtues and vices in order to cultivate such virtues with the goal of living a more flourishing life. The article explains the foundation of VIL in virtue ethics and virtue epistemology; analyzes recent work making similar connections between information literacy, virtue epistemology, and intellectual virtues and vices; and finally with the aid of Richard Rorty’s pragmatism and Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics analyzes some intellectual virtues especially useful for …

Mapping The Scholarship On Mental Health During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Scientometric View, Manju N. Dubey, Pooja P. Dadhe. Assistant Librarian

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Mental health has been a major concern worldwide even before the emergence of novel coronavirus. The evolving nature of the virus and the fatality rate has increased the psychological distress among people across all age groups. This study is an attempt to explore the research productivity on mental health research during COVID-19 pandemic to combat the disease by means of enhancing awareness and preventive measures as some countries are going through the second wave of the viral attack. The research contribution on mental health during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic appears to be slow in pace not going with the need …

Flawed Citations In Indian Scientometric Literature: A Case Study, Dr. Vishnu Kumar Gupta

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study explores the citation errors and level of reference accuracy in the Indian scientometric journal entitled, Journal of Scientometric Research (JSR). One hundred and seventy four journal citations appended in eight research articles appeared in the JSR, volume 9, issue 1, Jan-Apr, 2020, were checked meticulously by breaking them into seven bibliographic components, i.e. author(s) name, article title, journal name, year, volume and issue numbers, and pages (both first and last page); and they were matched with the original source articles. Results reveal that 44.25% (77) citations in JSR were erroneous and remaining 55.75% (97) citations were error free. …

Spartan Daily, February 18, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 10

Influence Of Sequential And Simultaneous Bilingualism On Second Grade Dual Language Students’ Use Of Syntax In Reading, Allison Briceño

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

This study integrated reading and bilingual theories to examine the reading behaviors of second grade Latinx students in a Dual Language program. It explored how the students’ differing language backgrounds (simultaneous bilinguals and sequential bilinguals who had developed Spanish as a home language) might influence their early reading behaviors. Data sources include Spanish and English informal reading inventories and student interviews. While all students struggled with the syntax of grade-level text in Spanish and English, simultaneous bilinguals’ superior ability to use syntax to self-correct in both languages evidenced a stronger syntactical base. The findings have significant implications for equity of …

Covid-19 Drugs And Medicines: A Scientometric Mapping Of Research Publications, Surulinathi Muthuraj, Arputha Sahayarani Y Research Scholar, Srinivasa Ragavan S Professor And Head, Library Information Science, Rajkumar N Research Scholar, Jayasuriya T Final Year Mlis

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper attempts to highlight the growth and development of Covid-19 drugs and medicine literature and make the quantitative and qualitative assessment by way of analyzing various features of research output and Citations impact based on the Web of Science database. A total of 6425 publications were published on Covid-19 drugs and medicine, which received 313411 Citations during 2020-2021. In all, there were 140 countries involved in research in Covid-19 drugs and medicine. The most productive countries are USA highest share of 1814(28.4%) publications and received 17779 Citations followed by Peoples Republic of China with 18623 Citations for 986(15.5%) …

Measurement Of Information: A Review Article, Dariush Alimohammadi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose - Measurement of information has long been studied for many years from different perspectives. Acknowledging this diversity, the article aims at reviewing approaches to the information measurement.

Design/methodology/approach – Literature review method was used to analyze and interpret main approaches of measuring information.

Findings - Logarithm, volume, syntax, probability and entropy, quantity, impact, value, and energy of information were identified and investigated in detail as the major approaches to the information measurement.

Originality/value - Discussing strengths and weaknesses of each approach, it concludes that a multi-dimensional approach would help us measure the information more accurate.

Spartan Daily, February 17, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 9

Spartan Daily, February 16, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 8

A Bibliometric Perspective Survey Of Astronomical Object Tracking System, Mariyam Ashai, Rhea Gautam Mukherjee, Sanjana Mundharikar, Vinayak Dev Kuanr, Shivali Amit Wagle, Harikrishnan R

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Advancement in the techniques in the field of Astronomical Object Tracking has been evolved over the years for more accurate results in prediction. Upgradation in Kepler’s algorithm aids in the detection of periodic transits of small planets. The tracking of the celestial bodies by NASA shows the trend followed over the years It has been noted that Machine Learning algorithms and the help of Artificial Intelligence have opted for several techniques allied with motion and positioning of the Celestial bodies and yields more accuracy and robustness. The paper discusses the survey and bibliometric analysis of Astronomical Object Tracking from the …

Awareness And Use Pattern Of Electronic Resources Among The Doctoral Research Scholars Of Central University Of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur, India: A Study, Sonteni Srinivas Mr., Taddi Murali Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper's main objective is to examine the awareness and use pattern of electronic resources by doctoral research scholar’s community of the Central University of Tamil Nadu. The investigator adopted a survey method used for the study. Structured questionnaires were administered to the 100 respondents to collect data for the study and returned questionnaires were analysed using simple percentage by the SPSS software. Findings of the survey revealed that the majority of doctoral students aware of electronic resources and user education/training programs are the most important for maximum utilization of electronic resources in University Library.

Peer Support Group Health Literacy Case Study Of Hivaids Patients In Karawang, Indonesia, Siti Nursanti Sn, Wahyu Utamidewi Wu, Yanti Tayo Yt

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The high mortality rate caused by HIV still leaves jobs for governments in developing countries, including in Indonesia; the government's efforts to reduce the death rate due to HIV certainly require support and community participation. Peer support groups were born as a form of community concern to complete and carry out health literacy to the community, both those affected by HIV and those who are not well literate about HIV. This study aims to see the communication activities carried out by members of peer support groups to patients infected with HIV and how peer support groups' efforts to carry out …

Scientometric Visualisation Of Fifteen Years Of Indian Engineering Research Output, Shambhu Jaali, Vitthal T. Bagalkoti, Chaman Sab M, Mallikarjun Kappi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Engineering is the most preferred research area among Indian research and development for quite some time in terms of the total number of publications, global share, and visibility and citation impact are concerned. The present study deals with the assessment of Indian engineering research output as reflected in the Web of Science (WOS) database for the period 2003 to 2017 for identifying the research output in the field of engineering literature. We measure India’s contribution to engineering research from a global perspective. In the fifteen years, 2003-2017 Indian researchers have published 1,589,361 papers in 1,266 journals. In terms of % …

Network Visualization Of A Retracted Article: Repeated Proliferation Of Error Through Citation Networks, Rosy Jan, Kirat Nazir, Kushboo Rani, Irtiza Peer, Waseem Farooq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Retraction is used as an optimum tool to uphold and safe-guide the integrity of scholarly literature. However, knowingly or unknowingly the authors build the work on these false claims by citing the retracted articles. Such dependencies on retracted articles may become implicit and indirect causing profound and long-lasting threat to the credibility of the literature. Consequently, it is important to detect and analyze such threats. The article aims to demonstrate dependency of citing articles on retracted article with reference to the rest of the literature. A case study of highly cited (as reported by retraction watch) retracted article ”Spontaneous …

Spartan Daily, February 11, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 7

A Content Analysis Of Social Media Users’ Reaction To Religious Disinformation In Bangladesh, Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study seeks to explore social media users’ reactions to religious disinformation in Bangladesh. Public comments were collected from the relevant Facebook posts related to an online religious disinformation that took place in April 2019 and analyzed following a qualitative content analysis method. The three key findings of this research are: (a) Social media users react to disinformation more emotionally than reasonably; (b) more users show diverse forms of destructive reactions when they encounter disinformation; and (c) although more users have strong reasoning skills, only a few users show constructive reactions after encountering disinformation. These results indicate the presence …

Spartan Daily, February 10, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 6

Carbon Monitoring System Flux Net Biosphere Exchange 2020 (Cms-Flux Nbe 2020), Junjie Liu, Latha Baskaran, Kevin Bowman, David Schimel, A. Anthony Bloom, C. Nicholas Parazoo, Tomohiro Oda, Dustin Carroll, Dimitris Menemenlis, Joanna Joiner, Roisin Commane, Bruce Daube, V. Lucianna Gatti, Kathryn Mckain, John Miller, B. Britton Stephens, Colm Sweeney, Steven Wofsy

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Here we present a global and regionally resolved terrestrial net biosphere exchange (NBE) dataset with corresponding uncertainties between 2010-2018: Carbon Monitoring System Flux Net Biosphere Exchange 2020 (CMS-Flux NBE 2020). It is estimated using the NASA Carbon Monitoring System Flux (CMS-Flux) top-down flux inversion system that assimilates column CO2 observations from the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) and NASA's Observing Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2). The regional monthly fluxes are readily accessible as tabular files, and the gridded fluxes are available in NetCDF format. The fluxes and their uncertainties are evaluated by extensively comparing the posterior CO2 mole fractions with CO2 …

Spartan Daily, February 9, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 5

Content Analysis Of Library Websites Of National Institutes In West Bengal, India: An Evaluative Study, Santosh Kumar Tunga

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Institute libraries as resource centers and disseminators of information occupy primary place in Institute setup. Library websites integrate it resources and services and has to be taken in designing and developing from perspective of users needs. The present study is concerned with web based content analysis of library websites of Institute of National Importance in West Bengal, India. The required content information has been collected through searching, browsing and analyzing the selected library websites of said Institutes during October to December, 2020. The library websites of studied Institutes were identified from Google, Wikipedia and other E-Resources. Only five Institute libraries …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Human Trafficking In The Wake Of Natural Disasters, Shashikala Gurpur Dr, Manika Kamthan Dr, Vartika Tiwari Ms.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study is based on the bibliometric analysis of research publications that focus on highlighting the interlinkages between natural disasters and human trafficking as its aftermath. The main objectives of the study are to determine the frequency of such publications and also to establish that the problem of trafficking as a result of natural disasters has not received enough attention from the researchers. The data was collected from the Scopus database using VOSviewer software. Literature written from 2000 to October 2020 were perused. The study consisted of a total of 66 documents which are classified into articles, letters, editorials conference …

The Urgency Of Digital Literacy For Generation Z In Improving Learning Of Islamic Religious Education, Samsul Susilawati, Abdulloh Chakim, Muh Hambali, M Irfan Islamy, Aniek Rahmaniah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This is very important considering that their daily lives are inseparable from gadgets, especially for Z generation children. The generation born in the early 2000s, namely the Z-generation, is a generation born at a time when technology is so rapidly developing and the beginning of the emergence and development of social media the passion of all generations. Psychologically, this condition makes this Z-generation to have its own personality, psyche and character which is different from previous generations who do not have the postmodern environment setting. It is certainly impossible to educate them with the same educational methods as conventional educational …

Nephrology Publications Of Bibliographic Coupling And Co-Authorship Network Using Vos Viewer: A Scientometric Profile, Chandran Velmurugan Dr, Ramasamy G Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study has made an attempt to explore the co-authorship network and bibliographic coupling with institutions, authors, and countries based on the research output of Nephrology. Using the Web of Science core collection citation database from the Clarivate Analytics, a total number of 2626 literature found by the researcher and the total citations in global level was 11, 993 and the total cited references were 84, 129 and the total authors was 10, 846, a total number of core journals was 595 and institutions (3494), Institution with subdivision (6630), and 108 total countries have participated in the study. The scientometric …

Analysis Of Ceph-Accredited Drph Programs In The United States: A Mixed-Methods Study, Chulwoo Park, Gene Migliaccio, Mark Edberg, Seble Frehywot, Geralyn Johnson

Faculty Publications

Interest has been growing in regard to increasing the public health workforce and standardizing training to ensure there are competent professionals to support rebuilding and reinforcing the public health infrastructure of the United States. The need for public health leaders was recognized as early as the hookworm control campaign during 1909–1914 when it became apparent that prevention of disease should be distinct from clinical medicine and should be conducted by professionally trained, dedicated full-time public health practitioners. In recent years, research on the public health workforce and on standardizing health workforce education has significantly expanded. A key element of such …

Spartan Daily, February 4, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 4

Taking Advantage Of Institutional Weakness? Political Stability And Foreign Subsidiary Survival In Primary Industries, Nathaniel C. Lupton, Donya Behnam, Alfredo Jiménez

Faculty Publications

Purpose

This paper aims to investigate the extent to which locating primary industry subsidiaries in politically unstable countries impacts their survival. The authors argue that foreign multinational enterprises in less stable political environments can shape policies that are impactful on the costs of operating in primary industries and avoid compliance with more stringent policies at home.

Design/methodology/approach

Using a sample of 753 primary sector investments of Japanese multinational enterprises during the period 1986 to 2013, the authors conduct a parametric survival analysis of the relationship between political stability and subsidiary survival.

Findings

Political instability has a slight, curvilinear relationship with …

Spartan Daily, February 3, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 3