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A Study On Ugc-Care Journals Of Library And Information Science, Partha Chattopadhyay Librarian, Bikash Kumar Halder Librarian

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The University Grants Commission has published the list of CARE journals of all disciplines such as Science, Social Science and Arts & Humanities. The subject Library & Information Science has also been included in the CARE list under Social Science stream. The study measures information statistically or mathematically. These CARE list of journals are analyzed from different perspectives by giving various tables highlighting different aspects of informetric measurement.

Information Needs And Seeking Behaviour Of Post Graduate Students Of Kohat University Of Science And Technology Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Saeed Ullah Jan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: This study investigated the information needs and seeking behaviour, hurdles to information seeking of Post Graduate students of Kohat University of Science and Technology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It focused on the information requirements of the Post Graduate students of the university, the pattern they use for seeking information, the difficulties they faced during seeking information.

Design/Methodology/approach: This study used a quantitative approach, adapting a survey questionnaire method for data collection. The population of this study was composed of M.Phil. and PhD students of 2019 and 2020 in the faculties of Physical and Numerical Sciences, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biological Sciences …

Exploring Copyright Compliance In Self-Archiving Of Scholarly Works: Nigerian Librarians’ Perspectives, Iskil Arisekola Bolaji Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Purpose: Low understanding and comprehension of copyright compliance have been established in the body of literature. However, there is no study to indicate the understanding of Nigerian scholars on copyright compliance in self-archiving. This study explored copyright compliance of scholarly authors in self-archiving using the perspectives of Nigerian librarians.

Design/methodology/approach: The study adopts a qualitative approach, using the semi-structured interviews to collect data from a total of twenty-one (21) participants. The interview sessions were carried out using the Zoom application, and the interview transcript was analysed using thematic analysis.

Findings: Findings showed that most of the scholarly authors view …

Information Literacy Skills Of Legal Practitioners In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan: An Empirical Study, Saeed Ullah Jan, Muhammad Ashfaq, Shaukat Ullah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose of the study

The main theme of this study is to explores the information literacy skills of the law practitioners in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan under the heading “Information Literacy Skills of Legal Practitioners in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan: An Empirical Study.”

Research Method and Procedure

To conduct this quantitative study, the simple random sample approach is used. An adapted questionnaire is distributed among 254 lawyers of Dera Ismail Khan through personal visits and electronic means. The data collected is analyzed through SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software.

Delimitations of the study: The study is delimited to the southern …

Cultural Competence In Research, Michele A. L. Villagran

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.

A Historical Trace Of Library And Information Science Education In Selected Countries Of Africa- Nigeria, Ghana And South Africa, Peter Olubunmi Olubiyo, Lydia Mercy Olubiyo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

LIS education is more concerned with training in librarianship. LIS education aimed at producing competent librarians to manage all types of libraries in the countries of the world for sustainability. Other information related disciplines such as documentation, archives and records management were relatively unknown when they started existing, thus, they were not accorded prominence. However, librarianship in Africa owes its origin to colonialism. Colonialism introduced reading and writing among the indigenous people. Until then, the two activities were alien. Colonial governments introduced Western education which entailed among others, reading and writing. In an attempt to boost the two activities, a …

"You Are Not Alone": Family-Based Hiv Risk And Protective Factors For Hispanic/Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men In San Juan, Pr, Moctezuma Garcia

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) have the second largest HIV infection rate in the United States and Puerto Rico (PR) has ranked number five with the greatest number of Hispanics living with HIV. This study aims to understand how family affects HIV risk and protective factors for young adults. PR MSM ages 21 through 30 in San Juan, PR completed semi-structured interviews exploring the influence interpersonal family relationships have on HIV risk and protective factors. PR MSM (N = 15) completed a semi-structured in-depth individual interview. NVivo was used for administering a thematic analysis based on the …

Minority Stress, Structural Stigma, And Physical Health Among Sexual And Gender Minority Individuals: Examining The Relative Strength Of The Relationships, Annesa Flentje, Kristen D. Clark, Ethan Cicero, Matthew R. Capriotti, Micah E. Lubensky, John Sauceda, Torsten B. Neilands, Mitchell R. Lunn, Juno Obedin-Maliver

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Background: Sexual and gender minority (SGM; i.e., non-heterosexual and transgender or gender-expansive, respectively) people experience physical health disparities attributed to greater exposure to minority stress (experiences of discrimination or victimization, anticipation of discrimination or victimization, concealment of SGM status, and internalization of stigma) and structural stigma. Purpose: To examine which components of minority stress and structural stigma have the strongest relationships with physical health among SGM people. Methods: Participants (5,299 SGM people, 1,902 gender minority individuals) were from The Population Research in Identity and Disparities for Equality (PRIDE) Study. Dominance analyses estimated effect sizes showing how important each component of …

Expected Propagation Time For Probabilistic Zero Forcing, Jesse Geneson, Leslie Hogben

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Zero forcing is a coloring process on a graph that was introduced more than fifteen years ago in several different applications. The goal is to color all the vertices blue by repeated use of a (deterministic) color change rule. Probabilistic zero forcing was introduced by Kang and Yi in [Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. 67 (2013), 9–16] and yields a discrete dynamical system, which is a better model for some applications. Since in a connected graph any one vertex can eventually color the entire graph blue using probabilistic zero forcing, the expected time to do this is a natural parameter to …

Differences In Covid-19 Vaccine Concerns Among Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders: The Compass Survey, Van Ta Park, Marcelle Dougan, Oanh Meyer, Bora Nam, Marian Tzuang, Linda Park, Quyen Vuong, Janice Tsoh

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Background: Understanding concerns for receiving COVID-19 vaccines is key to ensuring appropriately tailored health communications to increase vaccine uptake. However, limited data exists about vaccine concerns among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). Methods: Data from the COVID-19 Effects on the Mental and Physical Health of AAPI Survey Study (COMPASS), a cross-sectional, national survey for AAPI adults in the U.S. were used (N=1,646). Descriptive statistics were used to assess sample characteristics including proportions of AAPI with various COVID-19 vaccine concerns, categorized as none, side-effects only, unsafe only, and multiple reasons, and differences in vaccine concerns by socio-demographics. Ordinary multivariable logistic …

Aac And Multilingualism In Children With Complex Communication Needs: Perspectives Of Filipino Parents And Teaching Professionals, Anne Aubrey V. Dulay

Master's Theses

Parents and teaching professionals of children who use augmentative and/or alternative communication (AAC) systems within multilingual environments often face complicated decisions regarding their language choices and practices. Understanding parents’ and teaching professionals’ perceptions on this topic can assist AAC service providers in supporting them better during intervention. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of Filipino parents and teaching professionals regarding AAC and multilingualism. Specifically, this study sought to describe parents’ and teaching professionals’ language choices and practices when interacting with the AAC communicator and to describe the factors that influence their language choices and practices. This study followed a …

Unmasking Medical Fake News Using Machine Learning Techniques, Garima Chaphekar

Master's Theses

Fake news has always been a critical and challenging problem in the informationenvironment. The propagation of false news is a serious concern, especially in medical information, which can have dangerous and potentially deadly consequences. With the tsunami of online misinformation, it is crucial to fight fake medical news. In this study, we use machine learning techniques to help detect fake news related to diseases, including COVID-19, Ebola, Zika, SARS, Cancer, and Polio. To facilitate research in this space, we create a new medical dataset named MedHub. MedHub has records from two publicly available datasets on COVID and manually curated facts …

Exploring Shared Book Reading Among Mexican And Dominican Parent-Child Dyads, Maria Flores Lopez

Master's Theses

Using an ethnically diverse sample of Mexican and Dominican families from the NewYork metro area, the present study investigated the behaviors of parents and their three-yearold children, during shared book reading (SBR). The aspect of child behavior that was investigated was engagement, which was assessed by observations of children’s attentiveness and verbal participation during the reading activity. Children within this sample were highly engaged, with most demonstrating active engagement, the highest level of engagement in this study. When looking at the behaviors of parents, the use of two sets of strategies were investigated: interactive book reading strategies and language use. …

An Exploratory Study On How Math Stories Engage Young Learners In Mathematical Sense-Making, Maria Gigi Carunungan

Dissertations

This is an exploratory study of how pedagogy in the form of math stories, shapes young learners’ perceptions, motivations, and sense-making of math concepts. The research is presented in an exploratory documentary, with audio-video data collected through the iPhone. The pilot test of story-driven math learning solutions was conducted by two teachers with eight first grade children from diverse backgrounds in an afterschool program. This study also includes interviews of the teachers, educational leaders and specialists in primary school curricula, children’s literature, and math education. The results of the pilot validated the efficacy of story-driven math learning solutions for mathematical …

Pertenecemos: Trajectories Of Belonging, Knowing, And Discovering For Underrepresented Undergraduate Communicative Disorders And Sciences Students In California State Universities, Marcella C. Mccollum

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify the ways that seniors in undergraduate programs in speech, language, and hearing sciences engaged with the department as they entered into their undergraduate programs, the factors that they considered when deciding whether to apply to graduate school in speech-language pathology, and perceptions of supports and barriers to entering into graduate school. This study partnered with seniors enrolled in public California university programs designed for future speech-language pathologists. A mixed methods design was utilized to provide a holistic account of student experiences. Three major themes emerged from the study. Throughout the process within …

The Role Of School Counselors In Advocating For Social Justice For All Students During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Amna Jaffer

Dissertations

The field of K–12 school counseling has evolved to embrace social–emotional and mental wellness aspects of students in addition to academic and career/college readiness. Social justice advocacy has been added to the role of school counselor by professional and educational entities. What is less clear is how well-versed school counselors are in social justice advocacy competencies, whether they are equipped to lead and advocate for social justice, barriers and accomplishments in doing so, and ways in which this role may be further developed and integrated into the field of school counseling, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. As …

Academic Trajectories Of Students With Disabilities And Caregiver Perspectives On Distance Learning In The Covid-19 Pandemic, Charlene Lee

Dissertations

As research on student learning during the COVID-19 pandemic continue to emerge, there remains a dearth of research on students with IEPs and how their caregivers experienced remote learning in a pandemic school year. This study examined the academic trajectories of students with IEPs and their caregivers’ perspectives towards distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Measures included academic data extracted from the 2018–2019 school year and 2020–2021 school year and a survey of parental and caregiver opinions of the pandemic’s impact. Student academic data (N = 270) revealed a significant decrease in reading but not math trajectories. Notable differences were …

Faculty And Administrator Perspectives On Campus Internationalization At Selected California State University And University Of California Campuses: Individual Efforts And Interconnected Roles, Parinaz Zartoshty

Dissertations

This explanatory mixed-method research study explored campus internationalization trends by examining the practices of faculty and administrators engaged in campus internationalization efforts at selected four-year public institutions in Northern California. Most survey respondents and interviewees recognized the importance of internationalization, prompted greatly by their own personal transformational “international” journey, making them identifiable champions who can assist in promoting internationalization efforts. Most maintained that the system and their individual institutions do not provide adequate incentives to those faculty who are not personally motivated to engage in international activities and acknowledged internationalization does not float to the top of priorities. In instances …

Student Engagement And Universal Design For Learning (Udl): A Community College Case Study, Candice R. Nance

Dissertations

Community colleges have a significant impact on education. The community college population includes some of the most vulnerable students who have the most to gain from educational attainment. The objective of this mixed-methods case study was to investigate the practical implications and impact of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) on student learning, engagement, and sense of belonging. Forty-nine students participated in this study from seven sections of an asynchronous introduction to business course at a California community college during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings suggested that the UDL intervention increased students’ final grade percentages, exam scores, and group project scores while …

Core Principles Of Early Childhood Education Through The Lens Of California's Transitional Kindergarten Teachers And Administrators, Furwa T. Rizvi

Dissertations

California's public-school system recently introduced another grade level, Transitional Kindergarten, as an opportunity to offer universal access to early education for all 4-year-olds. Elementary school teachers and administrators must be well prepared to support and education these young children. This dissertation focuses on four key principles to ensure high-quality learning: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Social and Emotional Learning, Dual Language Learning, and Early Intervention. To gain a better understanding of teacher and administrator perspectives on these core principles of early childhood education, a comprehensive survey was administered online, with a total of # teacher and # administrator respondents. Results indicate that …

Diet Quality, Diet Motives, And Nutrition Literacy Of Vegans, Vegetarians, And Semi-Vegetarians, Sapna J. Peruvemba

Master's Theses

Individuals consuming plant-based diets have shown favorable dietary behaviors and diet quality. However, differences in diet quality considering motivations to adopt plant-based (vegan, vegetarian, and semi-vegetarian) diets and nutrition literacy, are not well known. The primary objective of this study was to assess diet quality, diet motives and nutrition literacy in vegans, vegetarians, and semi-vegetarians. The secondary objective was to investigate the association between diet motives and dietary quality. In this cross-sectional study, 223 participants completed an online survey and food frequency questionnaire. The study used the Healthy Eating Index-2015 to measure dietary quality, the Food Choice Questionnaire to measure …

Extent Of Utilisation And Satisfaction Of Open-Access Electronic Resources By Postgraduate Students Of Federal Universities In South South, Nigeria, Ufuoma Dymphna Onobrakpor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Open-Access electronic resources are the unrestricted information resources the students find readily accessible for use. This study examined the extent of utilisation and satisfaction of open- access resources by Postgraduate students of federal Universities in South South, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was used, while the instrument for data collection was the questionnaire. A sample of 349 was arrives at from a population of 1401 Doctoral (PhD) and Masters of Education (M.Ed) postgraduate students from four federal Universities of the south-south geo-political zone of Nigeria using multi-stage sampling techniques. 293 of instrument were retrieved after administration, given 84% of the sample …

Assessment Of Teachers' Perception Of The Provision, Use, And Maintenance Of Information And Communication Technology Facilities (Ict) In Ekiti State Primary School Libraries In Nigeria, Mensah Prince Osiesi, Chigozie Celestina Oke Dr, Adejimi Oluwatobi Busiyi Mr, Adenike Lucia Arulebe Mrs, Nnaemeka Chijioke Okorie Mr, Onyiye Maureen Okoh Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study assessed teachers' perception of the provision, use, and maintenance of ICT facilities in Ekiti State Primary school libraries in Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research type. The population of the study comprised all public primary school teachers in Ekiti State. The multistage sampling procedure was used in selecting the sample for the study. An instrument termed "Teachers' Perception of the Provision, Utilisation, and Maintenance of ICT Facilities in Primary School Libraries Questionnaire" was used for data collection, and was validated with its reliability ascertained. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics (frequency counts and percentages). …

Lessons Learned From The World Health Organization’S Late Initial Response To The 2014-2016 Ebola Outbreak In West Africa, Chulwoo Park

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The purpose of this article is to 1) examine the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in controlling infectious disease outbreaks, 2) evaluate if the WHO’s initial response to the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis was appropriate, 3) evaluate current WHO’s efforts to prevent future disease outbreaks after the Ebola elimination, and 4) suggest how WHO should be further reformed to provide prompt and accurate guidance to multi-sectoral health stakeholders at local, national, regional and global level for effective surveillance preparedness and response. This is a non-systematic narrative literature review. The articles from PubMed, Scopus, Medline, books, WHO documents and websites, …

Investigating The Role Of Teacher-Librarians In Classroom Instructional Management In Enugu State, Nigeria, Elizabeth N. Ebizie P.Hd, Obiageli C. Njoku Ph.D, Charles A. Oraelosi Ph.D, Mkpoikanke S. Otu Ph.D

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was carried out to investigated the role of teacher-librarians in classroom instructional management in Enugu State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The sample size of the study is 1,196 teachers. The instrument used for data collection was the Classroom Management Instructional Skills for Teaching Questionnaire (CMISTQ). The reliability of the instrument was 0.79. The data collected in the study were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study show that the role of teacher-librarians in classroom instructional management include: working with other staff to ensure information literacy outcomes are a …

Chapter 3: Basis, Basis Vectors, And Inner Product, Hiu Yung Wong

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Research Self-Efficacy And Research Productivity Of Doctoral Students In Universities In Ogun State, Adesola Paul Adekunle, Ezinwanyi Madukoma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the influence of research self-efficacy on research productivity of doctoral students in universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. The study employed a survey research design drawing on a sample of 309 respondents out of a target population of 1,418 doctoral students from six participating universities guided by the Research Advisor’s Table. Findings of the study established that research productivity of doctoral students in universities in Ogun State, Nigeria was low. The low research productivity manifested in form of unusually prolonged doctoral education, high attrition rates, difficulties/inability to complete doctoral thesis which is the hallmark of doctoral education and …

Covid-19 Information Needs And Seeking Behaviour Of Undergraduates Of Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, Jerry Eyerinmene Friday Mr, Motu-Ere Justina Atema Ms

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examined Covid-19 information needs and seeking behaviour of undergraduates of Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study identified Covid-19 information needs, Covid-19 information sources, strategies of seeking Covid-19 information and Covid-19 information seeking challenges encountered by the undergraduates. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all the undergraduates of Federal University Otuoke who were in 300, 400 and 500 levels of study. Convenience sampling was adopted and three hundred and sixty-nine (369) undergraduates, consisting of 76, 73, 74, 71 and 75 undergraduates, each constituent drawn from the Faculty of Education, …

The Utilization Of Electronic Journal: Analysis Of The Source Of References For Thesis Writing By Students Of Early Childhood Teacher Education Department, Amirul Mukminin, Edi Waluyo, Diana Diana, Akaat Hasjiandito, Imam Shofwan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Library technical implementation unit, especially in the sector of journal developers, has subscribed to numerous journals which have international reputation such as Sage, Oxford Journal, Emerald, Cambridge Journal, Springer Link, IEEE, Sage Research Method, ProQuest, and JSTOR. The purpose of this study was to analyze the level of understanding of students in the utilization of electronic journals, to find out what reference sources are used, and to analyze how big the utilization of electronic journals was as references for thesis writing by students in the Department of ECTE. This research utilized a quantitative research method. Respondents in this study were …

Strategic Alignment Of The Integrated Library System For Late Adopters: The Case Of At Makerere University Library, Francis Ssekitto

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Introduction:

Generally, African University libraries can be said to be among the late adopters of ILS technologies in their service range. As of 2022, Makerere University Library is in the initial stages of migrating from Virtua ILS to Koha ILS. Yet adopting ILS is an expensive and time consuming endeavour. Therefore, there is a need for strategic “useful” deployment of ILS in any academic library.

Objective: This paper attempted to assess the strategic alignment of the Integrated Library Systems (ILS) in Makerere University Library to achieve strategic fit within the corporate environment of the University and achieve the …