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An Assessment Of Demographic Factors As Predictors Of Career Commitment Of Librarians In Universities In Southern Nigeria., Mercy Arodovwe Igere Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Unwillingness and negative attitude of librarians was observed as a factor that hinders users from accessing information resources in most developing country libraries. This negative attitude could be associated with the demographic factors of the librarians hence this study investigated demographic factors as predictors of career commitment of librarians in South-South universities, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study and three hypotheses were formulated at 0.05 level of significance using simple regression analysis. The research questions and hypotheses were analysed using inferential statistics such as simple regression analysis. The population comprised 197 librarians in universities of South-South, Nigeria. Questionnaire was …

Discrepancy Between High And Low Level Of Attitude Among Parents Of Lalgola And Beldanga-Ii Blocks In Murshidabad District Of West Bengal Towards Public Libraries In Empowering Women, Subrata Biswas, Prasenjit Deb

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this study attempts have been made to bring into focus discrepancy between high and low level of attitude among the parents of Lalgola and Beldanga-II blocks in Murshidabad District of West Bengal towards public libraries in empowering women. The study was conducted from the aforementioned blocks on 100 parents of the students who were benefited from Kanyashree one time scholarship grant of Rs. 25,000. The main purpose of the study is to assess the role of public libraries in empowering women. The result shows that Kanyashree Prakalpa has a significantly powerful effect towards reducing child marriage (thereby reducing the …

Role Of Public Libraries In Information Literacy For Women Empowerment: With Special Reference To Kanyashree Girls Of Nabagram In Murshidabad District Of West Bengal, Subrata Biswas, Prasenjit Deb

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

As per Michelle Obama, "No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens". It is quite lucid that empowerment of women means making women economically and socially independent, self-reliant, confident and positive in attitude. Kanyashree Prakalpa is considered as one of the most significant tools in this regard with a participatory approach for the empowerment of women. This helps the women to develop themselves individually and to participate in the developmental activities of the family and society. The main objective of the conduct of …

Road Traffic Accident Research In India: A Scientometric Study From 1977 To 2020, Dr. Jayaprakash G. Hugar, Dr. Mirza Muhammad Naseer, Dr. Abu Waris, Muhammad Ajmal Khan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study carried out the scientometric analysis of road traffic accident research in India from 1977 to 2020. It aimed to examine type of publications with their citations and usage, the year wise publication and citation growth, most preferred journals, authors’ preference of keywords used, collaboration of Indian authors, authorship pattern and most prolific authors, and top contributing organizations. During 44 years of study, 1,132 research items were published and indexed in Web of Science (WoS) bibliographic database. Analysis discovered that number of publications increased from one (0.08%) in 1977 to 182 (16.07%) in 2018 and observed good progress in …

Digital Information Literacy Among The Engineering Students: A Survey, Rajender Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper describes the level of digital information literacy among engineering students of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra affiliated Institutes (Ganpati Institute of Technology & Management, Shivalik Institute of Engineering & Technology and Swami Devi Dyal Institute of Engineering and Technology). In this study, an attempt has been made to know the information literacy competency among the students. A questionnaire was prepaired for data collection and distributed among students of each Institute. The response rate was 90% (42 from GITM, 47 from SIET and 46 from SDDIET). The result of the study shows that email is the most indispensable source of information …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Research Publications Of Bldea’S V P Dr.P.G.Halakatti College Of Engineering And Technology, Vijayapur, Karnataka, M M. Bachalapur, Jayaprakash G. Hugar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper carried out the bibliometric analysis of research publications published by the BLDEA’s V P Dr.P.G.Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayapur for the period from 2001 to 2019. In this period, 156 research articles were published and indexed in Scopus bibliographical citation databases. It examines the year wise publications, the annual distribution of publications, author productivity, etc. Analysis found that, the publications raised from 0.64%to 18.59% publications from the year 2001 to 2019 and observed good progress in scholarly publications. Highest citations 324 are received just from 3 publications in the year 2008. More number of scholarly publications …

Highly Cited Works In Covid-19 - The Global Perspective, Senthamilselvi .. A. Asst.Professor, Surulinathi .. M. Asst.Professor, Sankaralingam .. R. Librarian, Jayasuriya .. T. Student

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Research papers published covid-19 during 1989-2020 and cited at least 100 times. It is founded that 72 countries contributed a total 1000 highly cited research publications and received 227766 Citations (Average Citation Per Articles is 227.766 and Cited References 51830). United States of America (USA) topped in the table with highest citations (86603) for 432 publications followed by China with 83829 citations for 280 Publications, United Kingdom (UK) with 29372 citations for 122 publications. It is also important to note that the top 8 countries have more than 10,000 citations that include Netherlands, Germany, Canada, France, and Saudi Arabia. …

The Archival Knowledge And Practices Of Academic Librarians In A Private University, Sheryll D. Barut, David A. Cabonero

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Archivists are managing a large amount of information every day. Hence, the basic foundation of archival philosophy is understanding the nature of archives and manuscripts and that an archivist or a librarian should manage the collections to properly preserve corporate memory. This study used the descriptive methods of research using survey questionnaire to: 1) determine the extent of knowledge and practices of academic librarians on the ten domains based on RA 9470 namely: a) scope, interpretation, and objectives; b) functions of the University Archives; c) structure and staffing pattern; d) management of archival records; e) transparency of transactions and access …

Strengthening Democracy With Information: An Assessment Of Rural Dwellers’ Political Information Behavior, Muhammad Asif Naveed

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study explored political information behavior of citizens residing in a rural setting from the district of Toba Tek Singh, Punjab-Pakistan. Qualitative research design using an unstructured interview guide was employed to conduct this research. Face-to-face interviews of 51 participants, selected through purposive sampling process, were conducted for data collection by visiting their homes using local language. Each participant was informed of his responses at the end of the interview for data verification and authentication. Each interview was carefully recorded and transcribed. Using thematic analysis, the verbal data were analyzed and multiple responses were grouped together and reduced into ‘information …

Spartan Daily, September 30, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 17

Research Practice And Productivity On Electronic Resources In India: Scientometrics Study Based On Scopus Database, Mohammad Rafiqur Rahman, Dr.V.P Khare

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper aims to examine research practice and performance on the electronics resources in India during the year 2011 to 2020 on different parameters namely yearly research growth, relative growth rate and doubling time, forms of research, most prolific authors and Institutions, Collaborative country, degree of collaboration, and funding agency etc. The data of the current research paper about electronic resources indexed in the Scopus database have been retrieved. The records with topic search (includes Title, Abstract, Keywords and Keywords Plus) “Electronic resources” were extracted. MS Excel and VOS viewer have analyzed these data. The search result shows that a …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Research Productivity On Diabetes Modeling And Artificial Pancreas 2001 To 2020, Karim A. Jabali, Murtaza Ashiq, Shakil Ahmad, Shafiq Ur Rehman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The prevalence of diabetes apparently increases all over the world. Thus, significant research works have been carried out in all aspects of the disease to control and mitigate its effects. Many researchers looked to the disease as a biomedical control engineering problem where the main task is identifying the model that can be used to mimic the healthy person's metabolism and therefore relieving the lives of millions of diabetics. This work aims to explore the dynamics of the produced scientific research in the area of diabetes modeling and control from a bibliometric method. In this work, a comprehensive bibliometric analysis …

Spartan Daily, September 29, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 16

Message Appeals On An Instagram Account Promoting Seat Belt Use That Attract Adolescents And Young Adults: Elaboration-Likelihood Perspective Study, Ni Zhang, Stacy A. Drake, Kele Ding

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Background:
Adolescents and young adults demonstrate the highest rate of unrestrained motor vehicle fatalities, making the promotion of seat belt restraint a priority for public health practitioners. Because social media use among adolescents and young adults has proliferated in recent years, it is critical to explore how to use this tool to promote seat belt use among this population. Social media posts can contain various types of information within each post and this information can be communicated using different modalities.
Objective:
In this study, based on the elaboration likelihood model, we aimed to examine how adolescents and young adults reacted …

Spartan Daily, September 23, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 14

Spartan Daily, September 22, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 13

Spartan Daily, September 17, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 12

Key Factors Influencing The Adoption Of Cloud Computing Technology In The Medical Sciences University Libraries, Rogheyeh Eskrootchi, Masoumeh Khalil Arjmandi, Mostafa Langarizadeh, Mayank Yuvaraj

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose- The aim of this study is to prioritize the key factors influencing the adoption of Cloud Computing Technology in the Medical Sciences University libraries.

Design/ methodology/ approach- Firstly, criteria, effective dimensions and factors in implementing cloud computing technology in medical libraries were recognized through literature review integrated with the field experts’ interview. Then, exploratory factor analysis using SPSS was applied to reduce the number of factors to constitute a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire and administered to 150 people. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was utilized, and data was collected through pairwise comparisons questionnaire that was distributed among 20 experts in …

Spartan Daily, September 16, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 11

Spartan Daily, September 15, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 10

Sjsu Erfa Board Minutes, September 14, 2020, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

SJSU ERFA Minutes

SJSU ERFA Executive Board Minutes

September 14, 2020

Authorship And Collaboration Pattern In Indian Journal Of Anaesthesia During 2010-2019: An Evaluative Study, Anjuma Saikia As, Utpal Saikia Us

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

This evaluative study analyses the authorship and collaborative research activity in Indian Journal of Anaesthesia for the period of 2010-2019.The collected data are examined with the help of Collaboration Coefficient, Authorship Pattern and Activity Index. Total 2274 articles published during the study period, out of which four authored articles are highest, which is 661.During the 10 years’ period, the multi- authorship articles are gradually increased than solo research. The study reveals that the researcher in Anaesthesia are more fond of team research than individual research. In the study it has been found that the average collaboration index is 3.37, …

Information Dissemination During Covid-19 And Lockdown: The Role Of University Libraries Of Sindh, Pakistan, Sadia Ishtiaq Ms, Naveed Sehar, Attya Shahid

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Universities librarians play vital and varied roles in the life of the university, guiding students and faculty at the reference desk, instructing library research sessions, and developing library collections. It is a truism to say that librarians in all sectors of an academic library wear many different hats and provide numerous services to patrons. This research paper seeks to investigate the role of university libraries in this outbreak situation. The novel virus COVID-19 discovered as a global pandemic. This contagious virus changed the working Style tradition to online because of the shutdown of all activities of life. The main objective …

Global Scientific Research On Coronavirus : A Scientometric Study, Pooja P. Dadhe, Manju N. Dubey

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

To understand the global research trend of the scientific publication on coronavirus, this scientometric study was carried out for the period 2002 to 2019 based on scientometric indicators such as growth of publication, productive authors and institutions, collaboration among authors and institutions, the hotspot of research area and the citation pattern. A total of 8541 records downloaded from PubMed formed the dataset for the study and were analysed using Bibexcel and VOSviewer. The findings reveal that the research on coronavirus was noticeable but it was not significant. A correlation between the number of publications and emergence of SARS in 2002 …

Research Productivity And Citation Impact Of S.C. Sharma As Seen Through The Scopus Database, N Vasantha Raju, N.S. Harinarayana

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study presented the bibliometric analysis of Sharma’s research publications as found in the Scopus database. The study presents the publication profile of Sharma in terms of the number of papers published, top journals where Sharma has published his research papers frequently, subject area, author collaborations, and institutional collaboration and so on. The study also analyzes the research impact through citations count, highly cited papers and h-index. VOSviewer, a software tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks, was used to visualize the co-author collaborations, country collaborations and keyword analysis. A comparative analysis of the Scopus and the Google Scholar indicates …

Bibliometrics Of Covid-19 Publications In First Three Months Of 2020, Anil Kumar Siwach

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper is an attempt to analyze the publications on COVID-19, an infectious disease which has been declared a pandemic by WHO. The publications during Jan-March 2020 have been selected for the study that has been indexed in Scopus database till March 31, 2020. It was found that during this span of three months, 884 documents have been published on COVID-19 in the form of articles, news, letters, notes, editorials, reviews, short surveys and erratum. These documents received a total of 2603 citations and six documents received even more than 100 citations. China has contributed maximum documents and Huazhong University …

Social Media Use And The Challenges Of Information Dissemination During Emergencies: Experience Of Library And Information Scientists On Covid-19 In Nigeria, Saheed Abiola Hamzat, Dumebi Otulugbu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Corona virus is a form of respiratory ailment that ravaged human health and social interaction. Since its emergence and subsequent spread to various countries of the world, various governments, organisations, agencies and individuals have been making frantic efforts to curtail the disease using different media. Prominent among the media being used is social media. However, the preliminary investigation of the researchers indicated that the social media are being wrongly used to disseminate information on the emergence, causes, prevention and curtailment of the disease particularly in a developing country like Nigeria. The need to address these challenges and to drum home …

Mentoring For Capacity Building Of Librarians In Private Universities In South West Nigeria, Omobolanle Seri Fasola, Philomena Abieyuwa Mamudu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper examined mentoring of librarians for capacity building in private universities in Nigeria. The survey research method was used with questionnaire formulated in line with the research questions put forward. The total enumeration method was used to select librarians and library officers in selected private universities in South-West Nigeria. Data was analyzed using frequency count and statistical mean. Findings revealed that the most prevalent strategy for mentoring practiced in libraries in private universities was senior professionals sharing their wealth of knowledge with younger ones (97.2%). This was aided by the fact that younger inexperienced librarians sought advice from more …

Spartan Daily, September 10, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 9

Spartan Daily, September 9, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 8