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Evaluative Study Of Ph. D. Lis Dissertations Of Pakistani Library & Information Science Schools, Syed Habib Akhter Jaffri, Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Tariq Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main objectives of the study were to acquire knowledge about the Information Sources used in LIS Doctoral research, to explore the use of impact factor research sources in their research productivity, to find out the used Pakistani journals fall in HEC criteria (W, X, Y, Z), to know the citation style which is mostly used and to know the geographical affiliations of journals and other resources. This research deals with Quantitative research design, in this research. Researchers used statistical methods with help of an excel sheet to check the sources used by Ph.D. researchers. Sources of Journals, books, theses, …

Critical Issues In Cataloging And Classifying Arabic Books: A Case Study By Abdrahman Atanda Moustapha (Cln, Nla) & Raihanat Ahmad (Ala), Abdrahman Atanda Moustapha, Raihanat Ahmad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Cataloging of Arabic materials in the library has posed great challenges for librarians especially the cataloguers who define the access factors to facilitate easy retrieval. The main hassle in cataloging Arabic books is identifying the part of a set of nouns and adjectives for the main entry selection. Usually, in an Arabic name, the name of his father or ancestors may be included with some adjective or one which suggests the area of birth. Catalogers also face different issues with cataloging Arabic books in terms of the duration of the writer's name, the reversal of the call, the authors with …

The Information Analysis And The Review Of Research Results As A Source Of Knowledge For The Mapping Of Advanced Research (Bibliometric Analysis Of The Research On The Citarum River), Cipta Endyana, Hanny Hafiar, Jimi Narotama Mahameruaji

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Electronic resources, particularly journal literature, have become a major element of library collections around the world. One of them is a collection of articles that are indexed in the indexing portal. There have been several publications related to the research results on the Citarum River. The Citarum River is one of the rivers that has an important role for the people in West Java Province, Indonesia. The published articles have been indexed on the Garuda portal, which is the national index for scientific articles. However, the research results in the form of scientific publications have not been mapped integratively. So …

Growth And Impact Of Scholarly Contributions For Sp University: A Bibliometric Analysis, Pradip Patel, Atul Bhatt

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Qualitative analysis of bibliographic datasets becomes advantageous to individuals and institutions since the high weightage of ‘research’ enunciated in assessment ranking or gradation framework. Out of the various existing methods ‘bibliometric methods’ applied in the current study for quantitative examination of research output to measure productivity and performance. A total of 1690 Bibliographic records consulted of Sardar Patel University (SPU) published during the year 2009-2018 retrieved from the Scopus indexing database. To validate the objectives i.e. to determine chronological growth, authorship pattern, core sources for research communication, and influence of productivity by citations received, various indicators, and indices and bibliometric …

Research Output Of Area Studies Center, For Russia, China And Central Asia, Pakistan; A Bibliometric Analyses Of Mphil And Phd Research Work Of Last Thirty Eight Years, Abid Hussain, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Ibrahim, Zeeshan Khan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper attempts to present the bibliometric attributes of the doctoral /postgraduate dissertations/theses submitted to Area Study Center for Russia, China and Central Asia University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Study covers thirty eight Years of productivity ranges from 1981 to the end of the 2019. The objective of the study was to examine the research productively of the Doctoral and Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) Theses of the Center. The primary investigation explored that a total of Eighty Two PhD and Thirty Three MPhil Theses were submitted by the scholars. The gender of the scholars was male dominate; over female. Only 1.74% …

Youtube: The New Age Marketing Strategy For Library Services, Victor Sorna Prabhu A, Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In the 21st century, people show much interested in audiovisuals than that in printed materials. At the turn of this era, videos became popular as students started spending more time with audiovisuals. Put differently; people most likely prefer YouTube to Google. Although Google appears to be the famous search engine, as of 2015, YouTube has been more popular than Google. To supply videos, YouTube has still been the most used website. The present study explores the impact of YouTube on students, YouTube usage by students at college. It explains the conversion of YouTube features into innovative marketing strategies for the …

Toward A Ubiquitous Learning Media: Encouraging Understanding By Virtual Reality-Based Learning, Idris Idris, Agus Purnomo, Bayu Kurniawan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The use of mainstream media is no longer attractive to students. They enjoy more and are more enthusiastic about virtual learning which provides the greatest possible opportunity for direct contact or as if to experience directly the object of the material being studied. This study aimed to develop an Android-based application with virtual reality (VR) in the material kingdom and Hindu-Buddhist heritage (SijarVi-information system of virtual reality-based learning). This product was intended to provide anti-mainstream learning media, which provides opportunities for students to be directly involved and see directly the object being studied. This development used research and development method …

Ethnicity In Nigeria In Post Colonial Era And Implications For Reader-Centred Library Collections, Frances Jumoke Oloidi, Leonard Ilechukwu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The existing information and researches on the causes, challenges, and solution on ethnic issues in Nigeria’s post colonial era holds some implications for creating a reader-centred library collection. This paper focuses on ethnicity in Nigeria and the challenges of integration and unity and its implications for reader-centred library collections. Nigeria is the most diverse in terms of ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious differences, just as it is the most populous in Africa. Nigeria embodies all the challenges which ethnic cleavages posed to post-colonial societies anywhere in the world. The article traces the causes, challenges and proffer solutions to ethnicity to …

Web Impact Factor And Link Analysis Of Central University Websites Of North Eastern States Of India, Ridip Lahkar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was conducted to observe the websites of Ten Central Universities situated in the north-eastern states of India and find out the three different Web Impact Factors viz. Simple, Revived & External Web Impact Factors of the websites under study. This paper shows the status of those websites finding out different number of hyperlinks to and from the websites. The paper also shows how the numbers of webpages in a websites as compared to the number of different links plays huge role in the utility of the website.

Indicators And Perspectives Of Bibliodiversity In The Spanish Publishing Sector, Jesús I. Rivas-García, Marta Magadán-Díaz

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In the absence of research aimed to measure the bibliodiversity of the Spanish publishing sector through indicators, the general objective of this work is to determine quantitatively whether the Spanish publishing sector is bibliodiverse. The specific goals are the following: a) analyze those necessary conditions to promote bibliodiversity, b) identify the main variables that conform bibliodiversity, and c) measure the degree of bibliodiversity. From the study of the contributions of the academic literature, this research forms an analysis model with the main necessary conditions of the bibliodiversity of the Spanish publishing sector: deconcentration, digital transformation, and glocalization. After reflecting on …

A Study On The Structuralism And Post Structuralism In Library And Information Science, Sukanya Mandal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study is aimed that the investigating the implementation of the concept of structuralism, post-structuralism for giving a new dimension of Library & Information Science Education. The philosophical theory of post structuralism, post modernism and also structuralism given by Michel Foucault and Ferdinand de Saussure. It is relatively unknown to study the philosophical viewpoint in LIS. The principles and importance of post-structuralism and structuralism have a very important role in the field of the modern library, information study, information management and profession.

Strategies Adopted By Library Science Research Scholars To Cope With Challenges In Dissertation-Writing, Sana Ul Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Naeem

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The objective of this study was to explore the strategies adopted by Library and Information Science (LIS) Postgraduate M. Phil. and Ph.D. Students to cope with challenges in dissertation-writing. Firstly, an in-depth analysis of the relevant literature was done. A quantitative approach followed by a survey research design was followed to meet the set objective of the study. The population of the study was 98 research scholars of which 72 were enrolled in M.Phil. Program and 26 in Ph.D. Program. The findings of the study show that researchers face several problems during dissertation writing and they adopt different strategies to …

The Library As An Inspiring Space For Learning And Innovation, Noor Abutayeh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Managing the modern library means seizing upon this technological and cultural shift, and transforming these challenges into positive opportunities. The success of this evolution will be contingent on the creation of inspiring and attractive services for libraries’ collections, activities, and spaces. Thus, this study seeks to investigate these new inspiring services and non-traditional activities through the web portals of libraries from different countries all around the world. The research follows the documentary approach based on subject-related studies, and navigating libraries’ web portals, to determine their activities. The study focused on many concepts related to innovative services, sustainable information development and …

Measuring Information Literacy (Il) Skills Among University Research Scholars: A Case Study Of Gc University Lahore, Khurram Shahzad, Shakeel Ahmad Khan Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

Purpose:

The major goal of this study was to measure the Information Literacy (IL) skills of Research Scholars engaged in research-based tasks at GC University Lahore (the most historical educational institution of Pakistan).

Design/Methodology/Approach:

A survey method was applied in this study. The population of the study consisted of the students of the Faculties of Arts & Social Sciences, Life Sciences, and Languages Sample of the study was based upon only those students who were doing research-related activities in Hons., Masters, M. Phil., and Ph. D. Programs. The purposive Sampling Technique was applied to gather data from the participants. …

Human Rights In Nigeria And The Implications Of Human Rights Education For Resource Collection By Libraries, Nkechinyere Omumu Anyadike, Stephen Tochukwu Nwachukwu, Joseph O. Wogu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper theorizes the concept of human rights as contextually determinable and posits that the potency of the empirical trajectories of such rights is setting-dependent. The methodology of the presentation is logical argumentation and the theoretical framework is the interest theory of rights. The West African state of Nigeria has been chosen for the discussion. The paper’s thesis is that human rights milieus are expandable. The normative designs of the work necessitate framing the illustrations on a nation state. This paper also underscores the roles of libraries as institutions for expanding access to human rights education and resource collection on …

Digital Content Collection Development: A Case Study Of The Asian Cultural Documentation Center, Hamidreza Radfar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The growth and influence of cyberspace in people's daily lives and their efforts to access valuable digital content is evident. Therefore, the issue of how to prepare, produce and develop digital content is also of great importance. The purpose of this study is how the Asian Cultural Documentation Center (ACDC) prepares, produces and develops different types of digital content according to its goals and missions. The present research has been done by descriptive survey method with a case study approach. The results show that the ACDC still does not use an intelligent system to assess the needs of the audience. …

Rare Materials In Special Libraries Of Ahmedabad, Dr. Rakesh Parmar, Namrata Hitesh Kamdar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Library with Rare books, manuscripts, and special collections which are the treasures of cultural heritage are not getting as much importance as virtual and digital libraries are getting in the current era of Information technology and information explosion. The libraries with rare collections in fact are more difficult to maintain and needs much more care and attention to preserve our ancient culture and knowledge. This paper aims to summarize the conditions of libraries with rare collections in Ahmedabad and efforts needed to maintain and popularizing the usage of their collection

The Importance Of Parent's Literacy Understanding Towards Children Reading Habits, Naufal Ahmad Rijalul Alam

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study reveals the importance of parent’s literacy understanding towards children reading habits. By using a qualitative phenomenology approach and taking five Indonesian respondents who have children aged 6 to 12 years who are attending the Dutch basis school. this study concludes that the understanding of literacy which is owned by parents is very important as a mediator for the development and formation of children's reading habits. Indeed, parents able to choose good reading books, provide appropriate reading time, to use reading sources, whether printed books or using digital sources such as laptops or computers. In addition, by getting used …

Metatheme Analysis: A Qualitative Method For Cross-Cultural Research, Amber Wutich, Melissa Beresford, Cindi Sturtzsreetharan, Alexandra Brewis, Sarah Trainer, Jessica Hardin

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

In recent years, there has been a florescence of cross-cultural research using ethnographic and qualitative data. This cutting-edge work confronts a range of significant methodological challenges, but has not yet addressed how thematic analysis can be modified for use in cross-cultural ethnography. Thematic analysis is widely used in qualitative and mixed-methods research, yet is not currently well-adapted to cross-cultural ethnographic designs. We build on existing thematic analysis techniques to discuss a method to inductively identify metathemes (defined here as themes that occur across cultures). Identifying metathemes in cross-cultural research is important because metathemes enable researchers to use systematic comparisons to …

Centrality Of Youth Engagement In Media Involvement, Yoshitaka Iwasaki

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Contextualized within the popularity of new media, youth engagement is a very important concept in the practice of public involvement. Guided by the current literature on youth engagement and media studies, this chapter examines the key engagement-related notions involving youth and media usage. Being informed by a variety of case studies on youth engagement through the use of media within various contexts globally, the chapter discusses the opportunities and challenges of engaging youth through media involvement. The specific notions covered in this chapter include (1) the role of “hybrid” media in youth engagement, (2) “intersectionality” illustrating the diversity of youth …

The Dialectic Of Presence And Interpretation In Everyday Aesthetics: Applying Heidegger And Gumbrecht To A Walk In One’S Neighborhood, Thomas Leddy

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Gumbrecht’s Heidegger-inspired book, Production of Presence, provides valuable tools for resolving issues in everyday aesthetics. Gumbrecht distinguishes between “presence cultures” and “interpretation cultures.” (Gumbrecht 2004) We live in an interpretation culture, and yet even in our culture there are presence effects. Gumbrecht understands aesthetic experience in terms of the idea of presence. His paradigms are great works of art and great athletic events, all of which take us away from the everyday. I argue that his theory can be adapted, ironically, to everyday aesthetics, in particular to the experience of taking a walk. Much of what we experience aesthetically while …

The Use Of Open Educational Resources For Research By Postgraduate History Students, Frances Jumoke Oloidi, Hero Usiomoefo Obasuyi, Ogechukwu Vivian Amanambu, Blessing Chisom Umeano

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Open educational resources are freely accessible materials for research, teaching and learning available on public domains at no-cost to readers, students and teachers and are published under open licenses. This study investigated the extent of use of open educational resources for research by postgraduate history students in selected federal universities in Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design to study a purposive sample of 135 postgraduate history students. A questionnaire was used for data collection. The statistical analysis was done using independent sample t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of this study showed that there is adequate …

The Use Of Print Journals In Kashim Ibrahim Library For Research By Postgraduate Students In Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Ayuba Ubale Sa'ad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

This study is on the use of print journals in Kashim Ibrahim Library for research by postgraduate students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. To achieve the objectives of the study, five research questions were formulated and were answered. It examined among others; level of awareness of the available print journals in Kashim Ibrahim Library to the Postgraduate students, accessible of the print journals in Kashim Ibrahim Library to the Postgraduate students, relevancy of the print journals in Kashim Ibrahim Library to the Postgraduate Students, level of use of the print journals in Kashim Ibrahim Library by the Postgraduate students …

Role Of Libraries In Preservation And Accessibility Of Indigenous Knowledge: A Study Of University Libraries In Northeast India, Jangkhohao Hangshing, Bikika Laloo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The significance of Indigenous knowledge and its role are being recognized worldwide today. However there is the grave danger of its extinction due to internal and external factors. That the preservation of indigenous knowledge is a pertinent and urgent matter is being acknowledged by the stakeholders – indigenous communities, researchers and libraries alike. Print and Digital preservation in the library are among the best means for managing information including indigenous knowledge. This study reports results of a study on challenges in digital management and accessibility of indigenous knowledge in select university libraries of Northeast India. It found that though …

Subject Headings List For Filipino Cultural Literature And Studies: The Case Of An Academic Library, Pacita P. Sugando, David A. Cabonero

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aimed to determine the status, describe the importance, and identify the challenges encountered by catalogers, specifically on the subject authority files for Filipino cultural literature and studies at the University of Baguio (UB) Libraries. The study used a quantitative method to determine the status, importance, and challenges on the subject authority files using a researcher-made questionnaire and a qualitative method to analyze the existing subject headings used in the OPAC to reflect the local subject headings. The catalogers validated the use of local terms as subject headings through an interview. The primary respondents were the 13 librarians of …

Predicting Question Deletion And Assessing Question Quality In Social Q&A Sites Using Weakly Supervised Deep Neural Networks, Souvick Ghosh

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Community question answering (CQA) sites, which use the power of collective knowledge, have emerged as popular destinations for complex and personalized questions that require human-human interactions and multiple rounds of clarifications between the asker and the answerer. In this paper, we undertook a threefold task: First, we developed a deep neural network model to automatically predict the questions that are likely to be deleted by the moderators. Second, we hypothesized that there exists a relationship between the question quality and its probability of being deleted by the forum moderators. We developed a deep model using deleted questions and used it …

"Do Users Need Human-Like Conversational Agents?" - Exploring Conversational System Design Using Framework Of Human Needs, Souvick Ghosh, Satanu Ghosh

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The fascinating story of human evolution can be attributed to our ability to speak, write, and communicate complex thoughts. When researchers envision a perfect, artificially intelligent conversational system, they want the system to be human-like. In other words, the system should converse with the same intellect and cognition as humans. Now, the question which we need to ask is if we need a human-like conversational system? Before we engage in the complex endeavor of implementing human-like characteristics, we should debate if the pursuit of such a system is logical and ethical. We analyze some of the system-level characteristics and discuss …

Lost In Translation: What Linguistic Measurements Best Measure Text Quality Of Online Listings, Yang Sun, Shaonan Tian, Ming Zhou

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Ecommerce websites are filled with international sellers. Product descriptions on these sites are often written in English by non-native speakers. Linguistic imperfections in these descriptions confuse consumers, which may further attenuate their purchase intentions. How descriptive quality/efficacy can be defined and then improved shall be of great interest to all sellers and their consumers. In this research, we attempt to evaluate online product description quality using lexical measurements from linguistics studies. Linguistics measurements of writing quality were mostly developed in pure academic settings. We test and analyze these measurements' applicability in defining and contrasting business description quality using Amazon.com data. …

Typology Emerges From Simplicity In Representations And Learning, Dakotah Lambert, Jonathan Rawski, Jeffrey Heinz

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

We derive well-understood and well-studied subregular classes of formal languages purely from the computational perspective of algorithmic learning problems. We parameterise the learning problem along dimensions of representation and inference strategy. Of special interest are those classes of languages whose learning algorithms are necessarily not prohibitively expensive in space and time, since learners are often exposed to adverse conditions and sparse data. Learned natural language patterns are expected to be most like the patterns in these classes, an expectation supported by previous typological and linguistic research in phonology. A second result is that the learning algorithms presented here are completely …

Exploring The Impact Of Field-Based Supervision Practices In Teaching For Social Justice, Detra Price-Dennis, Erica Colmenares

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The purpose of this study is to understand how field-based supervisory practices support preservice teachers’ conceptualizations of reflective practice, curriculum inquiry, and social justice-oriented pedagogies. Moving away from the more traditional supervisory triad model (e.g., preservice student--cooperating teacher--university supervisor), our qualitative investigation examined five supervisory practices: formal observation, Lesson Study, video debriefs/observations, guided observations, and participation in Intellectual Learning Communities (ILCs). Through a case study of two preservice teachers, this study highlights how these supervisory practices helped support preservice teachers’ notions of reflective practice and curriculum inquiry but did not deepen their notions of social justice and inclusivity.