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The Role Of Librarians In Health Information Provision For Depression Reduction, Julie Enamen Ilogho, Amos Alao Professor, Olujide Adekeye Professor, Abiodun Gesinde Professor, Susan Adeusi Dr, Ben Agoha Dr, Jerome Idiegbeyan-Ose Dr, Goodluck Ifijeh, Odaro Osayande, Roland Izuagbe

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper examined the role of information provision by librarians for the healthcare of depressed and non-depressed people. The objectives examined include: identifying the factors causing depression, examination of various ways in which librarians support healthcare givers and care of the depressed people with useful information. A literature search was carried out using online databases and general google search (Sciencedirect, Scopus, Jstor and Google Scholar, Jstor and general google search). The paper concludes that provision of relevant, accurate and current information promotes greater awareness and understanding among the depressed and delivery of quality healthcare. The paper recommends that government should …

Does The Gender Influence The Reading Habits, Preferences And Attitudes Of School Students? : A Case Study, Ramasamy K Dr., Padma P (Dr.)

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study aims at investigating the effect of gender on the reading habits, reading preferences and attitudes towards reading among the school students. Survey research with a well-structured questionnaire was employed by the researchers. Five matriculation schools of Madurai City, Tamil Nadu State, India are the unit of study. The secondary and higher secondary students form the sample of the study. Out of 250 questionnaires distributed, 200 duly filled questionnaires were received back. The study reveals that : More boys than girls prefer non-fiction, prefer science fiction, crime and fantasy stories, prefer biographies and autobiographies and essays, spend 1-2 …

The Social Construction Of Digital Multimedia Technology And Creation Of Political Hyper-Realities In Indonesia And Malaysia, Basa Alim Tuelaka, Burhan Bungin

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The development of media technology nowadays displays rapid progress, particularly the mainstream media that is developing towards digital media, which makes the social construction power even more flawless. This progress is very beneficial to the development of society, but it can also be used by political interests for control over powers. Against their political opponents, political parties can use this advanced mass media technology to attack and block off counterattacks through social construction or deconstruction. This study uses a narrative qualitative approach and interview method, by interviewing the informants to explore the understanding of the social construction of media in …

Library Services For The Visually Impaired: Case Study Of Academic Libraries In Ghana, Imoro Osman, Paulina Nana Yaa Kwafoa

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The library has always been acknowledged as the hub of information to all in the academic environment. However, library services for the visually impaired in developing countries is often constrained due to social, financial and logistical challenges (Rowland, 2008; Hopkins, 2000; Willoughby, 1990). This study therefore examined the provision of library services for the visually impaired in three public universities in Ghana. The study adopted both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the quantitative aspect of the study whiles case study research design was used for the qualitative aspect of the study. The population …

An Assessment Of Health Information Literacy Among Rural Women In Delta State, Nigeria, Onome Norah Ekoko Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background- More than 70% of Nigerian women still live in rural communities. While a lot of women in this information age can read and write, there is still a good number of women who have difficulty with reading and writing skills. However, information about the health information literacy of rural women in Delta State is inadequate.

Objectives- This study aimed at investigating the health information literacy of rural women in Delta State, Nigeria. This was done by assessing the functional, communicative and critical health literacy competencies of the women.

Methods- The survey method was adopted for the …

A Study On The Transformation Of South East Nigerian’S Academic Society Through Library And Information Science Education, Emmanuel Chidiadi Onwubiko

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This is an empirical study on the transformation of South-East Nigeria’s academic society through library and information science education (LISE). The main objective of this study is to find out current library and information science educational procedure in SE Nigeria as to determining how it holistically prepare potential librarians towards the changes that are taking place in our academic environment and the world as a whole. The research employed a descriptive survey design with a sampled population of 980 LIS students derived through total enumerative sampling technique from four accredited universities- Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU); Imo State University, Owerri …

Webometric Analysis Of Open Access Institutional Digital Repositories In Southern Asia, Subhas Chandra Majhi, Rajesh Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Website is the face of an organization or institution. This webometrics Analysis is important idea on the Institutional Digital Repositories (IDR) in Southern Asia. This paper presents to highlight the Digital Items/Total Titles with various scores and Web ranking of the IDR in Southern Asia. Google.com and SocScibot4 are Use for data collection and designing self-link, in-link, external link and mapping visualization of this sites. In this study, a selected search engine (Google) is used to find out the number of link webpages in each IDR in Southern Asia with different types of links i.e. hyperlinks (self-link, in-link and external …

Exploring Reading Interests Of College Students Of University Of Delhi, Deepti Khatri, Paramjeet K. Walia

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated the reading interests of undergraduate students of select colleges affiliated to University of Delhi by studying the various aspects of reading interests and habits such as reading likeness, preference for various categories of information, purpose of reading, preference for fiction and non-fiction books and time spent on various activities per day.The structured questionnaires were distributed to get the responses from male and female respondents of different disciplines. The collected data was analysed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science, Version-25) applying different statistical tests i.e. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Brown-Forsythe and Welch test and Weighted …

Screening, Interviews, Selection Processes And Its Effect On Job Performance Of Librarians In Federal University Libraries In South-South, Nigeria, Ufuoma Eruvwe, Charles Obiora Omekwu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated Screening, Interviews, Selection Processes and Its Effects on job Performance of librarians in federal university libraries in South-South, Nigeria. The study adopted the correlation research design. Four (4) research questions and three (3) hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised 108 academic librarians in the six Federal universities spread across the six states of South-South, Nigeria. The entire 108 questionnaires was administered to the respondents, only 95 was filled and returned, and was used for the study because the entire population size was manageable. The overall reliability of the instrument yielded 0.95 with the …

The Role Of University Library For Enhanced University-Industry Relationship, Charles Nwabueze Chukwuji, Ebere Celestina Umeji

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

University system is the soul of the society due to the society’s dependence on it for direction. The two has a symbiotic relationship. They are expected to solve society’s problems through provision of knowledgeable and well behaved individuals, high level skilled manpower for the workforce and also researches and innovations The University Library is vested with the responsibility of providing needed information materials to achieve this. In developing countries like Nigeria, employers of labour often complain of the un-employability of our university graduates as well as research results not being adopted by industries. A poor university-industry linkage is evident in …

Thirty Years Research Output On Rural Women Entrepreneurship: A Bibliometric Analysis Of Publications (1989-2018), Seema Parmar, Suman Ghalawat

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is an effort to highlights the growth of literature on rural women entrepreneurship from 1989 to 2018. Data was taken from a leading indexing database Scopus. A total number of 188 articles on the topic were explored in different type of published documents. The results shows that research output on rural women entrepreneurship was increased gradually from 7 in 2011 to 16 in 2015 and 25 in 2018. A continuous increase in literature was recorded from first decade to the latest decade. Majority of publications (19.14%) received at least once citations followed by 18.08 % received 6 …

Evaluation Of Occupational Burnout In Clinical Nurses And Emergency Technicians In Shahroud County, Hossein Ebrahimi, Mahdi Sadeghi, Arash Mohammad Seydabadi, Reza Mohammadpourhodki

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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Highly challenging and unpredictable conditions in clinical setting impose excessive psychological pressure on employees who are working in these sectors. Such conditions can lead to serious consequences such as occupational burnout. This study aimed to determine the level of occupational burnout in clinical nurses and emergency technicians. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 154 clinical nurses and 114 emergency technicians in 2015. In this study we used two data collection tools including Maslach burnout Inventory and a demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and independent t-test.The majority of employees in both groups had a moderate level …

Knowledge Sharing Channels Used By Medical Students In Pakistan, Ghulam Murtaza Rafique, Mumtaz Ali Anwar Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: This study aimed at exploring the preferred and effective communication channels used by medical students, and the reasons for choosing these for knowledge sharing (KS).

Method: A survey questionnaire was used to collect the data from voluntarily participated 194 undergraduate medical students selected by proportional stratified simple random sampling technique from the University College of Medicine of The University of Lahore. A total of 149 (77%) questionnaires were returned.

Findings: Some major findings showed that the medical students mostly preferred and considered face-to-face and SMS (Short Messaging Services) effective communication channels for KS. They used these channels due to …

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

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 4

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

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 154, Issue 3

Scientometric Analysis On Scholarly Communications Of National Institute Of Mental Health And Neurosciences (Nimhans), India, Radhakrishnan Natarajan, Prabahar Ponniah Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the research publications of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) during the period 2009-2018 as reflected in Web of Science database. The results show that 1694 papers were published and gained 20158 citations. The average number of citations per paper identified is 11.89%. Neuroscience Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery are the most preferred domains to publish the articles. The global collaboration of NIMHANS is mostly with the USA, England, and Australia. The degree of collaboration is 0.99. The researchers of NIMHANS prefer to publish their papers in Indian journals. Lotka's law was tested to measure …

Global Research Productivity In Knowledge Management: An Analysis Of Scopus Database, Abdoulaye Kaba, Chennupati K. Ramaiah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main objective of this study is to investigate and analyze global research productivity in knowledge management (KM) research published from 1960 to 2017 and indexed in Scopus database. It is the first scientometric study investigating and analyzing 56 years of KM literature indexed in Scopus. The study used scientometric approach to identify and analyze bibliographic information of 63474 documents retrieved, in August 2018, from Scopus database. KM research productivity has grown from a single digit in 1960 to four digits in 2003. The results of the study indicate that, for the past 20 years (1997-2017), KM research recorded 63141 …

Acquisition And Development Of Verb/Predicate Chaining In Hebrew, Ruth Aronson Berman, Lyle Lustigman

Faculty Publications

The study considers development and use of verb/predicate chaining constructions by Hebrew speakers from early childhood to adolescence, based on analysis of authentic conversational and narrative corpora. Three types of constructions are analyzed, ordered hierarchically by degree of cohesivity and obligatoriness of chaining: (1) monoclausal complex predicates (the “extended predicates” of traditional Hebrew grammars); (2) coreferential interclausal predicate chaining; and (3) discursively motivated topic chaining. Relevant typological features of Modern Hebrew are reviewed as accounting for the absence of canonical clause chaining in the language (the paucity of non-finite constructions in everyday usage, absence of an uninflected basic form of …

Information Literacy Competencies Among Undergraduate Students Of Mysore City., Hemamalini H C, Shobha Umesh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information literacy is very important, especially in the field of education where the students required to be updated in accessing the information and knowledge required for their academic work. This is possible only with the development of information literacy competencies. With this point in view, in the present study an attempt is made to assess the Information literacy competencies among the undergraduate students of Mysore city. The main objective of the study was to determine the student’s Information literacy competencies such as, ability to access the information, ability to identify different information resources and the awareness about search strategies. The …

Open Access Social Science Journals Indexed In Doaj A Critical Analysis, Sumanta Mishra

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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Does Parenting Style Influence Children’S Use Of Social Media? Observations From A Faith-Based Secondary School, Ibadan, Nigeria, Julie Owansuan Olalere, Wole Michael Olatokun

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was designed to investigate the influence of parenting styles on children’s/wards’ use of social media at Oritamefa Baptist Model School (OBMS), Ibadan, Nigeria. The study adopted the ex-post facto research design, questionnaire was the main instrument of data collection. Two hundred and sixty-eight copies of a questionnaire were administered, out of which 240 copies were retrieved and found valid for analysis, constituting 89.5% response rate. Percentages, mean, and standard deviation were used to analyse research questions while Pearson Product Moment correlation at 0.05 level of significance was used to test the hypothesis. Findings revealed that the frequency of …

The Utilization Of Internet Resources For Learning And Research Among Students Of Taraba State University, Jalingo, Nigeria, Oberiri Destiny Apuke, Elif Asude Tunca

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The primary purpose of this work is to examine the utilization of internet resources for learning and research among students of Taraba state university. This study, which is anchored on the uses and gratification adopted a survey among 350 students. The students perceived that the lack of digital readiness among their staff and institution, the absence of electronic library for easy accessibility to journals from the scientific database, and inefficient cybercafe and internet facility within their university settings were the main issues discouraging the utilization of the internet within their institutions. Yet, they still strive to find ways through self-organization, …

Information Seeking Pattern Of School Teachers In Sri Lanka: Discovering The Associate Factors, Chamani Gunasekera, R. Balasubramani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether any association between some of the factors selected and information-seeking activities of school teachers in Sri Lanka. A survey method was adapted and a self-administered questionnaire was distributed among school teachers who work in government schools in the Kandy district, Central province of Sri Lanka. This study extended that work to examine relationships between teachers’ information seeking activities and some of their demographical, professional and environmental factors. A series of Chi-square test of independence was conducted to examine the relationship between the selected factors such as gender, age, experience and school …

Impact And User Observation Of Online Journals In Periyar University (Pu): An Empirical Study, Chandran Velmurugan Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper has made an attempt to investigate the usage and impact of electronic journals or online journals among the users such as postgraduate students, MPhil scholars, and Ph.D.researchcandidates from the department of School of Social Sciences at Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu, India. It foundforthe analysis the filled questionnaires rate was 83% and also found among the four departments, Journalism and Mass Communication department has got ranked first with 24% to fill the questionnaire. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the impact and utilization of electronic journals that are provided by the University Library to the user …

Digital Literacy Education Training Model For Youth, Hana Silvana, Ninis Agustini Damayani, Dian Wardiana Sjuhro, Prahastiwi Utari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research aims to the description of developing literacy digital education for youth. This study uses a qualitative approach with a case study method. The subject research is youth internet users age between 17 – 25 years old. Youth are digital natives who use the internet range 3 hours until 7 hours a day. Digital literacy training consists of several stages following the model used. The first stage is related to knowledge about mass media. Participants initially have no knowledge related to digital and technology literacies. Theoretical knowledge is given so that participants have a similar understanding of the topics. …

Effect Of Organizational Characters On Ict Adoption In University Libraries In West Bengal, India, Dr Sambit Kumar Hazra

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study tries to investigate the effect of organizational characteristics on ICT adoption in the University libraries in west Bengal. Organizational character based on resource based theory. A survey method is applied to gather data and came to the conclusion that organizational location has no effect on ICT adoption in the university libraries in west Bengal. Study also support the fact that large organization in terms of their access to different resources stand in a better chance to adopt and use ICT successfully and top management support, head of the organizations or the higher authority support can encourage or discourage …

U.S. Fdi And Shareholder Rights Protection In Developed And Developing Economies, Vishaal Baulkaran, Nathaniel C. Lupton

Faculty Publications

We examine the impact of shareholder rights protection on U.S multinational firms’ Foreign Direct Investments (FDI). We hypothesize that the expropriation of wealth is less likely to occur in countries with strong shareholder rights and hence, these countries will attract more FDI relative to countries with weaker shareholder rights protection. We also hypothesize that this relationship will be more important for developing countries compared to developed countries. Based on an analysis of US FDI data over the period 1997-2016, we find support for our predictions. These findings emphasize the importance of institutional development for economic development, via the attraction of …

It's Complicated: The Impact Of Marriage Legalization Among Sexual Minority Women And Gender Diverse Individuals In The United States, Laurie Drabble, Angie Wootton, Cindy Veldhuis, Ellen Perry, Ellen Riggle, Karen Trocki, Tonda Hughes

Faculty Publications

This mixed-methods study explored perceptions of the impact of marriage legalization in all U.S.states among sexual minority women and gender diverse individuals. Survey data were collectedfrom a nonprobability sample of individuals 18 years or older who identified as lesbian, bisexual,queer, same-sex attracted or something other than exclusively heterosexual—as well asindividuals who identified as transgender or gender nonbinary (for example, genderqueer, transwoman, trans man, nonbinary, or gender non-conforming). The analytic sample included 418participants in an online survey who responded to open-ended questions about the perceivedimpact of marriage legalization. Qualitative analyses revealed perceptions of marriagelegalization that situated individual meanings in the context …

Transportation, Terrorism And Crime: Deterrence, Disruption And Resilience, Daniel C. Goodrich, Frances L. Edwards

Mineta Transportation Institute

Abstract: Terrorists likely have adopted vehicle ramming as a tactic because it can be carried out by an individual (or “lone wolf terrorist”), and because the skills required are minimal (e.g. the ability to drive a car and determine locations for creating maximum carnage). Studies of terrorist activities against transportation assets have been conducted to help law enforcement agencies prepare their communities, create mitigation measures, conduct effective surveillance and respond quickly to attacks.

This study reviews current research on terrorist tactics against transportation assets, with an emphasis on vehicle ramming attacks. It evaluates some of the current attack strategies, and …

Information Seeking Behavior In E-Environment: A Study Of Mass Media Professionals In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Shehzad Ahmad Dr, Sajjad Ahmad Dr, Riaz Ghafur Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: This study investigates the Information-Seeking Behavior (ISB) of mass media professionals in E-environment working in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the most important strategic area of Pakistan. To explore the perceptions of mass media professionals towards information seeking in e-environment is significant, because traditional print newspapers, radio and electronic media (TV) face a steady decline in their information sharing due to the growth of free online contents available through internet.

Research Design: A quantitative survey approach was adopted and 130 structured questionnaires were distributed and received back from the working journalists selected through snowball sampling.

Key Findings: Findings of …