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Study Culture Among College Graduate Students In Electronic Era, Sanila Aslam, Muhammad Rafiq Awan, Nusrat Ali

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Reading is the basic step for learners in education and it plays a key part in literacy and language gaining. It increases intellectual aptitude through giving new thoughts, notions and enhances vocabulary. This study attempts to examine students 'reading behavior in the electronic age and the reason for the decline towards reading. The population of the study was based on graduates’ students of public sector colleges of Lahore vicinity. A well-structured questionnaire for the survey was used for data collection. A sample of 334 students of graduate program was sampled employing proportionate random sampling technique from public sector colleges (6 …

Application Of Cloud Computing Technology For Library Re-Designing: Moving Beyond Desktop Applications, Rajender Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Cloud computing is a process that provides virtual machines to store data permanently on the web. The main goal of cloud computing is to bring system scalability. Cloud technology serves not only as a means of automation but also as a way of changing the current processes. A step towards cloud technology for library Re-designing would enable finding what users want without going to the library. Libraries could increase or decrease the resources in the cloud according to their users’ needs at a lower cost. Libraries should use cloud computing technologies to quickly respond to the diverse needs of all …

Preparing For Wildfire Evacuation And Alternatives: Exploring Influences On Residents’ Intended Evacuation Behaviors And Mitigations, Amanda M. Stasiewicz, Travis B. Paveglio

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Understanding residents' intended evacuation behaviors is an increasingly important component of managing complex wildfire events in the United States and elsewhere. Growing evidence suggests that local populations consider a range of potential evacuation behaviors during fire events, yet fewer efforts explore rural residents' evacuation intentions or their relationship to wildfire mitigations that reduce risk or aid in fire suppression. This study explores evacuation intentions among wildland-urban interface residents in Pend Oreille County, Washington, USA. We explore how mitigation performance (e.g., fuel reduction efforts, structure improvements, active firefighting preparation) differs across three emergent categories of evacuation intentions and evaluate whether a …

Information Seeking Behaviour Of Academic Staff In A Nigerian College Of Education, Okonoko Vera Ngozi, Odiachi Anwuli Rosemary, Isebe L. Marcus

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study assessed the information seeking behaviour of academic staff in the college of education, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of this study is 249 (Two hundred and Forty-Nine) full-time academic staff working in the college of education, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria. A total of 249 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the respondents and 228 (92%) copies were returned and found sufficient enough for the study. The data collected via the questionnaire were analysed using descriptive statistics (frequency count and percentage). The findings revealed that the preferred …

Bibliometric Review Of Digital Archive Research: Contemporary Status, Research Hotspots And Future Trends, Abu Ks

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Digital archiving has been practised more and more in recent years, because of its significant potentials and long-term benefits. Bibliometric based review was applied to examine the digital archive research publications from the web of science from 1989 to 2019. A total of 639 publications were obtained with a steady increase of publications every year. There were diversified research topics, which were categorized as computational aspects of digital archiving, libraries role in digital archiving and digital archiving practices in medicine. Keyword analysis highlighted the interdisciplinary approach of digital archiving practices. The study also aids in summarizing the status quo and …

Growth Of Indian Research In Science And Technology: A Scientometric Analysis, Abbas S. M, Jayaprakash G. Hugar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article carried out a Scientometric analysis of research publications published in various science and technology journals from 2011 to 2020 from India. Required data was retrieved from WoS database during the study period it provides information about the science and technology related publications from India. Especially, scientific data on the top research areas and distribution of publication collaborations in different dimensions of geography, authors, funding agencies, subjects and others.

It examines the year wise publications, annual distribution of publications, most prolific authors, authors and organisations productivity, etc. Analysis found that, highest research publications are published in the year 2019 …

Users’ Satisfaction On Library Resources And Service In Universities Affiliated Programmes In Federal Colleges Of Education In South-West, Nigeria, Adesanya Olusegun Oyeleye, Oluwafemi Segun Victor S. V.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated students’ satisfaction on the utilisation of library resources in university affiliated programmes in federal colleges of education in south-west, Nigeria. This is to reveal that effective use of library material will bring users satisfaction and in turn improve student academic achievement. The descriptive research design was adopted, while a simple random sampling method was used in selecting samples for the study. A total of 875 (485 males and 372 females) undergraduate students of universities affiliated programmes in federal colleges of education participated in the study. A structured questionnaire tagged “Questionnaire on Students’ Satisfaction and Utilisation of …

Mapping Of Research Output On Medical Waste Management: A Bibliometric Study, Sk Sofik, Ziaur Rahman Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper aims to analyze a bibliometric study mapping of research output on Medical Waste Management (MWM). All articles relevant to MWM research have been retrieved using the Web of Science (WOS) database. Bibliometric analysis for co-citation, linking, scientific collaboration analysis, co-word analysis and visualizing bibliometric networks were used by many important bibliometric tools, such as Biblioshiny, ScientoPy and VOSviewer. The study’s key results were that 944 research paper published in 2001-2020. The results show publications of medical waste management gradually increased but the average number of citation is not increased. The USA is top of the list among the …

Bibliometric Evaluation Of The Scopus Indexed Scholarly Literature Of Ministry Of National Guard – Health Affairs, Saudi Arabia, Ikram Ul Haq, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Hanan Al-Kadri, Abid Iqbal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The research analysis output is one of the leading indicators to assess the quality of clinical care, education, and research in healthcare organizations. This study aims to evaluate the scholarly publication growth of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of National Guard – Health Affairs (MNG-HA), indexed in the Elsevier’s Scopus database since 2002.

The study was performed using different bibliometric and visualization techniques. While the highest number of publications indicate King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences as an affiliated address, however, the publications from King Abdulaziz Medical City have the maximum citation impact. The ‘Saudi Medical Journal’ has been …

Evaluation Of Information Sources And Services Of University Library, Uas Raichur: A Study, S Machendranath Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

User is the foci of any library and satisfaction level of the users with information sources and services justifies the existence and relevance of the library. As libraries play an important role in the teaching, research and extension development activities of the university, it is necessary to assess to what extent the users are satisfied with different information services offered by the library and the kind of information sources the library is equipped with and also to measure the extent of their utility. In this study, an effort has been made to evaluate the information sources and services offered …

Research Trends Of E-Learning: A Bibliometric And Visualisation Analysis, Suman Das Project Assistant

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study presents a general bibliometric outline of the major logical advancements that have been published in “e-learning”, since 1970. The bibliometric data were retrieved from the Scopus database. The review identifies the most cited, productive authors, and the leading institutions and countries of the journal, based on bibliometric indicators. The research hot spots in the period from 1970 to 2020 were identified by using the visualization of similarities software (Vosviewer), and the graphical mapping of the authors was developed to visualize networks between authors. A sum of 27979 publications was analyzed and the most compelling subjects covered by the …

Audit Quality Research: A Bibliometric Analysis, Muhamad Taqi, Rahmawati Rahmawati, Bandi Bandi, Payamta Payamta, Aam Slamet Rusydiana

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims to determine the development and research trend maps with the theme Audit Quality published by well-known journals. The data used in this study were 499 indexed research publications with the theme Audit Quality in the period 1981 to 2020. The map of research development in Audit Quality was obtained through the export process, which would be processed and analyzed using the R Biblioshiny application program. This study shows that the number of publications about the development of Audit Quality research has increased significantly. The research results show that the journal that publishes the most and has the …

Virtual Learning On Swayam Platform By Engineering And Technology Students During Covid-19: An Analysis, Suryakanta Jena, Puspanjali Jena Prof.(Dr)

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Democratization of education has formed the base for open and free education. The movement of Open Education is gaining its impetus through the emerging trends of new educational technologies. In the context of OER (Open Education Resource), the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) concept is providing a framework for virtual classroom and collaborative learning. ‘Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds’ (SWAYAM), as an Indian MOOC, has been providing several courses in various disciplines. The present study tries to analyse the courses in engineering and technology category on SWAYAM during the COVID-19 situation. The present study has critically …

University Students’ Readiness For E-Learning During The Covid-19 Pandemic: An Assessment Of The University Of Health And Allied Sciences, Ho In Ghana, George Tesilimi Banji Phd, Mabel Frempong, Stephen Okyere, Abdul Sakibu Raji

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main goal of this paper was to investigate the university students’ readiness for E-learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The rationale was to explore students’ readiness for the various E-learning platforms, examine the challenges faced by students in the use of the E-learning platforms (module) during Covid-19 Pandemic and also investigate the benefits of the use of the E-learning platforms. This study adopted a survey research design. From the 2019/2020 academic year of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, 345 students were selected by convenient sampling method. Their readiness for E-learning during the Covid-19 pandemic was assessed by a …

Social Media Exploitation Among Students Of Library And Information Science In Pakistan, Ghalib Khan, Muhammad Shehryar, Saeed Ullah Jan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Introduction The main theme of the study is to investigate the usage of social media among the student of Department of Library and Information Science.

Objectives To examines the most useable social media applications, purpose of their use and impacts of social media.

Method Structured questionnaire was distributed among 208 students through personal visits and emails.

Results The study determines that Facebook was the frequently useable application among these students. The majority of the students used social media for academic and entertainment purposes.

Conclusion The study concluded that the social media has positive impacts on the studies of the students.

Use Of Electronic Health Records In The Usa: A Lesson For Nigeria, Akinade Akindele, Opeyemi Soyemi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: The use of Electronic Health Records by healthcare providers has proved to be critical to achieving the triple aim of improved healthcare quality, increased efficiency as well as healthcare cost reduction. However, indiscriminate adoption and use of any technology like the EHR is also known to be prone to being counterproductive and a waste of resources. This paper seeks to extract the lessons from the experiences of the U.S in their adoption and use of the EHR technology as a guiding strategy or blueprint for Nigeria in its quest to encourage the use of the technology in its healthcare …

Mapping Of Women's Empowerment Research Performance In The Global Perspectives: A Scientometric Study, Md Kaiyum Shaikh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study attempts to highlight the research output generated at the Global level in women's empowerment research during the study period 2011-2020. A total number of 4511 documents has been retrieved from the Web of Science database. The study focuses on various aspects of the Women's Empowerment research such as the growth of publications, most relevant sources, most prolific authors, document types, corresponding authors country, authors keywords, most relevant affiliations involved. The highest number of publications is in 2020 with 763 records, but the lowest number of publications in 2011 i.e. with 231 records. The majority of publications were …

Contribution Of Selected Universities Of Assam In Scholarly Publications During The Year 2011-2020: A Bibliometric Study, Kakali Borah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Bibliometrics play an important role in research evaluation. Several attempts have been made to analyze the research performances in different areas using Bibliometrics method. However, no previous study attempts to explore the research performances of Assam Universities. Due to the lack of bibliometric studies on Assam Universities, the present study aimed to explore contribution of scholarly publications of selected universities of Assam during the time span of 2011-2020. A total of 11578 numbers of documents were published during the ten years study period. The data were extracted from the Scopus database to ferret out the publication productivity, research trend, authorship …

Social Media Exploitation Among Students Of Library And Information Science In Pakistan, Ghalib Khan, Muhammad Shehryar, Saeed Ullah Jan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Introduction The main theme of the study is to investigate the usage of social media among the student of Department of Library and Information Science.

Objectives To examines the most useable social media applications, purpose of their use and impacts of social media.

Method Structured questionnaire was distributed among 208 students through personal visits and emails.

Results The study determines that Facebook was the frequently useable application among these students. The majority of the students used social media for academic and entertainment purposes.

Conclusion The study concluded that the social media has positive impacts on the studies of the students.

Parenting In Poor Health: Examining Associations Between Parental Health, Prescription Drug Use, And Child Maltreatment, Jennifer Price Wolf, Bridget Freisthler, Karla Shockley Mccarthy

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Rationale
Child maltreatment and problematic parenting are related to negative outcomes for children. Poor parental health could be a risk factor for problematic parenting through several mechanisms: 1) inadequate emotional regulation and coping; 2) impairment of parental capacity; and, 3) impairment of the parent-child relationship.
Objective
This study examines relationships between self-rated parental health, prescription drug use, and a broad array of negative parenting outcomes.
Methods
A sample of general population parents of children aged ten and younger was recruited from 30 mid-sized cities in California (n = 681). Weighted mixed-effects negative binomial and logistic regression models were used to …

Staff Use Of Institutional Repositories For Academic Purposes In Nigerian University Libraries: The Librarians’ Perspective., Chiegonu Nwachi, Nkechi Idoko Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This empirical work studied the use of institutional repositories in Nigerian university libraries. Three specific objectives and research questions were formulated to guide the study which was the extent of use of institutional repositories by staff in the two university libraries; the problems affecting the use of institutional repositories in the university libraries; and the strategies for improving on the challenges of using institutional repositories in the two Nigerian university libraries. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Out of 5000 thousand population of the study, 300 staff was selected using stratified and multi-stage sampling techniques. A …

Implementation Of Rda In Cataloguing And Classification In 21st Century: Issues Challenges And Prospects, Chiegonu Bridget Nwachi, Emmanuel Ihekwuaba Dr, Michael C. Nwafor (Corresponding Author)

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Purpose: The primary goal of each librarian and cataloger is to organize library services to satisfy the users' information-seeking needs, such as searching, locating, selecting, and obtaining the necessary information resources from the users within a limited period of time. With the implementation of the Resource Description and Access (RDA) on 4 April, 2013 in the United States and other nations, catalogers and qualified librarians face difficulties in gaining access to the training and preparation needed. Against this context, the study examined an overview of the implementation of RDA in cataloging and classification in the 21st century: concerns and …

Positive Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic In Enhancing Digital Literacy Skills Among Library Professionals: A Study, Jovita Lobo Ms, Keshav R. Dhuri Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The Corona virus pandemic has dramatically remodeled and transformed the education sector into a digital learning hub due to the closure of educational institutions globally. Possessing adequate digital literacy skills and embracing web-based techniques are the only means to ensure continuity in the process of teaching and learning. The purpose of this paper is to show the positive influence of Covid-19 pandemic in molding librarians into tech savvy library professionals in enhancing their digital knowledge and in upliftment of their IT skills. A structured online questionnaire using Google Forms was used to collect data from the librarians working in academic …

Spartan Daily, April 15, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 31

Use Of Digital Resources Among Medical Students In The Age Of Digital Technology: A Survey Of Bmcri, Bangalore, India, Lokesha Naik

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose:

The purpose of the study is to investigate the use of the internet and digital information sources among the graduate and under graduate students in Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute Library, because most of medical students are exposed to personal tabs throughout their education.

Aim:

The study aimed at identifying the adequacy of digital information sources, the purpose and frequency of using digital resources and the dependency of the students on digital sources. The suggestion has been given to strengthen the digital sources and services. Internet evolution is injecting more competition into publishing and giving power back to …

Systematic Mapping In The Topic Of Knowledge Management: Based On Bibliometric Analysis 2015 - 2021, Dirvi Surya Abbas, Tubagus Ismail, Muhamad Taqi, Helmi Yazid

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research is a systematic mapping in the topic of Knowledge Management study based on bibliometric analysis. This study aims to determine how the development of citations, publication trends, author collaboration, trend terms titles, trend terms author keywords, and trend terms abstracts in Knowledge Management articles in 2015-2021. Data collection using Publish or Perish (PoP) software in bibliographic search as the initial database in Scopus. The results showed that the highest number of citations (citations) occurred in 2017, as many as 4044 citations. In the publication trend, the most publications occurred in 2019 with 271 articles. Fifteen writers collaborate with …

Research Output On Ict During The Period 2016-2020: A Scientometric Analysis, Victoria P

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study was to measure the number of contributions and highlight the contributions made by the researchers in the field of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and published on the Web of Science database during 2016-2020 using scientometric analysis. Data were interpreted by using software such as Bibexcel, Vosviewer, and tabulated using MS Excel. The results indicated that 8103 papers were published during 2016 - 2020 and the highest number of publications 2067 (25.51%) was produced in 2020. The trends in multi-authored papers have tremendously increased (90.40%) compared to (09.60%) single-authored papers. The relative growth rate (0.84) …

Information Seeking Behavior And Knowledge Sharing Sources Of Rheumatology Students, Abirami V Miss, Jayaprakash M Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective: This study investigates that the rheumatology student’s, information-seeking behavior and knowledge sharing sources and their ways. The reason for motivating information seeking is to create the awareness of knowledge sharing, to know knowledge sharing tools, their frequency facing problems, and their satisfaction level of sharing methods.

Methods: A survey research on the population in Chennai was designed. The questionnaire was distributed to 220 students.211 questionnaires have been returned to the respondents. We have used the Chi-Square test, ANOVA, simple percentage, and cross table. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software used for data analysis.

Result: Rheumatology student’s purposes of …

Indian Contribution In Covid-19: A Scientometric Mapping Of Research Publications, Surulinathi Muthuraj, Jayasuriya T Mlis, Balasubramani R Associate Professor, Arputha Sahaya Rani Y Research Scholar, Salini T Research Scholar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examines India’s performance based on its publication output in Covid-19 during 2020-2021, based on several parameters, including the publications share and rank, the institutional profile of selected institutions, international collaboration profile and major collaborative partners, patterns of communication in national and international journals, Highly cited papers and most productive authors. The study uses 2 years of publications data in Covid-19 drawn from the Web of Science international multidisciplinary bibliographical database. It is interesting to note that the prolific authors belong to All India Institute of Medical Science with 489 Publications (1266 Citations), Post Grad Inst Med Educational & …

Management Of Students' Academic Records In Tertiary Institutions In North-East Nigeria: The New Media Imperative., Idris A. Dano, Muhammad Murtala Ibrahim

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study examines the Management of Students’ Academic Records in Institutions of Higher Learning in Nigeria. Qualitative research method and semi-structured interview was adopted. The population of the study comprised twelve (12) record managers dealing with students’ academic records and five participants were selected as sample size because they operate the same procedure in managing their students’ academic records. The study identified type of students’ academic records generated/received, Procedure for organization, arrangement, storage and preservation, retention and disposal as well as challenges associated with management of students’ academic records in Institution of higher Learning in Bauchi State, Nigeria. The findings …