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Open Educational Resources (Oer) Issues And Problems Experienced By Social Scientists Of Select Higher Educational Institutions In India, Amit Kumar, Diganta Baishya, Manashjyoti Deka

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Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explore the OER issues and problems experienced by social scientists at select higher educational institutions in India. In addition, the study also focuses on to create awareness about the concept and recommends some points to improve the OER practice.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The relevant data for the study was obtained through a well-structured questionnaire followed by personal interview wherever it was required. The well-structured & precise questionnaire was distributed to 300 social scientists (research scholars and faculty) of different higher educational institutes such as University of Delhi (DU), Mizoram University (MZU), Jawaharlal Nehru …

Automation Of Academic Libraries In Nigeria: Issues And Practices, Peter Olubunmi Olubiyo, Robert Akinade Awoyemi

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The paper is on the library as information organization helping the parental body to realize the network of goals, objectives and targets. It added that for library functions to be done efficiently, the services must be automated. The paper describes automation as application of technology to produce and deliver goods and services with minimum human intervention. The work looks into library automation, overview of automation in Nigerian academic libraries. It expands on issues and practices of library automation in Nigeria academic libraries giving an insight into two universities- University of Jos Library and Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Obafemi Awolowo University. …

Research Productivity Of University Of Delhi: A Scientometric Study, Shehbaz Husain Naqvi Dr

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Scientometrics studies have now a days become popular to evaluate and rank research productivity of authors, institutions and universities globally. Number of such studies has been published in various journals, conference proceedings, review papers, book chapters, and research reports. The study was taken to analysis research productivity of University of Delhi during the last 30 years.

Websites Of Open Access Digital Repositories Of Agricultural Sciences In European Continents: A Webometric Study, Sanjib Ghosh, Prof. Bijan Kumar Roy

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This study examined the different link structures and web presence of agricultural digital repositories of Europe through webometric indicators. The Google search engine was used in this study to collect data. Different web impact factors and WISER index values have been calculated. The correlation between the WISER rank and Inlink impact factor of these websites is calculated. And found that CaSA NaRA occupied the first position with 90.2% SWIF presence amongst 89 digital agricultural repositories in Europe. Bioversity International Publications ranks first position with 238000 Web Pages and 4950000 in-link web pages and 207.983193 RWIF. UM's institutional repository of the …

The Policy Studies Journal: A Bibliometric And Mapping Study From 2015-2020, Binti Azizatun Nafi'ah, Ali Roziqin, Dedik Fitra Suhermanto, Amaliana Nur Fajrina

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As a leader of the contribution in public policy and scientific knowledge, Policy Studies has impacted a broad audience, both theoretic and practical. This article aims to provide a complete overview of research trends and research themes published in Policy Studies during the period 2015-2020 with a bibliometric approach. Bibliographic data downloaded from Scopus database. The study uses the bibliometric tools with VOSviewer and R studio programming. Findings indicate that Policy Studieshas consistently published in policy science research. During that period, most researchers were from developed countries, and much of their work was influential. Seven main clusters are often …

Mapping Online Reading Behaviour Of University Students: A Case Study Of Mizoram University, Aizawl, K. Lalzawmtluangi , Former Student, Department Of Mass Communication, Vanlalruata , Ph.D Scholar, Department Of Mass Communication, V. Ratnamala , Associate Professor, Department Of Mass Communication

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This study examines the media habits and the online reading behaviour of university students in Mizoram. The primary objectives of the study are 1) To map the media habits of university students 2) To study the reading behaviour of university students 3) To determine online news reading behaviour of university students. We employed a survey method as the major research method in this study and the questionnaire is a tool used for collecting survey data. We divided the questionnaire into four sections dealing with socio-demographic information, media habits, reading behaviour and news-consuming behaviour. Mizoram University is selected as the population …

Lgbtq Notion Evaluation: A Bibliometric Analysis And Systematic Review, Poonam Gautam, Dr. Ajay Solkhe

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Several conservative sectors and employers are embracing equality objectives, including financial institutions, for example, more importantly, there has been a change in attitude and support towards the LGBT+ issues, which has been noticed in other professions and companies, including law and accountancy. The LGBT group includes Lesbians, Gay, Bisexuals and Transgender sexual orientation. Gay men and heterosexuals have also been observed to be in these groups. If we talk only about sexual orientation, we should avoid using the label “lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender” More than one of these labels can recognise and identify a person. The organization should review …

Principals’ Management Of Library Resources And Teachers’ Lesson Preparation Practices In Secondary Schools: A Predictive Evaluation, Valentine Joseph Owan, Rosemary O. Osim Ph.D., Emanghe E. Emanghe Ph.D., Eyiene Ameh Ph.D., John Asuquo Ekpenyong

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The literature is predominated by studies seeking to clarify the extent of the availability, functionality, accessibility and/or utilisation of library materials in schools at various levels. The extent of principals' management of library resources and their contribution to the lesson preparation activities of teachers seems to have been under-researched. In bridging the gap, the current study was designed to assess the extent and contribution of principals’ management of library resources to teachers’ lesson preparation practices. Six specific objectives were of interest to the researchers. The quantitative research method, following the ex-post facto research design, was adopted. The stratified proportional random …

Importance Of Information Product For Economic Development, Supriya Mallik, Debasis Bera

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The collection of information and the construction of knowledge has become an inevitable part for the economic growth and development. Now we are living in an advanced world where information is becoming important for every human to upgrade as technical development. The present information age is running to face many more challenges to achieve these much-needed goals. That is rapid technological advancement, which also creates new opportunities for using information virtually in all human pursuits. The extensive development of informational technologies, the emergence of information networks, the increasing reliance of the contemporary society on collecting, processing and distribution of information …

Predictors Of Use Of School Library Makerspace By Secondary School Students In Ibadan, Nigeria, Deborah Keshinro, Olawale Oyewole

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The use of school library makerspace by secondary school students could enhance their skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Technology (STEAM). However, findings from empirical studies have revealed that the level of makerspace use by students in Nigeria seems to be low. This seemingly low level of makerspace use by students could be attributed to the perceived usefulness of makerspace from their perspective and their attitude towards innovation. Thus, this study examined the influence of these factors on the use of school library makerspace. The descriptive design of the correlational type was used and the study population consisted of …

Three Degrees Of Freedom Robotic Arm And Its Digital Twin Using Simulink – A Bibliometric Analysis, Bharath Suthar Mr., Arunkumar Bongale Dr, Satish Kumar Dr, Anupkumar Bongale Dr

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The 3-degree Digital Twin robotic arm for freedom can diagnose the joints off-board by placing a torque in the robotic arm joint. MATLAB, Simulink®, SimscapeTM, and Simscape Multibody were the basis of this model. Virtual space with a virtual robot arm was connected to a physical space that was a 3D printed replica of the virtual space and robot arm, built using Unity (a modern Game Engine). The arm in the Digital Twin model was created using the hardware prototype’s dimensions, which were then used to simulate a real-world situation. With its revolute joints, the arm has a certain degree …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of 14 Private Universities Of Himachal Pradesh Between 2004 And 2019: A Publication In Scopus, Damodar Parabhoi, Rakesh Kumar, Ranjna Devi, Kritika Sharma

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Research evaluation plays a vital role to find out the strength and weakness of the given field. The current research was based on the Bibliometrics analysis of fourteen private universities of Himachal Pradesh between 2004 and 2019 using the Scopus database. A total of 3923 publications were examined in this study. In this research, we took basic parameters like year wise growth of publications, citation growth by University, year-wise citation growth, most prolific author, most favourite source and most global cited documents. The result showed that journal was the most preferred form of publication in this study. Further, the study …

Students’ Knowledge On Library And Information Science (Lis): An Option For Choosing A Career, Elizabeth Allan Lascano

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Library and Information Science (LIS) is a degree program being offered in the different HEIs in the country though this program has been offered long time ago there are few takers of the said program. This study analyzed the level of knowledge of senior high school students on LIS as a career. Further, this study looked into significant differences in terms of knowledge when grouped according to sex and track. Also, this study explored on the possibilities of senior high school students to enrol in the LIS program. The output of this study is to assess their knowledge and to …

Comparative Analysis Of Citation Based Scientometric Indicators Of Desidoc Journal Of Library & Information Technology (Djlit) And Annals Of Library And Information Studies (Alis) Journals Using Scimago Journal Rank For The Period 2016-2020, Dr. Sudhi S. Vijayan, Renjith V. R

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In the academic world, journal rankings have broadly used to evaluate the impact and quality of scholarly journals. The study's key objective is to comparatively analyze the citation-based scientometric indicators of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology (DJLIT) and Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) journals using SCImago Journal Rank from 2016 to 2020. The data was collected from SCImago Journal Rank website. This article discusses the year wise SJR with quartile, citation per document 4years/3years/2years wise, self cites and total cites, external cites and cites per document, percentage of international collaboration, citable and non-citable documents, cited and …

Library And Information Science Professional Skills And Entrepreneurial Intention Among Undergraduates Of Universities, Martina Ekpenyong Ekeng Dr., Abimbola Labake Agboke Dr.

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This study investigated the relationship between Library and Information Science Professional Skills and

Entrepreneurial Intention among Undergraduates of Universities Cross River States and the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The correlational survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 284 undergraduates and this was also used as the sample. A validated research-made questionnaire with a reliability range of 0.71- 0.79 was used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the analysis showed that acquisition of the following variables: indexing …

The Perspectives Of Engineering College Librarians On Information Literacy Programmes For User Empowerment, Somaraya B. Tallolli Dr, K R. Mulla Dr

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This study presents the opinion survey of the librarians about information literacy programs (ILP) impact on library users. The samples were collected through a survey of librarians working in engineering colleges affiliated with Visvesvaraya Technological University. The 82 (80.39%) librarians have been responded to the study. It has been ascertained that the Information literacy programs impact the users in mastering the complex resources, search skills, need of evaluation of the programs, influences on the electronic environment, understanding economic issues, legal decisions, social problems, resource utilization, and enhancement library usage. The opinion survey has found that Information Literacy and its assessment …

Scientometric Review Of Archnet-Ijar: International Journal Of Architectural Research: A Study Of Scopus Based Evidence, Md Safiqur Rahaman, Khadeeja M N Ansari

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Purpose: The study conducted to assess the Archnet-IJAR journals based on scientometric analysis, a systematic approach to the comprehensive review of research trends and productivity.

Methodology: The scientometric tools used to examine the journal's scientific research performances during 2011-2020 collected data from the Scopus database and analyzed in Vosviewer and Biblioshiny ((R language). Results: There are 424 research papers published from 2011 to 2020. A steady increase noted in the development of literature, out of 694 authors and 547 multi-authored documents found. Architecture, Architectural Education, and Design Studio found highly used author keywords. Qatar identified as the most impactful country …

A Survey On Usage Of Lista Database Among The Library Science Students Of Varanasi, Pramod Kumar, Ashwani Singh

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Through this paper researchers in detail investigate students of Library and Information science, Varanasi from session 2020 - 2021 usage patterns & attitudes toward the LISTA database. This study begins with a literature search. A lot of primary & secondary sources are reviewed to recognize the related study. The Population of the present study is 245 and the Slovin formula is employed to calculate the optimum sample size. At 95% confidence level, the calculated research sample is 151.937 rounded off to 152 library science students enrolled in the UG, PG and Ph.D. programme for session 2020-2021, in BHU, MGKVP & …

Professional Variables And Staff Readiness To Utilise Internet-Based Channels For Research Communication In An Era Of Covid-19, Valentine Joseph Owan, Levi Udochukwu Akah Phd., Mary Mark Ogbeche, Moses Eteng Obla

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This study assessed the professional variables of academic staff in African varsities and their readiness to Utilise Internet-Based Channels for Research Communication in an era of Covid-19. Drawing from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, the study was guided by four null hypotheses. The quantitative research method based on the virtual cross-sectional survey design was adopted. A total of 8,591 academics in African universities were the targeted demographic of this study. However, data were collected from a virtual snowball sample of 1,977 respondents (males, N = 1347; females, N = 630) from 24 African countries. A validated electronic survey, with three …

Mapping The Research Productivity Of Journal Of Chemical Sciences: A Bibliometric Study, Digbijoy Das

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The paper presents a bibliometric study of the Journal of Chemical Sciences for the period of 10 years (1987-1996) in which articles were published. The study focuses on necessary bibliometric analysis forms, authorship pattern analysis, year wise distribution of articles, issue wise distribution of articles, subject wise distribution analysis.The study revealed that that the maximum number of articles were published in the year 1993 (127) and minimum in the year 1994 (21) articles. The authorship pattern of the articles published during the period of study was contributed maximum by two authors 265 (27.20%), followed by three authors with 253 (25.98%) …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Research Productivity Of Librarians In College Library, Federal College Of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria., Oladotun Ayowumi Osunkentan

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Research Trends And Mapping On Social Media In Smes: A Bibliometric Analysis, Abdurrahman Rahim Thaha, Erna Maulina, R. Anang Muftiadi, Mohammad Benny Alexandri

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As the backbone of the economy from various countries, SMEs use social media in their business activities. This study aims to determine trends and maps in social media and SMEs research from the Scopus database. This study uses bibliometric analysis on the Scopus database from 2009 to 2020. Social Media and SMEs search string use in titles, abstracts, keywords, and English article in the Scopus database. Further filtering by reading article content unrelated to SMEs to eliminate irrelevant articles. Search results were processed with VOSviewer software to acquire trends and co-occurrences of article keywords. A total of 210 articles were …

Effects Of Self-Concept And Use Of Information On Academic Performance Of Accounting Undergraduates In Selected Universities In South-West, Nigeria., Kehinde Omolade, Bolanle Adeleye

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This study examined effects of self-concept and use of information on academic performance of accounting undergraduates in South-west, Nigeria. It was reported that students and individuals often form their self-concept from past experience of success or failure. Some academic libraries have not been adequately stocked with study facilities to improve students’ academic performance with the resultant effects of failure which invariably influence their self-concept academically. The data for the study was collected by the use of questionnaire and statistical package for social science (SPSS) to calculate the mean and standard deviation. Pearson correlation analysis was used to test stated hypotheses. …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of E-Government Research, Darmawan Napitupulu

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E-government research has increasingly been raised since ICT was used in the public sector, but it has not yet reached the maturity stage. It contributes to the high number of research published in recent years. However, there is still limited or no bibliometric analysis conducted to analyze e-government research as a whole in the last decade. The purpose of the study is to establish bibliometric analysis as an extensive review of e-government literature. The method used in this study consists of five steps: defining search keywords, initializing search results, refining search results, compiling preliminary data statistics and analyzing data. The …

Research Productivity And Degree Of Collaboration In Journal Of Digital Library Perspectives (2016 To 2020), Somaraya B. Tallolli Dr., K R. Mulla Dr

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The present study is a bibliometric analysis of the articles published in “Journal of Digital Library perspectives” during the year 2016 to 2020. This study examines mainly the authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, geographical distribution, and citation analysis. Results indicate that most of the papers are published by multiple authors and found 22.16% average citations per paper. The degree of collaboration is found to be 0.56. The (46.96%) USA is the highest contributor to the articles in the journal during the study period.

The Practice Of Hibah In Marcel Mauss’View At The National Library Of The Republic Of Indonesia, Muhammad Idris Marbawi, Taufik Asmiyanto

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This research is an attempt to conduct an in-depth analysis of the essence of hibah (grant activities) of library material at the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia. This study uses a qualitative-interpretive approach. Peirce's semiotic analysis is used as an analytical method to reveal the syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships that occur in the grant process. Marcel Mauss' Gift Theory is used as a theoretical basis to explain the ongoing practice of grants. The research focus is in the field of acquisition under the Center for Collection Development and Processing of Library Materials, the National Library of Indonesia. Purposive …

Exploring Information Seeking Behavior Of The People During Covid-19 Outbreak In India, Punam Chauhan, Mohd Shoaib Ansari, Navneet Kumar Sharma

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The world is in great chaotic condition due to the outbreak of COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus. People are facing havoc in every corner of the world. As it is an actual novel virus, people search everywhere on the internet and other platforms to know much about this lethal virus. This paper examines various aspects of information-seeking behavior and pattern among ordinary people in India through online mode. The data were collected from August to November 2020. This paper also seeks to identify different areas of information need among common people and their problems while searching for desired information. …

Citation Classics: Highly Cited Papers On Covid-19 Drugs, Vaccines And Medicines, Senthamilselvi .. A ., Surulinathi .. M, Srinivasaragavan S, Jeyasuriya T

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The number of citations of a scientific article is considered as the weight of that work in the field of interest. Bibliometric/Scientometric analysis of the most cited articles conducted in some medical disciplines has identified the most relevant scientific contributions that pushed forward knowledge and practice of that discipline. We conducted a bibliometrics/Scientometric analysis of the most cited articles in Covid-19 Drugs, Vaccines and Medicines, by extracting relevant words that identify and querying the Scopus online database. A rank with the 100, 500 and 1000 above Citations of the most cited articles was obtained, based on the absolute number of …

Analysis Of Central Universities Library Webpages In Uttar Pradesh: An Evaluative Study, Poorvi Rai, Shilpi Verma Dr

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Abstract: The Presented paper is the content analysis of the Central universities’ library WebPages of Uttar Pradesh. The method used in the analysis is the checklist method on basis of which cumulative scores were been recorded and analyzed. The Scope of the study is limited to the 6 central universities of Uttar Pradesh. The finding reveals that 66.67% of the university have a working and accessibility library webpage. Library introduction, history, membership, and hours were the most common information that was mentioned by the universities in comparison to other variables. Print and E collection details on library webpage are also …

Sustainable Development Goal On Quality Education: A Review Of E-Learning Resources And Pedagogy In The University System, Wisdom Okereke Anyim

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The aim of this research was to review Sustainable Development Goal on quality education in line with e-learning resources and pedagogy that can be found in the university system. The review of the learning resources in the higher institution is based on the goal of the United Nations to build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, nonviolent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all. Knowing that learning resources are vital part of quality education, the researcher identified different library e-learning resources, instructional learning tools and how they are employed in several cases. …