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Impact Of Covid-19 On Central University Of Gujarat Research Scholars’ Access To Library And Resources: An Objective Study, Sudam Charan Sahu, Dr. Rashmi Kumbar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Currently, the world is under seize by COVID-19 pandemic. The subsequent lockdown due to the pandemic has affected all the sectors across the globe. Higher education is one of the sectors that has been majorly impacted, like never before. Due to the shutdown of Educational institutions, students are not able to access the print resources and digital resources provided in the physical Libraries of their institutions. The present paper is an attempt to study the problems faced by the research scholars of the Central University of Gujarat (CUG) with regard to their access to information resources due to the on-going …

Evaluating The Research Funding Opportunities For Library & Information Science Professionals: An Evaluative Study, Parvin S L Kureshi Miss, Navin Upadhyay Dr, Kanu Chakraborty Mr

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This research paper highlights the top twenty research funding agencies of the world in the discipline of Information Science and Library Information Science. The citation analysis method has been adopted for the present study and used the database Web of Science and InCites. The aim of this research paper is to make aware research scholars, faculty members, LIS professional and Practitioners, and policymakers about the various National and International top-level funding agencies available to fund their research proposals. The research and academic fraternity and particularly the library professionals who always face problems to get funds to work on any project …

Explored Publication Pattern Of The Top Twenty Nirf-2020 Ranked Indian Institutions: An Evaluative Study, Kanu Chakraborty Mr, Navin Upadhyay Dr, Shambhu Raj Upadhyay

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Institutions ranking are getting more attention nowadays, as it shows institutions' status globally and influences students' decisions in selecting Institutions for admissions. Open access publications in scholarly research communication are important, but its significance in institutions' ranking is yet to explore. In this study, the authors tried to demonstrate and compare open access and commercial publication documents of the top twenty institutions (overall category) as per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020 report. According to NIRF-2020, maintaining their last year's positions, IIT Madras and IISc Bangalore bagged the first two ranks, followed by IIT Delhi on the third …

An Argument On Collection Development And Collection Management, Ghalib Khan Dr., Rubina Bhatti Dr.

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This study is an attempt to examine the concepts of collection development and collection management through extensive literature review. Though these phrases are being used interchangeable but there is hardly any consensus on which term is more comprehensive. Are these terms the same or different? Some authors see them synonyms and other the expansion and extension of one another. The evolutionary studies of collection development and collection management show that these two are overlapping terms in nature, however, the two areas together are difficult to define. This study is an effort to present an argument on these terms in a …

Analysis Of Bibliometrics Research In Library Philosophy And Practice From 1998-2021, Nove E. Variant Anna, Novita Dwi Anawati, Nurul Aida Noor Azizi

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This study aimed to analyse the trend of bibliometrics research articles on Library Philosophy and Practice (LPP) journal from the year 1998 to 2021. There are 651 bibliometrics articles in the LPP journal. Bibliometrics articles were first published in the LPP in 2000 and the number of bibliometrics research\ has been increasing over the last 10 years, particularly in 2019-2020, and this year is expected to increase further. The bibliometric article received the most contributions from India, followed by Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Iran. The topics covered in bibliometric studies include library and information science, coronavirus, artificial intelligence, machine …

Digital Literacy For Covid 19 Information In Indonesian Society, Dessy Harisanty, Dyah Puspita Srirahayu, Nove E. Variant Anna, Endang Fitriyah Fitriyah Mannan, Esti Putri Anugrah, Nasa Zata Dina

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In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic situation, hoax news emerged that made people panic and make wrong decisions. The emergence of this hoax is because many people are not literate with information, so they trust all the information entered. People also do not have the social awareness to filter the information they get. This study aims to describe the level of literacy of the digital community towards COVID19 information measured on the internet. The research method used is a descriptive type with a survey method. The research location was in East Java, with a total of 500 respondents consisting …

Breast Cancer Detection From Histopathology Images Using Machine Learning Techniques: A Bibliometric Analysis, Shubhangi A. Joshi, Anupkumar M. Bongale Dr., Arunkumar M. Bongale Dr.

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Computer aided diagnosis has become upcoming area of research over past few years. With the advent of machine learning and especially deep learning techniques, the scenario of work flow management in healthcare sector is changing drastically. Artificial intelligence has shown potential in the field of breast cancer care. With datasets for machine learning frameworks getting eventually richer with time, we can definitely get newer insights in the field of breast cancer care. This will help in narrowing down the treatment range for patients and increasing patient survivability. The purpose of this study was to perform bibliometric analysis of the literature …

Mapping Of The Global Productivity On Covid-19 Since The Origin Of The Pandemic, Dr.R. Santhakumar, Dr.K. Kaliyaperumal, Dr.P. Balasubramanian

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The novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) is one of the most infectious diseases that primarily affect the lungs, which inflicted huge losses to the human beings of the globe. As its spread savagely, the literature of is also proliferated within a few months. It is the prime duty of this study to map the different aspects of this scientific literature by applying scientometrics techniques. The data related to this study are recorded in the Web of Science core collection, since the origin of the dreadful virus to January 2, 2021. Thus, 55049 articles have been published on COVID-19 in 22518 …

Influence Of Social Media On Agricultural Advisory Service: Analytical Study On The Agricultural Extension Specialists Of Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, West Bengal, Santanu Das

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Since the introduction of social media, communication is becoming more and more dynamic every day. Communication has become more virtual than physical. More and more people – young and old alike – are fascinated by social media and it is a trend that is not going down very soon. For a long period in the future, social media will shape the way people interact, share information, form opinions, and lead individual and collective actions. India has been experiencing major changes in the agricultural extension system since the beginning of the 21^st century. Social media can play a vital role …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Iso 9000 Research From 2015 To 2020 Using Vosviewer Application, Ilham I

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This study aims to map scientific publications in the field of ISO 9000 visually at the global level indexed by scopus using bibliometric analysis. This study focused on articles of ISO 9000 at the international level. Research data were obtained from the Scopus database in Januari 2021 through the publish or perish software. All the discussions and analysis in this paper is based on the 46 papers consisting of 35 article, 4 conference papers, 3 reviews, 3 chapters and 1 book. Then the paper will be analyzed using the VOSviewer application for viewing and creating the desired bibliometric maps. In …

Iso 14000 Publication: A Bibliometric Analysis (2011-2020), Ilham M.Said

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This study explain about ISO 14000 itself is an international standard that discusses environmental management systems in general. This study aims to visually map publications in the field of ISO 14000 at the global level indexed by Scopus using Bibliometric analysis. This research utilizes the analysis features on the Scopus website and visualizes the bibliometric network using VOSviewer. The research data used is to use indicators in the form of keywords related to ISO 14000 in the Scopus database with the results obtained as many as 136 academic documents that have been published from 2011 to 2020 at the global …

The Dangerous Divide: How A Pandemic Exposed The Problem Of Older Adults And Equal Access And How Libraries Are Helping, Rene Ostberg

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Abstract: Since the digital divide was identified as a pressing equity of access issue in the mid-1990s, several demographic groups have consistently fallen on the negative side of the divide. One of these is older adults, or adults age 65 and over. Surveys by various organizations ranging from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration to the Pew Research Center have identified systemic disparities such as income, geography, and education level as leading factors in the digital divide. These disparities further compound with age, race, ethnicity, language, and ability to keep some groups at a disadvantage when …

Prediction Of Stocks And Stock Price Using Artificial Intelligence : A Bibliometric Study Using Scopus Database, Priyanka Tupe-Waghmare, Priyanka Tupe-Waghmare

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Prediction of stocks and the prices of the stock is one of the most crucial points of discussion amongst the researchers and analysts in the financial domain to date. Every stakeholder and most importantly the investor desires to earn higher profit for his investment in the market and try to use several different strategies to invest their money. There are numerous methods to predict and analyse the movement of the stock prices. They are broadly divided into – statistical and artificial intelligence-based methods. Artificial intelligence is used to predict the futuristic prices of stocks and use wide range of algorithms …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Nutrition And Dietetics Research Activities In India Using Web Of Science Database: A Trend Across Forty Years, Srujana Medithi Dr, Arti Muley Dr, Preeti Mulay Dr

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The present bibliometric analysis studies the nutrition research activity in India. Research articles published during the years 1980-2020, under the “nutrition and dietetics” domain were retrieved from ISI Web of Science database. Entirely, 2,704 articles by 12,514 authors were identified. Karnataka published maximum papers, while USA emerged as the prominent collaborating country. An increasing trend for the number of publications and International collaborations was observed over the years. Currently, as an outcome of these nutrition research activities and with the advent of technology, IT systems along with popular mobile apps are used. Continuous innovative research will boost up IT systems …

Impact Of Coronavirus On The Performance Of Library And Information Science Professionals: A Comparative Survey, Subhajit Panda, Noble .

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The spread of the deadly disease Coronavirus has had a negative impact on every aspect of human life, including the education sector with no exception. As a preventive measure, Governments worldwide announced lockdown & closure of the educational institutions, promote a drastic change in the education environment, from conventional classroom-based to online interaction-based. As the second wave of the pandemic strikes India with a tsunami of cases, LIS professionals serve as front-line workers to keep the educational system functioning without interruption. The present study tried to analyze the performance of LIS professionals during this nightmare with thousands of barriers, like …

Research Publication Trends In Library Management Journal: A Bibliometric Analysis (2013-2020), Waqar Ahmad Awan, Akhtar Abbas Mr., Nadeem Siddique Dr., Haroon Idrees Dr., Muhammad Ajmal Khan Mr.

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The purpose of the study was to explore the research trends of the documents, authors, countries’ share, and impacts created by studies in form of citation in a scholarly journal titled Library Management from 2013 to 2020. To meet the purpose, a bibliometric analysis of 369 documents published in the Library Management was done. The findings indicate that most of the documents published in the Library Management were articles. The overall average citation per document is 3.70. The journal has been publishing 47 documents per year. Authorship patterns indicate that there were 158 documents published in the Library Management written …

Analysis Of Citizen Science Scientific Publications: A Scientometric Study, Ajay Kumar Chaubey Dr., Ankit Singh Mr.

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The purpose of this study is to assess the citizen science publications in journals indexed in the Web of Science database from 1993 to 2020.Major areas of research related to CS are environmental science, ecology, biodiversity & conservation, education & educational research, public environmental & occupational science and computer science. The USA, England, Australia, Canada and Germany were the most productive countries. This study describes some silent characteristics trends of CS research like most prolific authors, institutions and countries. 82% of publications on CS received the citation while 18% of publications did not receive any citation. Although 47% of publications …

Scientometric Analysis Of Spice Research Publications In India From Scopus Database During 2010- 2019, Vivekanandhan S, Govindasamy M Mr, Sivasamy K Dr

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This paper presents the scientometric analysis of Spice research publications in India from SCOPUS database during 2010 - 2019 with 3120 research publications. During the Study period, maximum of 400(12.82%) research publications are contributed in the year 2018 and 2019, average research publication per year is 312 and CAGR is 8.62. Relative growth rate is 0.92 in the year 2011 and 0.14 in the year 2019, at the same time doubling time is 0.75 in the year 2011 and 5.05 in the year 2019. Out of 3120 research publications, 179(5.74%) publications are contributed by single author’s publications and remaining 2941(94.26%) …

Analysis Of Students’ Multi-Representation Ability In Augmented Reality-Assisted Learning, Sri Jumini, Edy Cahyono, Muhamad Miftakhul Falah

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Not all learning sources can directly and cheaply be presented, so augmented reality media is needed to be applied to students with various talents and intelligence. This study aims to analyze students’ multi-representation ability through the use of augmented reality media. The research method was carried out through pre-experiment with one group posttest only design. Test question items were given to see the students’ multi-representation ability. Data analysis was carried out through the percentage of the number of students achieving test scores of more than or equal to 80 on a scale of 100. The results showed that 88% (28 …

Ranking Of Library Websites Of Agricultural University Of India: A Study, Dhiru Barman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract:

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to derive the current status of web contents of library websites of Agricultural Universities in India and to examine the web-based library services provided via their websites and to determine the rank of the library websites on the basis of content analysis.

Design/ Methodology/ Approach: For data collection in this study, survey and observation methods were applied. Data are collected from the library websites of Agricultural Universities of India with the help of a checklist prepared on the basis of previous studies done.

Findings: The findings show that most of the surveyed …

Learning Readiness As A Predictor Of Academic Resilience In Online Learning During School From Home, Maulana Rezi Ramadhana, Assas Putra, Twin Agus Pramonojati, Rizca Haqqu, Pradipta Dirgantara, Oki Achmad Ismail, Dimas Satrio Wijaksono

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Learning readiness is considered as a supporting factor in academic resilience. Since the situation of school closure and learning from home due to the COVID-19 pandemics, there have been changes in learning methods that require students to readily use online learning. Unfortunately, students' readiness in online learning has not been widely discussed in terms of its effect on the student’s academic resilience. The purpose of this study was to provide information on whether there was a significant relationship between online learning readiness and students' academic resilience during the school-from-home period. Participants in this study consisted of 1.681 students from five …

Teacher Perception Towards The Use Of Information And Communication Technology (Ict) In Secondary Schools In Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Chinwe Enyi, Mkpoikanke Otu

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The study examined the teacher perception towards the use of (ICT) in teaching Biology in secondary schools in Okposi education zone of Ebonyi state. Ten schools and all 15 Biology teachers in the schools were used for the study which adopted descriptive survey design. Two instruments were used. The first one was a checklist on availability of (ICT) facilities in schools while the second was a questionnaire for Biology teachers on their perception on the use of ICT and the problems militating against the integration of ICT in their work. Simple percentages and mean were used in answering the research …

A Comparison Of Bibliometric Indicators For Evaluating The Top 100 Open Access Journals, Dr. Abu Waris Assistant Professor, Dr. Mirza Muhammad Naseer Assistant Professor, Shakil Ahmad Lecturer, Isam Mohammed Abdel-Magid, Md Safiqur Rahaman, Manuelraj Peter

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A comparative study was performed based on scientific metrics for the year 2019 for the top 100 open access journals (OAJ) extracted from the web of science. The considered bibliometric indicators are Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Eugene Factor Score (ES), Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), Cite Score (CS), Google Scholar (GS), and H5 index. This study shows that journals have different ranks compared with their metrics of the various scientific indicators. Correlations were explained by applying Pearson's and spearman's statistical correlation using SPSS software 21.0 packages. Spearman's Pearson's (r) statistical correlation was found between JIF …

Mapping Out The Scientific Literature On Cerebral Palsy: A Web Of Science-Based Analysis (1990-2020), Akhtar Hussain, Shakil Ahmad, Diwan Israr Khan, Mohammad Shakir Azad

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The study’s main purpose was to map Cerebral Palsy (CP), a bibliometric analysis of the highly cited research output, 1990-2020. The web of science database was used to retrieve all records related to CP. The Impact Factor of the reviews has been taken from the 2019 issue of Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation Report (JCR), named IF2019. The Hirsch Index (h-Index) has been compiled from the most active writers and organizations database. The co-citation networks between efficient authors of highly cited papers were used by Biblioshiny, ScientoPy, and VOS viewer. The study’s main findings were that the USA was the most …

Growth Of Open Access Literature On Library And Information Science During 2011-2020: A Scientometrics Analysis, Rudra Narayan, Pritam Kumar Pati, Sidhartha Sahoo

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In this study, we attempted to analyse the quantitative growth of open access publications on library and information science education research. The literature data obtained from Scopus database and scientometrics methods were deployed to analyse the publications originated during 2011-2020. The study shows that open access papers on Library and information science education (LIS) has grown expontially and significant amount of research papers published by both academics and working professionals. Scientometric study of the research on Scopus indexed open access Library and information science (LIS) journals is essential to investigate the existing literature to identify a suitable theory for new …

Digital Literacy Skills As Correlate Of Electronic Information Resources’ (Eirs) Use By University Undergraduates In South-South, Nigeria, Raphael Ebiefung Cln, Ebere Onah Cln

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Advancement in modern technologies and the consequent proliferation of electronic information resources have made digital literacy skills imperative in the ivory towers. Undergraduates are expected to be effective in their use of electronic information resources during the course of their studies in the university. However, studies have shown that digital literacy skills may influence use of electronic information resources. The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of digital literacy skills on electronic information resources’ use by undergraduates in two South-south, Nigerian universities. The population considered was 5,693 from two universities in South-South, Nigeria.- University of Uyo …

Authorship Pattern And Growth Of Scholar Contributions For Phfi: A Bibliometric Analysis, Ashok S Chaudhary, Shishirkumar H. Mandalia Dr., Amita B. Parmar

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The purpose of this research study is to identify the authorship patterns and degree of collaboration and growth of Public health foundation of India in Public Health research related with a total of 1941 records of publications authored by 12523 authors during the period 2011– 2020 derived from SCOPUS database. Validation of determine chronological growth, authorship pattern, core sources for research communication, and encouragement of productivity by citations received, various indicators, and indices and bibliometric laws i.e. Authorship pattern, RGR, Dt, CAI, DC, Bradford’s Law of distributions, and more have been applied appropriately. Additionally, used deferent software of like ‘MS-Excel’ …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Literature Published On Information Seeking Behaviour Using Scopus Database, Rajiv M. Patel Mr, Lavji N. Zala Dr

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Information Seeking Behaviour refers to understand the way people search for and use information in various contexts. It also includes why people seek information and how they use it. The objective of this article is to analyze and compile the existing literature on Information Seeking Behaviour through its bibliometric study. A total of 576 documents were extracted through Elsevier's Scopus database over the last 20 years i.e. 2001 to 2020. Vosviewer software is used for data analysis. The study reveals that there is an upward and downward slopping has found in the research area in the last few years. The …

Trends In Academic Mobility In The University Of North Bengal (2011-2020): A Scientometric Study, Manash Esh Information Scientist, Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh Professor

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The paper examines the bibliographic data of 1436 documents published by the University of North Bengal and retrieves the data for a span of ten years, which was indexed in the Scopus database from 2011 to 2020 on various parameters. The average number of documents published per year was 143.6. The highest number of publications 166 was published in 2020, while the lowest number of publications was 108 in 2011. The relative growth rates (RGR) have decreased in 2019 (-0.34) and highest in 2012 (0.756) for last 10 years. The doubling time (Dt) increased during 2012 to a maximum of …

Visualization Of Journal Ranking Using A Scimago: An Analytical Tool, Sabha Ali, Shohar Bano

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