A Scientometric Analysis Of Journal Of Agronomy And Crop Science (2000 -2019) Indexed In Web Of Science, Ali K. S., Ghouse Modin Nabeesab Mamdapur, Manjunath D. Kaddipujar, Manjunath B. Hadimani, Engin Senel

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The present study attempts to analyze the publication productivity of the "Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science" during the year 2000-2019. The study was based on the data extracted from the Web of Science database. The primary purpose of the study is to analyze the research contributions of the journal under review. Through this investigation, the authors have tried to know the publication trend in the field of agronomy and related areas. The analysis covers the number of articles, year-wise distribution of articles along with citations, authorship pattern, institutions/organizations with the highest contributions, and the study also gives year-wise h-index …

Information Needs And Seeking Behaviour Of Antenatal Patients In Central Hospitals In Delta And Edo States, Nigeria, Adudu Esther Omoanono, Ufuoma Eruvwe

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The study was carried out to ascertain the information needs and seeking behaviour of Antenatal patients in Central Hospitals in Delta States, Nigeria. The research design adopted for the study is a descriptive survey design. The population of the study covered all the central hospitals in Delta and Edo states. The total population of the study is seven hundred and fifty (750) antenatal patients registered in the central hospitals at the time of the study. Five hundred and twenty-six (526) respondents were selected for the study via a purposive sampling technique. A total of 526 copies of the questionnaire were …

Information Behavior Of Children Using Public Libraries In Taiwan And Indonesia, Dessy Harisanty, Nove Anna

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Parents as primary socialization agents have a major influence on the development of children. The facilities that can be used to maximize child development are libraries. Libraries are information centers that help meet information needs. This research aims to identify information behavior of children using public libraries in Taiwan and Indonesia and the role of parents as a child's primary socialization agents for library utilization. This study was conducted in Taichung City-Taiwan and Surabaya-Indonesia. Both cities are cities of literation and the second largest cities in each country. The libraries provided in both cities have special services for children. The …

Social Scientist Perception And Attitude About The Academic Social Networking Site Of Researchgate, Stephen G, Upasana Yadav

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ResearchGate is an Academic Social Networking (ASN) Site that focuses on sharing the publications, tracking the number of reads, recommendation, citations metrics about the researcher work. With over 15 million members, ResearchGate is place researcher can create a profile and share them research. ResearchGate is “built for scientists/social scientist” Researcher/scientist /social scientist can share the research, data, background, possible to add CV. follow other researchers and can even endorse the skills. This study found that 38 percentages of the respondents have RG score is between 11-15, 31 percentages of the social scientist RG score between 6-10. 43 percentage of the …

Effective Management Of Cultural Heritage Information Resources: A Comparison Of Libraries And Museums In South East Nigeria, Kate Nkechinyere Ogbu Dr, Nathaniel Agbo Oche, Dr., Victor N. Nwachukwu, Prof, Sadiq Abdulkadir Batagarawa, Dr.

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This study examines the fundamentals of effective management of cultural heritage information resources. Three research questions were developed to guide the study and a descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consists of all the staff of public libraries and museums in South-East, Nigeria. A total sample size of 379 respondents was selected using a simple random sampling technique. The researchers developed a questionnaire entitled “Effective Management of Cultural Heritage Information Resources Questionnaire (EMCHIRQ) for data collection. The instrument for data collection was trial-tested for reliability. A total 379 copies of the questionnaire …

Study Of Information Needs And Information Seeking Behaviour Of The Gram Panchayat Members Of West Bengal: With Special Reference To Burdwan-I Development Block, Mrinal Kanti Das, Bijan Kumar Roy

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There is no shortage of information in the time of this information explosion era. Due to information explosion the gram panchayat members are confused about the access to right information at the right time from different information sources. Thus, information seeking is most important thing and it is surely be influenced by different type factors. The study would also find the information sources, how to access and how to use these sources by the gram panchayat members of different gram panchayats under the Burdwan-I Development Block. Data has been collected from the gram panchayat members through structured questionnaire. Questionnaires were …

Assessment Of Utilization Of Health Information Resources By Diabetic Patients In Benue State Nigeria, Tondo Richard Iorver Mr

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The study assessed the utilization of health information resources by diabetic patients in Benue State Nigeria. Specifically, the study looked at: types of health information resources required by diabetic patients, sources of accessing health information, health information resources utilized, extent of utilization of health information resources and the challenges of utilization of health information resources by diabetic patients in Benue state. Five specific objectives with corresponding research questions guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population of the study comprised of all the 1,698 registered diabetic patients in 2017 and 2018 in Benue State. A …

Usage Of E-Databases And E-Journals By Research Community In Pakistani Universities: Issues And Perspectives, Amjid Khan, Shamsahd Ahmed

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Purpose: This research was conducted to achieve three objectives; 1) to investigate the usage and acceptability of e-databases and e-journals among the research scholars in selected universities of Pakistan, 2) to indicate the preferred information resource being used by researchers, and 3) to explore barriers faced by them when consulting these resources for research endeavors.

Methodology: A Quantitative research method was adopted. The population of the study was MS/MPhil & PhD researchers enrolled in the public sector universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. A structured questionnaire was distributed randomly by the principal researcher to a sample of 1031 (out of 4282) …

Barriers Faced By Library Professionals For Technology Adoption In University Libraries Of Lahore, Pakistan, Khurram Shahzad, Abid Iqbal

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Major goal of this study was to know barriers for opting technology by University Librarians of Lahore, Pakistan and to furnish suggestions for the effective utilization and application of the latest technological tools. Research was organized in different parts. Firstly, relevant literature was observed by the researchers to get a clear insight. Then, data-collection-instrument was shaped. The population of the study was all the full time regular working professional library staff of the universities of Lahore. The response rate was 76%. In the third phase, collected data were tabulated and analyzed through SPSS Version 24.0 to reach at conclusions. In …

From Library Services To Literacy Development Programme In Nsukka Prison Library: Our Experience, Grace Uchechi Onyebuchi, Elizabeth Titilope Babarinde, Ify Evangel Obim, Victoria Olayemi Fagbemi

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Prisons serve as a place where criminal behaviors are suppressed. The need for these set of individuals to gather skills which help them remain positive right in the four walls of the prison yard and after serving their jail terms cannot be overemphasized. It is for this reason that the team set out to develop a programme aimed at inculcating literacy and creative writing skills that will help them participate more effectively when they finish their jail term. The aim of the study was to explore the importance and contributions of library resources and services to the lives of prison …

Library Automation System In Library University Of Sebelas Maret Indonesia: Migration From Unsla To Slims, Dessy Harisanty, Ellia Shafira, Salsabiela Hasna Isbandy

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The purpose of this study is to determine the problems that occur when the migration of library automation systems in the University of Sebelas Maret (UNS) Library, such as the causes, constraints, and advantages and disadvantages of the SLiMS automation system. This study was used descriptive method. Data collection method used in this study is the interview and observation. The obstacle faced by librarians in implementing SLiMS is that librarians who are not yet accustomed to need time to learn. Overall the implementation of the SLiMS automation system at the UNS Library went smoothly, although there were a number of …

Citation Analysis Of Theses And Dissertations In Chemistry Submitted To The Central Library, Dibrugarh University, Assam, 2015-19, Prarthana Borthakur

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The process by which the impact or quality of an article is assessed by counting the number of times other works mention it in their work can be defined as citation analysis. It involves counting the number of times an article is cited by other works to measure the impact of a publication or an author. The technique of citation analysis is effective and easier among all other technique of Bibliometrics to know the trend of research in a particular field, to know the preference of scholars for various forms of information resources. The present study is conducted in order …

Review Of Research On Public Libraries: A Scopus Based Bibliometric Analysis, Danappa Vaggi, S Parameshwar, Goutami P. M

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Public libraries are considered as peoples universities and can play a vital role in overall development of community they serve with the help of the resources and services. We have collected to data from the Scopus database for the period of 1971-2019. We have identified the trends in public libraries research, prominent authors who are involved in the research on public libraries issues and Y applied to evaluate the author’s contribution. Core journals and productive countries also determined and taken up the author supplied keyword analysis over decades. This work would be useful to the researchers who are working on …

A Scientometric Study On Literatures Of The Journal ‘Scientometrics’, Roma Yogesh Asnani, Priyanki Vyas Dr

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A Scientometrics focused on quantitative study aspects of the publications and citation study is an emerging trend and thrust area of scientometrics study and derives the quantitative and qualitative research for describing the result of cited documents. This study depicts the qualitative and quantitative study of journal’s contributors, institutions and countries. In this study, A total 1872 publications with 15711 citations analyzed to know the productivity of the Journal ‘Scientometrics’ during the period from 2015 to 2019. The paper covers the growth rate of publications and citation impact, author’s productivity, authorship patterns, and most relevant country-wise & institutions-wise distribution of …

Information And Communication Technology (Ict) In Nigerian Libraries For Sustainable Development Goals (Sdg)., Ndidi Grace Nwankwo, Onoruoiza Suleiman Ismaila, Doubra Felicia Seimode, Rita Eda

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The main purpose of this paper is to explore the crucial roles of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in provision of library services, for sustainable development goals in Nigeria. The rationale behind the SDGs, understanding the content and contexts of the SDGs, analysis of the library-related SDGs, the place of the libraries in actualization of the SDGs were well articulated. Despite the availability of wide opportunities offered by the advent of ICT, it has been observed that application of ICT to library services in Nigeria seems inadequate probably due to variety of challenges. With the methodology of simple literature review, …

Audio-Visual Resources In Library: An Enhancing Tool For Effective Teaching And Learning In Primary Schools In Nsukka L.G.A, Rebecca Chidimma Ojobor, Elizabeth Titilope Babarinde, Victoria Olayemi Fagbemi

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Instructional material has always been an inevitable tool for effective teaching and learning especially at primary school level. This study investigated availability, relevance and factors impeding adequate use of audio visual resources in teaching and learning in primary schools in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The study adopted a survey design. The target population of the study was 6,050 derived from one hundred and eighteen (118) public primary schools in Nsukka Local Government Area. Six hundred and five (605) primary school pupils were sampled out of the population using proportionate random sampling technique. Observation check list and …

Investigating The Factors Influencing Librarians’ Intention Toward The Adoption Of Koha- An Open Source Integrated Library System In Pakistan, Asad Khan

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This study investigated the factors influencing the intention of Pakistani librarians toward the adoption of Koha- an Integrated Open Source Integrated Library System (OSILS). To this end, a conceptual framework consisted of six predictors and one outcome variable was constructed. Adopting a quantitative approach, the survey method was used. Data were gathered through questionnaires from a convenient sample of Pakistani librarians. Multi-variate statistics including Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple and stepwise regression analyses were used for data analyses. The results established perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEU) as the positive and significant predictors of the librarians’ intention to …

Rethinking Fine Art Libraries: Issues, Challenges And Status Of The Libraries Of The Institute Of Fine Art In New Delhi, India, Ridip Jyoti Kalita, Dipen Deka

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Purpose and objectives of the study: This purpose of the paper is to explore the collection, services, challenges and prospects of the libraries of the institute of fine arts in New Delhi, India. Fine arts and performing arts library specialize in collecting items relating to any faction of the art including music, poetry, sculpture, painting, theatre, dance, film and recorded sound etc.

Scope: This study is confined to the libraries of the institute of the fine arts in Delhi, the capital city of India, which are approved and funded by the concerned government.

Methodology: The authors …

User Satisfaction With Resources And Services Of Public Libraries Of Lahore, Pakistan, Muhammad Taufiq, Shafiq Ur Rehman Dr, Murtaza Ashiq

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This study was intended to examine the level of user satisfaction with respect to the resources and services of public libraries and the problems faced by the public library users in Lahore, Pakistan. For the purpose of the study, a quantitative research approach based on survey method was used. A structured questionnaire was designed to collect data from the public library users utilizing convenience sampling. The study population consisted of users of four major public libraries in Lahore, Pakistan. The findings showed that the majority of the respondents tended to visit the public library daily and were satisfied with …

The Role Of The School Library Media Centre In Academic Achievement Within Selected Schools In Midlands And Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe, Mthokozisi Masumbika Ncube, Stephen Tsekea

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The role played by school libraries in ensuring academic excellence has been vividly overlooked in most literature, and within Zimbabwe in particular. Therefore, this article looked at the contribution of the school library media centre towards the performance of pupils in selected schools within Midlands and Mashonaland Central provinces between year 2009 and 2014 at a Zimbabwean school setup. The essence of a school library media centre is to provide access to diverse educational and recreational resources to enhance the performance of pupils. However, as schools were ranked every year, schools that had always topped the rankings continued to do …

Consumerization Of It: Nexus Of Smac Technology Adoption By The Indian Libraries, Rajendra Babu

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The study assesses awareness, use and adoption benefits of SMAC (Smart, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Computing) Technologies among the LIS professionals working across the libraries of different strata in India. 235 responses obtained using a structured questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics method. 99.6% respondents use mobile phones, 58.7% post library activities using social media daily for this purpose 61.3% use Facebook, 52.8% use YouTube, 69.4 use WhatsApp, 31.5% use Facebook Messenger and 18.7% use Instagram. Majority use mobile apps for rendering services, 14.9% for searching catalogue, 11.9% for membership facilities, 8.5%, 10.6% for book renewal facilities and book reservation …

Users’ Awareness Of Personal Information On Social Media: Case On Undergraduate Students Of Universitas Indonesia, Rahmad Nur Iman, Taufik Asmiyanto, Muhammad Hanif Inamullah

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Posting a personal data information on social media can be easily done by anyone. These activities are easily found on the user's social media profile page, which is not uncommon to contain personal information. This is coupled with the possibility of security gaps in social media services, can be utilized for various purposes, and by anyone, including other users and service providers themselves. On the other hand, regulations and policies regarding personal data information, have not been clearly regulated in Indonesia. By using a qualitative approach, this research aims to determine the stage of the user consciousness related to personal …

Information Needs And Seeking Behavior Of Farmers In Southern Ethiopia, Deribe Kaske

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Information is an important factor in agricultural development. The study investigated farmers’ agricultural information needs and seeking behavior in the Southern Regional State of Ethiopia. A cross-sectional research design was employed and the study population included all household heads of the eight sampled villages in four administrative zones. A multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to obtain a sample of 320 farmers. Quantitative data were collected and research adopted descriptive statistics. The results revealed information on crop production technologies; information about diseases, pests and weather forecasts, and market information were identified as the top three most important types of agricultural information. …

Measuring Library Service Quality Of The College Libraries In Pakistan: An Analysis Of The Libqual Comments, Khalid Mahmood Mr, Shafiq Ur Rehman Dr, Murtaza Ashiq

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This study is a part of a large research project and measures the library service quality of the college libraries of the Punjab, Pakistan. This study is also tried to present an alternative methodology to analyze comments as part of large questionnaire-based survey. Data has been consisted of 609 respondent’s qualitative comments. The study identifies the overall poor infrastructure of the college libraries in Pakistan. Majority of the respondents have given negative feedback about the current status and the situation of the libraries. It has been noted that most of the colleges have been established over 50 years ago, …

Students’ Preference Of Reading Print And Digital Resources: A Study In Universities In Kerala, India, Divya P, Mohamed Haneefa K

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This study investigates students’ preference of reading print and digital resources. A questionnaire survey with a stratified random sample of 700 postgraduate students of the universities in Kerala state of India was used to conduct the study. Comparison on media provided a fascinating insight into the way students read. The students reported a better comprehension, concentration, higher content absorption and comfort levels, if they read on print resources as opposed to digital resources. Majority of the students download the documents, take notes, and copy and paste contents while reading digital resources. There is no significant gender difference in their level …

Visualization Of Authorship Pattern And Research Collaborative Measures In Defence Science Journal: A Scientometric Study, Dr. P. S. Rajput, Neha Kumari Teli, Naveen Chaparwal

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Accessibility Of Health Information Provided By The Clinics In The Capricorn Region In The Limpopo Province, South Africa, Maoka Dikotla Dr, Lethabo Ledwaba Mr, Morongoenyane Ntsala Ms

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Health information is a weapon that provides people with much-needed knowledge about self-care management, especially in the rural areas, where only clinics are the key players in the provision and dissemination of such information. The purpose of the study was to investigate the accessibility of health information provided by the clinics in the rural areas of the Capricorn region of the Limpopo Province in South Africa. The study employed the qualitative research method. Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with the community members who visited the clinics at the time of the data collection. The negative attitude displayed by the healthcare …

Enhancing Students’ Learning And Understanding Of Use Of Library In Federal Universities In Nigeria Through The Integration Of E-Learning In The Teaching-Learning Process: A Survey, Emmanuel Chidiadi Onwubiko

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This study examines the need of integrating e-learning in the teaching-learning process of the ‘Use of Library’ as a panacea to enhancing students’ learning/understanding of the course in federal universities in Nigeria. The study was guided by four research questions while descriptive survey research design was employed as study methodology. A purposive random sampling method was applied to get sampled population of 748 comprising of 304 lecturers and 444 students of 200 levels. A questionnaire titled: ‘e-learning in the teaching-learning process of use of library with 46 items designed on Likert 4-point scale was used in collecting data for the …

Advocacy And Lobbying As Instruments For Public Relations In Nigerian Special Libraries, James Ngushin Mngutyo, Elizabeth Okon Inyang Unn, Obisike N. Atuh

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Nigerian institutions and society at large are shroud in deep, prevailing and wide spread ignorance of special libraries’ importance. As a result these libraries are underutilized hence the slow and little national development being witnessed. Advocacy and lobbying are therefore identified as necessary instruments for public relations in dispelling this deep rooted, prevailing and widespread ignorance that has prevented Nigerian special libraries from being optimally utilized for national development. In this light, the paper takes a look at the concept of special libraries, public relations and more specifically advocacy and lobbying and proceeds to examine the need to use advocacy …

The Effect Of Service Quality And Satisfaction On Loyalty Of College Library Users In Indonesia, Dyah Puspitasari Srirahayu, Sri Hartini, Tanti Handriana

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The library is an organization that continues to grow and develop along with the behavior of its users. Users who will continue to use the library despite the emergence of many other sources of information, such as the internet, are needed for library sustainability. This study aims to determine the relationship between service quality and satisfaction on user loyalty in-state college libraries in Surabaya, Indonesia. The research method used is quantitative by distributing questionnaires through Google form to 500 respondents of state academic library users with the criteria of having used services in the library. The analysis technique is Confirmatory …