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Health Information Need And Information Sources Of Pregnant Women In Ogbomoso Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria, T.A. Ogunmodede, Adefunke Sarah Ebijuwa Mrs, Solomon Olusegun Oyetola Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

The study examined health information needs and information sources of pregnant women in Ogbomoso metropolis, Oyo state, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The instrument of questionnaire was used to elicit information from the two teaching hospitals in Ogbomoso metropolis namely: Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso and Bowen University Teaching hospital (BUTH), Ogbomosho. The period of administration of questionnaire covered two (2) months with the aid of staff Nurse/midwifes on duty. The total number of one hundred and fifty questionnaire was distributed to the respondents of which 136 copies were returned and analysed …

Influence Of Demographic Factors On Use Of Online Library Resources By Undergraduate Students In Two Private Nigerian University Libraries., Ganiyu Oluwaseyi Quadri

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigates the influence of demographic factors on use of online library resources by undergraduate students in two private Nigerian university libraries. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study and the study population consisted of 7500 undergraduates from Babcock University and 2200 from Redeemer’s University. Random sampling was used to select a sample of 291 and questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics consisting of tables of frequency and percentage for the demographic characteristics and spearman non-parametric correlation was used for the hypotheses. The findings revealed that there was significant …

Information Use And Job Performance Of Senior Non-Academic Staff In Nigerian Universities, Ezinwanyi Madukoma, Roseline Oluremi Opeke

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study surveyed information use and job performance of senior non-academic staff in Nigerian universities. Senior non-academic staff are responsible for the day-to-day operations and management of activities within the university. However, in the context of information use and job performance little or no evidence is found of any investigation done. Survey research design was employed to carry out the stud; the population comprised 112 approved universities in Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 27 universities that took part in the study. 1804 senior non-academic staff comprised the sample size of the study. Structured questionnaire was used for …

Library Services To Disabled Students In The Digital Era: Challenges For Outcome Assessment, V. O. Ekwelem

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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The purpose of this study was to explore the use of electronic resources by disabled library users in south-east Nigeria. A survey method using interview style data collection method was deemed appropriate than administering a questionnaire. The interview was done by colleagues in the studied universities. All of the disabled student users were requested to participate in the study. Using interview style method, 194 disabled library users made up of 101 visually impaired and 93 mobility challenged provided the data. Findings showed that the only electronic resources available to visually impaired library users are taped books and online …

Citation Analysis Of Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, Kamini Gupta Librarian, Gurjeet Kaur Rattan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is citation analysis of articles appeared in the online journal, Information Research: an international electronic journal (IR) during the period 2008-2012. The maximum number of articles (57) as well as maximum number of citations (2324) was published in 2008. The average number of citations per article was 43.21. Also, the maximum numbers of articles (92) were having citations between 26-50. As for as form of citations is concerned, Journals were the most preferred form of citations by IR scholars while writing their papers. More than half of the citations (51.44%) were multi-authored, whereas 48.56% of citations …

Censorship And The Challenges Of Library Services Delivery In Nigeria, Japheth A. Yaya Mr

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This paper discusses censorship and the challenges of Library services delivery in Nigeria. Librarians, through their professional associations, have long been committed to the social justice principle of free access to information. External censorship challenges to library collections threaten this principle overtly. However, censorship can also occur in libraries in various covert and often unconscious ways. This paper also raises concerns about current librarian practices and library censorship processes which can effectively censor library collections from within. In managing the library and its services, the librarian should promote inclusion and should not discriminate against any library user regardless of …

Public Library Services To Children In Rural Areas, Pearl C. Akanwa

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Pubic library service to children in rural areas should have a prominent place in the line up of activities in the public library. This paper highlights children’s need for the library which makes it necessary for libraries to be established for them wherever they are, even in rural communities. Two methods were identified in this paper as means of extending library services to children who live in rural areas and they are the mobile library and the branch or rural library. Though the mobile library is seen as a vital feature in rural library service, but the rural library is …

Population Control In Nigeria: Implications For Librarians, Pearl C. Akanwa, Emmanuel Uwazie Anyanwu, Oyemike Victor Ossai-Onah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The need for population checks in any country cannot be over-emphasized. This need becomes very important in a country like Nigeria where people depend on speculations for information in all spheres of life. It was reported from the last census that the population of Nigeria is 167 million. This number is alarming in a country which depends on one source of income. The causes of over-population in the country are identified as, cultural beliefs, lack of sex and population education, religious beliefs etc. To avoid the side effects of over-population, which among others are ; mass poverty, increased death rate, …

Contribution And Impact Of Faculty And Scholars Of Iiser Mohali :(A Scientometric Study, 2008 - 12, Visakhi P Dr, Ritu Gupta Ms

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This paper analyses the broad characteristics of 186 research papers published and indexed in Scopus international multidisciplinary bibliographical database by the researchers and faculty of Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali during 2008-12 by focusing on its publication growth characteristics, format and media of communication, research impact and quality, patterns of research collaboration, broad and narrow areas of research and contribution and citation impact of its more productive authors

Hindustani Film Music Information Storage And Retrieval: Using Ms Access Database Management System., Nazir Ahmad Bhat

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A large number of government, semi government and private Radio/TV stations or channels exist in India. All of these stations/channels have got small or big libraries with audio/video collection. The collection comprises of around 22 official languages ranging from Asami to Urdu. The collection also comprises of a variety of recording media ranging from earlier gramophone records to present day digital versatile discs (DVDs). Radio talks, interviews, discussions, situation and subject based programmes, musical concerts, songs (folk, classical, geet, ghazals), dramas, sports, humorous programmes, and so on depict the diversity of collection. Radio/TV Libraries in India need a reliable software …

Faculty Perceptions And Practices In Health Sciences Information Literacy Instruction In Tanzania, Edda Tandi Lwoga Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study assessed the information literacy (IL) instruction perceptions and practices of faculty at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania. An online survey was distributed to all faculty members in five schools and one institute at MUHAS (235 in total) from 2011 to 2012, with a response rate of (34.5 percent). The study findings show a general support for IL development, and its importance in enabling students to do library-based research. To a large extent, faculty believed that the IL competencies of students, including their ability to find, use and evaluate information, was average at the lower …

Collaborative Research In Economics In Pakistan: The Case Of Pakistan Development Review From 1973 To 2009, Sajjad Ullah Jan, Mumtaz Ali Anwar

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The pattern of collaborative authorship (extent of international collaboration and degree of collaboration) and institutional affiliation in the papers of the Pakistan Development Review were determined by using bibliometric techniques. The sample used was the papers published during 1973-2009. Of the 1627 papers, 723 (44.44%) were the result of collaborative effort. International collaboration was observed only in 94 papers. The degree of collaboration was 0.44 as a whole and the year-wise calculated degree ranged between 0.13 and 0.76. The year 2009 was the most productive year in terms of collaborative research.

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Contributions In The Journal ‘Library Trends’, Taapas Kumar Das Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper presents the findings of a bibliometric study one of the renowned journal “Library Trends” into consideration with an aim to analyse the contributions of the author and the citations cited by various articles appeared in it. The present study comprises of 206 articles published in the said journal from 2007-2012. Highest number (51) of articles is published in 2007-08. Majority of authors preferred to publish their research results in individual authorship mode 122 (59.22%). The majority of articles 63 (30.58%) have the length of 16-20 pages. The highest number of contributions with citations between 11-20 is 48 (23.30%).

Faculty Perception On Library Facilities: A Survey On Naac Accredited Autonomous Arts And Science Colleges In Coimbatore City, Dr. S. Ally Sornam, Associate Professor And Head, K. Priya, Mlis, M. Prakash, M.Phil Scholar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present article has made an attempt to study the faculty perception on Library faculties in Autonomous Arts and Science Colleges in one of the biggest cities in Tamil Nadu, India. There colleges got accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India, hence the standard of education and faculties in these colleges are generally behind to be the best. The study used a questionnaire and the results revealed that faculty have a low perception on the collection, services, ICT facilities, manpower and infrastructure facilities of libraries in these colleges.

A Study Of Library Usage And Satisfaction By Social Scientists At Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Rubina Bhatti

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The successful library services depend mainly on satisfaction level of its users with the relevant library collection, user-centric library services and library staffs’ supportive attitude. This study is based on survey method using questionnaire. It aimed at studying the types of material used for meeting academic and research need, purposes of seeking information, respondent’s satisfaction with library services, satisfaction with library collection, journals subscription, preferred format of information, problems faced during information search, satisfaction with the attitude of the library and opening hours of library. At the end the study furnished some recommendations to improve library usage frequency and …

Fee-Based Services As Source Of Funding For Public University Libraries In Ghana - A Survey, Michael Ahenkorah-Marfo, Raymond Osei-Boadu

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Academic libraries have a crucial role to play in the achievement of the goals of their parent institutions. However, public universities in Ghana have generally not been financing their libraries to the quantum that has been recommended by the Universities Rationalization Committee in Ghana. Public university libraries have experienced dwindling budgetary allocations which hover around 3% of the total universities’ annual budget. Responses received from a survey on sale of some aspect of their services as a possible source of additional income indicated that it exists only in one of the university libraries. Respondents posited that it is a …

Public Libraries In Jaffna District, Sri Lanka - Challenges, Kalpana Chandrasekar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Establishment of public libraries is regarded as one of the essential amenities of the local or central government of a nation since they enhance the idea of free and equal access to information and offers their collections and services to all members of the community. This study revealed the present status of the public libraries in the Jaffna District. Apart from the Jaffna Public Library, which is managed by the Jaffna Municipal Council and provide services to the whole Jaffna District, presently there are 03 Urban Council libraries, 13 Pradeshiya Sabha libraries and 907 Community Center libraries, which cater the …

Socio-Demographic Factors As Determinants Of Access And Use Of Ict By Staff Of University Libraries In Oyo State, Emmanuel Sola Owolabi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study examined the influence of socio-demographic factors on access and use of ICT by staff of academic libraries in Oyo state. These universities are: Ladoke Akintola University, Lead City University and Bishop Ajayi Crowther.

Data was collected using a self structured questionnaire using convenience sampling technique. The empirical evidence was based on descriptive and statistical analysis using SPSS. The findings revealed that ease of use, perceived benefits and accessibility were highly correlated with the demographic factors (age, level of education and income), however, none of the demographic variables predicted favorably on challenges of ICT usage.

The study recommends that …

Journal Of Documentation : A Bibliometric Study, Sanku Bilas Roy, Moutusi Basak

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Bibliometrics is the discipline where quantitative methods were employed to probe scientific communication process by measuring and analyzing various aspects of written documents. It helps to monitor growth of literature and patterns of research. This paper examines the articles published in Journal of Documentation for authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, geographical distribution of papers and citation analysis. The studies carried out for this paper found that majority of papers are multi- authored. The degree of collaboration is found to be 0.51. The geographical distribution reveals that the contribution by United Kingdom is the highest. The average citations per paper are …

Glaucoma Research: A Scientometric Study Of Indian Publications Output, 2002-11, Brij Mohan Gupta, Adarsh Bala

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objectives: Analyses the Indian publications output in glaucoma research during 2002-11 on several parameters including contribution & citation impact of top most productive countries, India’s overall contribution, its growth pattern and citation impact, the share of international collaboration in India’s overall research output, contribution of leading countries and identification of leading foreign collaborating partners, Indian contribution & impact of different types of glaucoma, glaucoma research by sub-fields and glaucoma research output by different population age groups, productivity and impact of leading Indian institutions and authors and pattern of communication of Indian output in most productive journals.

Methods: The Scopus Citation …

Interrogating The Contributions Of Ict Acquisition And Application To Effective Library Service Delivery In Nigeria, Gabriel Aine Obinyan Dr, Stanley Omondiale Unuabor Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

It is a fact that acquisition and application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) contribute positively to effectiveness of academic libraries’ delivery of information services. The extent to which this is the case in Nigeria was interrogated in this study in order to justify the huge investment in ICT. Survey research design was adopted. The study population comprises professional librarians in academic libraries in Nigerian universities. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire complemented with interviews. A Total of 150 copies of the questionnaire were administered out of which 120 copies were retrieved giving 80.0% response rate. Analysis …

Determining Information Literacy Competency Of Faculty Members And Post Graduate Medical And Para Medical Students In Using Medical Information Resources, Hakimeh Hazrati, Vahideh Zarea Gavgani, Naser Ghornanian

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Introduction: Information literacy(IL) is a set of abilities requiring individuals to identify when information is needed and have the competency to locate, evaluate, and use efficiently the required information. The very aim of this study is to recognize to what extend the medical and paramedical post graduate students and faculty members are able to use the variety of information resources. The study was done in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Iran) from October to December 2012. Methods and Materials: This study used the descriptive analytical method. The participants of this study were 80 faculty members and 80 postgraduate …

Cloud Computing Applications In Indian Central University Libraries: A Study Of Librarians` Use, Mayank Yuvaraj

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main purpose of this paper is to explore how librarians in Indian Central Universities are using Cloud Computing tools into their daily library services and works. A structured questionnaire was designed & personally distributed as well as mailed to 407 respondents. Responses show that librarians are heavily reliant on cloud computing tools and majority of them are using various devices and want to imply the same to improve library services. Economics, delivery models and service layers and the user`s preference of cloud computing are the core drivers of this phenomena. However, majority of the librarians showed their concern over …

Use And Users Satisfaction On Online Public Access Catalogue (Opac) Services Among B.Tech. Students Of School Of Engineering In Tezpur University: A Survey., Anjan Gohain, Mukesh Saikia Dr

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the use and user satisfaction on Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) services at Tezpur University. This study attempted to investigate the frequency, purpose of use and to find out the problems faced by the B.Tech students while using OPAC. Attempt also made to investigate user’s awareness about the benefit of OPAC service. The final result revealed that 51.03 %( 199) respondents used OPAC everyday to locate document on shelves. Lack of skills to use OPAC independently, lack of awareness about OPAC and lack of proper guidance to use OPAC were the …

Journal Bibliometric Analysis: A Case Study On Internet Research, Dr. Dillip K. Swain

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This paper aims to evaluate the pattern of publications of Internet Research (IR) from 2008 to 2012 and to reveal the research influence of this journal from the citing and cited references of the papers through appropriate bibliometric measures. The study analyses five volumes of Internet Research from the year 2008 to 2012. Citations to each of the published articles are explored through Google Scholar for assessing average impact of individual paper. Citation record for measurement of impact factor and immediacy index was extracted from Scopus. It is found that the average length of articles published in IR is …

Application Of Information And Communication Technology (Ict): A Comparative Analysis Of Male And Female Academics In Africa, Samuel Owusu-Ansah

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This study aims to investigate or verify whether gender affects the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities among academics. The study used a survey approach that involved questionnaires to solicit data from 154 academics. For the past few years, an assortment of ICT facilities such as computers, laptops, projectors, printers and many others have been available to academics for accessibility and use in collaboration, teacher-student communication, online assignment, research, teaching and learning.

Using the t-test analysis, access rates and use of ICT among male and female academics was observed to be insignificant. Again, the findings revealed a significant …

A Study Of The Usability And Design Components Of Academic Libraries Websites In Pakistan, Amjid Khan, Shamshad Ahmed, Yassir Mahmood, Salman Bin Naeem

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims to present an improved and better understanding of important website design components, satisfaction of users, and their interaction with academic library website in an online environment.The findings of this study will help to design effective websites and improved usability components. Survey has been used to identify important factors that appear to influence perceptions about websites including web surfing activities, good graphics, number of links, amount of text and use of animations. The results specify that academic library website users tend to prefer interactive websites having the presence of basic elements and free from pop-up advertisements. Overall …

Assessment Of Competencies Of Professional Librarians In Nigeria., Michael Onuchukwu Okoye

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This paper traced origin of library and information science education in Nigeria to the advent of new technologies in academic libraries. It investigated professional competencies that are currently expected of library professionals in academic libraries. The population comprised 89 professionals in South East of Nigeria Federal Universities. Copies of a structured questionnaire were used for data collection from respondents. Sixty-three (63) responses were received giving a response rate of 70.79%. The study centered on knowledge-based and skills’-based acquisition. It also presented qualitative treatment of attitude. Data collected were analyzed using percentages, mean scores and correlation coefficient. Findings of the …

Studies In Family Planning Journal (2003 To 2009): A Bibliometric Study, Oluremi Adenike Abiolu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigates a bibliometric analysis of Studies in Family Planning journal from 2004 to 2009. It identified major areas of research focus, research design used, authorship patterns, affiliation of authors, citation patterns, continents of research focus and geographical distribution of authors. Findings revealed that family planning and sexual and reproductive health were key subjects of research. Surveys were mostly used for data collection. Authors tilted towards collaboration. Most authors were affiliated to universities. Also, the most cited information source was journal. Most of the articles were on developing countries and most authors were domiciled in developed countries with USA …

Use And User’S Satisfaction On Library Resources And Services In Tezpur University (India): A Study, Mukesh Saikia, Anjan Gohain Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study is an investigation of use of library resources, user’s satisfaction on library resources & services and information seeking behaviors of the students and research scholars of Tezpur University. 200 questionnaires were distributed among students and research scholars of Tezpur University to collect relevant data. 79.5 %( 159) library users responded where 32 .07 %( 51) respondents visited Central library, Tezpur University everyday for borrowing library books. It is found that 82.39%(131 ) users borrowed text books,(79.87%)(127) consulted journals and 75.47%(120) read News papers to meet their information needs. Library is playing vital role to meet multidimensional demands …