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Status Of Library Resources And Services Of Selected College Libraries Of Barak Valley Districts Of Assam, India, Sufia Khanom Mozumder Mrs, P K. Barooah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Present study is intended to cover situation of college libraries in the Barak Valley, Assam in terms of status of collection, services offered, staff position, automation status, e-resources availability and user’s satisfaction. The position of services of college libraries during the pandemic situation is also highlighted. The findings revealed that the selected college libraries of Barak Valley have very limited print and electronic resources. In addition, the library services provided by the selected colleges are deplorable. Particularly, during the physical closer of libraries only one library provided online searching facility of subscribed electronic resources through log-in ID and password from …

Information Seeking Behavior Of Undergraduate Students Of The University Of Karachi, Pakistan, Humera Ilhaq, Khushbakht Tousif

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Every person needs information to fulfill their personal, professional, educational, teaching and learning need of information. People have different information seeking behavior to acquire, organize, use and disseminate information. The aim of this study is to identify information seeking behavior, information sources and to know their searching preferences and determine behaviors of undergraduate students in information searching at University of Karachi, Pakistan.

In this study quantitative approach was applied. A survey method was used. A structured questionnaire was develop as a data collection tool. In the questionnaire two types of questions; (closed-ended and multiple choice questions) were developed. Sample size …

Dspace Information Retrieval System: A Study Using Dicom Metadata Standard, Hirak Jyoti Hazarika, Dr. S. Ravikumar, Dr. Akash Handique

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The present paper talks about the use of institutional repository software (DSpace) in archiving DICOM images. In the current study, the authors have tried to integrate the DICOM metadata standard with DSpace, which was compatible with DC & OAI PMH. After integrating the DICOM standard with DSpace, and the repository tested with a sample of ten thousand images, the retrieval results using various DICOM tags was very satisfactory. This study paves for the use of OSS in storing and retrieving medical images. Digital Image Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard has become a centre component for making an application nonpartisan …

Internal And External Factors In The Information-Seeking Behavior Pattern Of The 2019 Outstanding Students In Universitas Negeri Malang (Um), Muhammad Salmanudin Hafizh Shobirin, Moh Safii

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The purpose of this study is to determine the internal and external factors in the information-seeking behavior pattern of the 2019 Outstanding Students in Universitas Negeri Malang (UM). Within the behavioral pattern of each Outstanding Student in their activities of searching information, there are internal and external factors that form the structure of the behavioral pattern. This study used the descriptive qualitative approach. The sample was eighteen finalists of the 2019 Outstanding Student Competition in Universitas Negeri Malang that were selected using the purposive sampling technique. The data was collected through an interview. The results of this study show that …

Analysis Of The Technology Acceptance Model On The Union Catalog Server Based The Senayan Library Management System Within The Library Of The Ministry Of Marine Affairs And Fisheries Of Indonesia, Desi Novita Sari, Mukmin Suprayogi, Muhammad Azwar

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This study aims to describe and analyze the relationship between Perceptions of User Ease (PEOU), Perceived Usefulness (PU), Attitudes Toward Using (ATU), and Acceptance (ACC) of the Union Catalog Server-based Senayan Library Management System (SLiMS) by librarians and library managers within the scope of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries in Indonesia. This research is a quantitative descriptive. Sampling using total sampling. The research analysis used SmartPLS 3.0 to test 4 primary constructs (internal variable) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) on the answers of 27 respondents spread across 27 libraries in Indonesia using the SLiMS Union Catalog Server. The results …

The Library's Adaptation Strategy Towards The Information-Seeking Behaviour Patterns Of The 2019 Outstanding Students In Universitas Negeri Malang (Um), Muhammad Salmanudin Hafizh Shobirin, Moh Safii

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Information-seeking behavior for Outstanding Students of Universitas Negeri Malang (UM) is an activity to increase information literacy in the era of information technology development, and it is necessary to use this activity as a reference or an example for other students in improving their information literacy and achieving effective and efficient learning. Therefore, in order to find the pattern of information-seeking behavior as reference material, the role of the university library is needed for designing an adaptation strategy of this pattern. The purpose of this research is to show the strategies or efforts of the library in adapting to the …

Impact Of Social Networking Sites Among Postgraduate Students’ Of Manipur University: A Study, Haumin Lun

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Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of using Social Networking Sites among Postgraduate students of Manipur University. It aims to reveal the average amount of time spent on social media, the frequency with which it is used, the most commonly used SNS, and the social networking site's overall positive and negative influence. A quantitative survey was conducted using a structured close-ended question distributed randomly among the Post Graduate students of Manipur University. The data collected are processed with MS-Excel and analyzed and interpreted using SPSS. The findings show that SNS is widely used among students, and most students (98%) use …

Global Research Trends And Network Visualization On Climate Action : A Bibliometric Study, Binod K. Das, Mayuri Pandya, Shanti P. Chaudhari, Atul Bhatt, Dharmendra Trivedi

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The purpose of the study is to explore the bibliometric features of scientific publications in the area of climate action for the period during 1995–2020, thus, enabling the scientific community to understand the research progress on the topic. The data of the scientific publications were retrieved from the Scopus database. The key word “Climate Action” were applied as topic terms to search articles published during the study period. Total 1638 scientific publications retrieved for statistical analysis for bibliometric analysis and for visualization network analysis study has VOSviewer© tools along with RStudio and MS Excel. Result shows steady progress on …

Utilization Of Media Managerial Tools And Electronic Library In Adult Literacy Centres As A Strategy For Curbing Covid-19 Pandemic In Enugu State, Nigeria, Justina Ngozi Igwe Ph.D, Uzoamaka Ogwo Ph.D, Chinedu John. Ayolugbe

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The study investigated the utilization of media managerial tools and electronic library in adult literacy centres as a strategy for curbing COVID-19 pandemic in Enugu State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was four hundred and sixty-five (465) adult literacy facilitators in Enugu State while the sample size of 325 facilitators in Enugu State, was adopted as the respondents. The study was guided with three (3) research Questions and (1) hypothesis. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire with 18 items titled “Utilization of media managerial tools and electronic library in …

Marketing Spreads Its Wings In Library Services A Study Of Role And Strategies Of Marketing Information Products And Services, Mukesh Kumar Jha , Manohar Parrikar Institute For Defence Studies And Analyses, New Delhi, India, Shriram Pandey , Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

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In a globalized world where library and information services remain as one of the most important assets of the knowledge schemes, the marketing of library and information services has become an important professional medium to reach out to the end-users. Marketing has spread its wings to the library and information science and its strategies are proving very helpful in managing these knowledge systems. This paper focuses on the role of marketing strategies and examines the concept of 7Ps (Product, Promotion, Price, Place, People, Process and Physical Evidence) and also discusses library marketing through website outreach and client base. The paper …

Assessment Of Ict Facilities In The Public Libraries Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Descriptive Study, Mohammad Hussain, Dr. Haroon Idrees, Dr. Khan Faqir, Muhammad Sohail Haider

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Purpose: This study aimed to review the ICT facilities in the public libraries of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The specific objectives were to see the status of ICT resources, check the ICT tools used in delivering services, and point out problems faced by the public libraries in developing ICT infrastructure.

Research Design and Methodology: The study's population consisted of public libraries in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The census-based approach was employed, and data was gathered from library heads via questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22.

Findings: It was found that most of …

Online Reading Behaviour Of Ph.D. Students In The Department Of Library And Information Science At Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow: A Survey, Dr. Shilpi Verma, Preeti Yadav, Pratibha Kumari

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The purpose of this paper is to identify online reading behaviour of Ph.D. students of Department of Library and Information Science of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow. This study adopted survey methodology to find out how many students are aware and uses the online reading resources in the departments. It also looks at the motive and problems of students while accessing the online reading resources. This research makes a few ideas on how to increase online reading habit.

A Survey Of Covid-19 Information Dissemination Behavior Of Library And Information Professionals In Nigeria, Joy Iguehi Ikenwe, Idowu Adegbilero-Iwari, Oluwaseun Eniola Adegbilero-Iwari

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The corona virus disease reported in 2019 became a global pandemic in 2020. It now maintains an unwelcome status as one of the most difficult public health challenge of modern era. The disease is highly contagious much as the rate of information and misinformation diffusion about it. Whereas members of the public might have shared information on COVID-19 but library and information professionals (LIPs) are trained on the meaningful use of information and information dissemination through social infrastructure. Thus, this paper studied in Nigeria, the COVID-19 information dissemination behavior of LIPs, using the survey research approach. Data were collected through …

Consumers’ Health Information Seeking Behaviour On Social Media: A Case Study Of Lautech Teaching Hospital Library And Lautech College Of Health Sciences Medical Library In Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria., Yemisi Oluremi Oladapo, Moses Oladele Adeoye, Susanah Olayinka Tomomowo-Ayodele, Isau Adewole Adegun

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The study was conducted to investigate the consumers’ health seeking information behaviour on social media using LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Library and LAUTECH College of Health Sciences Medical Library as a case study. The web of Science Core Collection and healthcare database was searched for existing literature on consumer health information seeking on social media. The study employed the use of Quantitative research method. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprises 250 consumers of health information while 234 was retrieved and used for this study. Questionnaire containing structured question was designed and administered to …

Bibliometric Study On Analysing Impact Of Newly Launched Products Over Existing Ones Through Ai, Dipak Sharma, Vageesh Devrath, Abhinav Rajput, Gouranga Jyoti Kataky, Priyanka Tupe-Waghmare, Ismail Akbani

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Different analysis models like Conditional Mean Analysis, Trend Analysis, Correlation Analysis helps us to analyse the delicate equilibrium between businesses that gets impacted when a new product is launched in a cluster. This paper shows a statistical report of research done on the businesses in a cluster based on ongoing trends and current customer needs . There is surplus data present on various platforms related to every product following the ongoing trends in the form of customer reviews.The research mainly speculates mainly how the businesses get impacted with change in consumer needs, wants and demands. With the help of datasets …

Awareness And Utilization Of Electronic Databases For Scholarly Research By Faculty Of Education Lecturers In Federal Universities In South East, Nigeria, Franklyn Chibuike Azubuike (Cln), Felix C. Ekere, Nkem Orsu

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This study was designed to investigate the awareness and utilization of electronic databases for scholarly research by faculty of education lecturers in federal universities in South East, Nigeria. Six (6) research questions were formulated to guide the study. In conducting this research, the researcher used descriptive survey design which was considered most appropriate for this study. The study was conducted in the South East zone with a population of five hundred and ninety-one (591) lecturers in faculties of education from three selected federal universities. The instruments used for data collection was the questionnaire and interview schedule. The validity of the …

Homosexuality And Adoption Of Children: A Bibliometric Analysis, Karthiayani A. Ms., Manika Kamthan Dr.

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This study is based on the bibliometric analysis of research publications that focus on highlighting the impact of homosexuality on the process of adoption of children. The primary objective of this study is to analyze the frequency of publications focusing on the impact of parental sexual orientation on the process of adoption in different countries. The data required for this study was collected from the Scopus database and was analyzed using VOSviewer software. Literature published from 2000 to January 2021 were extracted and analyzed. A total of 284 documents which are classified into articles, letters, editorials, conference papers, and reviews …

Information Literacy Skills As A Correlate To The Use Of Library Resources Among Polytechnic Students In Delta State Nigeria, Gabrieline Onyedikachi Obaro, Godstime Umusor

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The study examined information literacy skills as a correlate to the use of library resources among Polytechnic students in Delta State Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study aimed at determining the level of information literacy skills, ascertaining the extent to which the students information literacy skills affect their use of library resources, and finding out the relationship between information literacy skills and library resources among Polytechnic students in Delta State Nigeria. Two research questions were postulated, and one hypothesis tested for the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The Population of the study was 16,050 respondents …

Journal Of Informetrics: A Bibliometric Study, Digbijoy Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper presents a bibliometric study of the “Journal of Informetrics”. It publishes four issues per year. The data were downloaded from the journal’s website. The bibliometric analysis has been conducted with 404 contributions published in the journal selected five years for a period between 2016-2020. The study focuses on necessary bibliometric analysis forms, authorship pattern analysis, year wise distribution of articles, issue wise distribution of articles, single and multi authored papers. Findings of the studies pointed towards the advantages and weakness of the journal which are helpful for its further development. The study revealed that that the maximum number …

Utilization Of Library Information Sources And Services In The Engineering Colleges: A Case Study, Vinoda B., Raja Suresh Kumar Pitla, Doraswamy Naick B. R.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The academic libraries are the Heart of any institution. The usage of information sources and services of users is vital for academic library collections, services and facilities to meet their information needs effectively. This paper studies the usage of information sources and services of Engineering college libraries, Secunderabad. For the purpose of the study a questionnaire was distributed to find out information seeking behavior and know the whether the engineering faculty get the services offered by the library staff and the way of obtaining relevant information, and discover the problems facing when seeking for information and determine the suggestions while …

Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) Maiming Covid Patients: Scientometrics Analysis Through Prism Of Biblioshiny, Sivankalai S, K Sivasekaran

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This study analyses the global level outlook of research publications on Mucormycosis output between the period of 1923 to 2021 (May) on different limitations including contribution of authors, communication channel, publications on Institutions, countries, Journals, cited articles and mode of languages. 4451 data was downloaded from core collection of Web of Science bibliographic database using the search term ‘Mucormycosis’ and limited the publications 1900 to 2021, first publication was started in 1923 onwards. 3798 institutions and 8562 different disciplines contributed and 2808 records are in Articles. 4451 records published by 17320 authors and 23552 collaborated authors, documents per author are …

The Journal Of Information Science Theory And Practice (Jistap): A Bibliometric Analysis (2017-2020), Oladotun Ayowumi Osunkentan, Amudat Oyinlade Imam, Kamorudeen Wumi Adeleke, Taiwo Mujidat Eyinade

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An Empirical Study Of Awareness And Use Of Ict By School Teachers Before And During Lockdown Due To Covid-19 Pandemic, Pooja P. Dadhe, Shraddha M. Patil

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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken almost all the countries across the globe by surprise. It was this time a year ago when the sudden outbreak of the coronavirus forced the closure of educational institutions resulting billions of children out of the classroom. Like many countries worldwide, India also faced the challenges of unexpectedly switching to online classes. Given to this background the study aims at understanding the practical experiences of teachers who were part of the teaching which undertook remotely and on digital platforms. This is a quantitative research using survey technique through a questionnaire that comprised demographic variables, ICT …

Sustainable Agricultural Development And Grassroots` Information Provision: An Appraisal Of Information Needs Of Adani Rice Farmers In Enugu State Of Nigeria, Godwin S. Ezeh, Rebecca C. Ojobor, Chioma C. Onoh

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The study investigates sustainable agricultural development and grassroots information provision: an appraisal of information needs of Adani rice farmers in Enugu State of Nigeria. It catalyzes to achieve the sustainable development goals 1 and 2 as projected in 2030. The study adopted a descriptive survey design with a population of 500 rice farmers from the three villages in Adani. Sixty (60) rice farmers were randomly selected from each of the three villages summing up a sample size of 180 respondents. Questionnaire and interview were used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using frequency count and percentage. The findings of …

Socio-Cultural And Economic Factors As Correlate Of Academic Performance Of Undergraduates In The Department Of Library And Information Science Benue State University, Makurdi, Tofi Simon Ternenge, Tamen Timothy Torkuma

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ABSTRACT

The study investigated socio-cultural and economic factors as correlate of academic performance of undergraduates in the department of Library and Information Science, Benue State University, Makurdi. Three (3) research questions were raised in line with the objectives of the study. The study adopted correlation research design, the population of the study was 951 undergraduates in the department of Library and Information Science Benue State University, Makurdi from 2019/2020 session. However, a sample sized of 282 using proportionate stratified random sampling method, simple random sampling and Taro Yamene’s formula was used to determine the sample size from the population. The …

Information Needs And Seeking Behaviour Of Children In Public Libraries: A Case Study Of Benue State Public Library, Tofi Simon Ternenge, Tamen Timothy Torkuma

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ABSTRACT

The study investigated information needs and seeking behavior of children in public libraries: A case study of Benue state public library. Five (5) objectives with corresponding research questions were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted survey research design, the population of the study was 490 children registered with the Benue state library Board headquarters, Makurdi. However, a sample sized of 220 were drawn using simple random sampling and Taro Yamene’s formula was used to determine the sample size from the population. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire developed by the researcher and validated by two experts …

Measuring The Impact Of Ict On Students’ Academic Performances: Evidence From Higher Educational Institutions Of The Remote Areas Of Pakistan, Shahzadi Humbhi, Shabbir Tareen

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The main purpose of this paper is to investigate students’ perceptions and attitudes towards the usage of ICT and its challenges in the higher educational institutions of Balochistan. A convenient sampling method was used to select 420 students from the top 6 higher educational institutions of Balochistan. Moreover, a Lickert-based closed-ended questionnaire was used for data collection purposes. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS Software. The results showed that 150 (39.5%) respondents were using ICT for academic events and 142 (37.4%) respondents were using ICT for their assignment completion. Furthermore, the study also highlighted some major challenges preventing students …

Attitude, Anxiety, And Technostress As A Correlate Of The Use Of Mobile Phones By Undergraduate Students In A Delta State University (Delsu), Abraka, Marcus L. Isebe

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This study assessed attitude, anxiety, and technostress as a correlate of the use of mobile phones by undergraduate students in Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka. The total population for this study was 6,675 undergraduate students registered with the library of Delta State University in the 2019/2020 academic session. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire which was designed in print formats. A total number of 1001 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the respondents with the aid of 5 research assistant and a total of 797 questionnaires was duly completed and found usable for the study. …

Public Access To Primary Legal Information In Ghana: Opportunities And Challenges, Comfort Asare, Janet Odetsi-Twum Mrs

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Information to a large extent can have economic, political and social impact on the lives of people globally. Information enables one to adjust in the global system through the effective utilization of local resources. It has become common that the fundamental human right to access to information is mostly interpreted in the legal frameworks of countries that support freedom of information. Citizens need to have access to information that is produced and held by governmental agencies.

The objective of this article was to establish and assess Ghana’s legislation on making legal information readily accessible to the general public especially at …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Library Philosophy And Practice From 1998 To 2020: Focus On The Top 200 Most Cited Documents, Waseem Hassan, Amina Ara

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background:

We performed the bibliometric analysis of Library Practice and Philosophy (LPP) from 1998 to 2020.

Methodology:

In April 2021, the data was collected from Scopus, one of the largest databases in the world.

Results:

From 1998 to 2020, LPP published 3364 research documents with 6169 citations. The highest documents (n=988) were published in 2019, while the highest citations (n=1469) were noted in 2020. As per Scopus data, the overall h-index was twenty-one (n=21). In all publications, 4428 authors, 4238 institutes and 56 countries contributed. The number of publications, citations, and citations per documents (CPD), for all authors, and institutes …