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Assessing Library Instruction Assessment Activities, Jim Kapoun Jul 2005

Assessing Library Instruction Assessment Activities, Jim Kapoun

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

For several years I have been using PowerPoint for various library instruction classes. In the spring of 2000 I was asked by a senior undergraduate psychology student (Lynn) to participate in a project she had to complete for her senior research class. She had attended my psychology library instruction class and was impressed with my use of PowerPoint to emphasize major points. Her problem statement to prove was that students learn more from a PowerPoint-enhanced lecture than a lecture with overheads or a traditional lecture. I accepted her invitation and was part of her experiment team.


Geo-Referenced Digital Libraries: Experienced Problems Of Purpose And Infrastructure, Ying Liu Jul 2005

Geo-Referenced Digital Libraries: Experienced Problems Of Purpose And Infrastructure, Ying Liu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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Digital Literacy And Utilisation Of Social Media By School Library Personnel In Oyo State, Nigeria, Florence Tope Dahunsi Dr, Gbenga Alayande Mr Jan 2001

Digital Literacy And Utilisation Of Social Media By School Library Personnel In Oyo State, Nigeria, Florence Tope Dahunsi Dr, Gbenga Alayande Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated digital literacy and utilisation of social media among school library personnel in some selected private schools in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted for the study while questionnaire was used for data collection. One hundred and ninety school library personnel constituted the sample for the study. The study revealed high level of digital literacy among school library personnel in Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria while the major purposes of utilisation of social media by the school library personnel include calling for meetings within and outside school environment, updating knowledge on recent information, supporting research, …


Knowledge Sharing Among Research Scholars Leveraging Academic Social Networking Sites For The Purpose Of Research Collaboration: A Study, Dr Kaladhar Arnepalli Jun 1968

Knowledge Sharing Among Research Scholars Leveraging Academic Social Networking Sites For The Purpose Of Research Collaboration: A Study, Dr Kaladhar Arnepalli

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The key objective of this study is to investigate the awareness of research scholars towards Academic Social Networking Sites (ASNSs) like Academia.edu, Research Gate, Pen profile, LinkedIn, Google Scholar, etc. These sites opened a window for research scholars to know each other by setting up their interest profiles, uploading their scholarly works, and current trends in the subject area, precisely ASNSs paved the way for communication among research scholars in engineering and technology in particularly Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Kakinada (JNTUK). The author adopted a survey method using a simple indiscriminate sampling technique on a structured questionnaire to the research scholars …