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A Scoping Review Of Classification Of Concrete Cracks Using Deep Convolution Learning Approach, Priyanka Tupe-Waghmare, Rahul Raghvendra Joshi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

An important factor that causes defect in the concrete structure is the systematic damage and it is very difficult to detect the cracks by visual examination. Digital image processing has proven to be one of the best substitutes for the monitoring of the cracks. A traditional filter based on image processing algorithm is a classical approach for monitoring the cracks. Thereafter, the deep learning-based methods have been implemented to detect and classify the cracks on the concrete images and have shown significant results. The convolution neural network-based models have fairly observed and graded the cracks giving better performance in terms …

Top 100 Most Cited Papers Of The Journal Of Geological Society Of India (Jgsi) In Web Of Science (Wos): A Scientometric Assessment, Renjith V R, Pradeepkumar A P

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Citations of the top 100 most cited papers of the ‘Journal of Geological Society of India’, the premier geology journal published from India, in Web of Science (WoS), are analysed. The parameters used include publication year, citation count, age of publications, contributing authors, institutions, countries and most occurring keywords. Spearman’s rank rho (ρ) is used to ascertain the association between citation count and age of publications. The study found that there is a no association between citation count and age of publications of 100 most cited papers of the journal in WoS. Among 272 authors of the 100 most cited …

A Content Analysis Of Social Media Users’ Reaction To Religious Disinformation In Bangladesh, Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study seeks to explore social media users’ reactions to religious disinformation in Bangladesh. Public comments were collected from the relevant Facebook posts related to an online religious disinformation that took place in April 2019 and analyzed following a qualitative content analysis method. The three key findings of this research are: (a) Social media users react to disinformation more emotionally than reasonably; (b) more users show diverse forms of destructive reactions when they encounter disinformation; and (c) although more users have strong reasoning skills, only a few users show constructive reactions after encountering disinformation. These results indicate the presence …

Effects Of Transportation And Accommodation On Academic Performance And Utilization Of Information Resources By Postgraduate Students In The Faculty Of Agriculture Library University Of Ibadan, Nigeria, Lawal Mohammed Tukur, Aisha Safiyanu Darma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study is an overview on the effects of transportation and accommodation on academic performance and utilization of information resource by postgraduate students in the Faculty of Agriculture Library University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The main objective of the study is to identify the effects of using the library due to accommodation and transportation, the study analyze the types of available information resources, in the library, the level of usage and user satisfaction questionnaire was provided to users and 0.7 % of the entire respondent population= 3761= 26 was used, so twenty six (26) copies of the questionnaires were given to …

Use Of Open Source Software In Indian Institutional Digital Repositories: A Study, Rushmanasab Gurikar, Gururaj S. Hadagali Assistant Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present paper determines the use of Open Source Software (OSS) in building Indian Institutional Repositories. The paper further covers the use of different OSS, use of OSS in different types of institutions, Indian States / UTs and different disciplines. The data were collected from Open DOAR, ROAR, AGRIS and LIS link Kerala. A total of 209 Open Access Repositories were identified. The outcomes of the study reveal that Dspace and Eprints are the most used OSS in Indian Institutional Repositories; the institutions of Karnataka, New Delhi and Maharashtra State / UTs have used a good number of OSS in …

Application Of Cloud Computing Technology In Public Library Services In Nigeria: Strategic Framework For Operational Success, C.P.C Onwubiko, Justice Nnamdi Okorie, Blessing C. Onu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The discourse is all about the application of cloud computing technology in public libraries services in Nigeria. It gives the conceptual overview of cloud computing, features and the service models, which include SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. The paper also discusses cloud deployment storage models in private, community, public, hybrid and personal cloud. The advocates of cloud computing in libraries are highlighted, alongside cloud computing vendors for libraries. Services areas amendable to cloud computing technology, benefit and challenges are featured in the paper. The hallmark of the paper is the presentation of strategic framework for operational success of the application of …

Usage Of Online Resources By Faculty Members Of Arts And Science Colleges In Erode District: A Study, Sivakami N.S Research Scholar, Rajentran N Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper presents of this study investigates the usage of online resources among the Arts and Science College Faculty Members in Erode District. A total number of 340 structured questionnaires was distributed 324 (96%) Faculty Members are responding. A survey of 152 (46.9%) Arts Group Faculty Members and 172 (53.1%) Science Group Faculty Members are selected randomly for the study from Seven Arts and Science Colleges in Erode District. The data, thus collected were statistically analysed using by SPSS Software. This study main finding shows that the majority of Arts Group Faculty Members are using Internet (35.5%) tool frequency and …

Publication Trends In Financial Inclusion: A Scientometric Assessment And Visualization, Ayush Kumar Patel, Kunwar Singh, Madan Singh, Avadhesh Kumar Patel

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study is to explore publication trends in financial inclusion for the period 2006-2020. Financial inclusion is an effort to provide financial services to the backward and low-income people of society. It is a dynamic area of research in which the majority of research work is being done. The data has been extracted from the Scopus database, the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Various indicators are used year-wise growth trends, degree of collaboration, collaborative coefficient, highly productive and influential authors, most productive and meaningful institutes, most productive countries, most supportive funding agencies, most …

Research Is A Scientific Capital: The Role Of University Libraries In Higher Education Institutions, Nusrat Ali, Muhammad Shoaib, Dr. Iqbal Hussain Asad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper attempts to examine the research support services in university libraries of higher education institutions in the Punjab, Pakistan. University libraries are providing traditional and as well as modern facilitation to scholars, students, and teachers for face to face and online learning in the globe generally and in Pakistan specifically. A quantitative study design opted and a sample of 90 university libraries was taken out of 116 libraries including sub-campuses libraries from the Punjab Province. A well-structured questionnaire was administered and pretested to conduct a representative survey. The study findings indicated that there was a significant difference in research …

Content Analysis Of Library Websites Of National Institutes In West Bengal, India: An Evaluative Study, Santosh Kumar Tunga

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Institute libraries as resource centers and disseminators of information occupy primary place in Institute setup. Library websites integrate it resources and services and has to be taken in designing and developing from perspective of users needs. The present study is concerned with web based content analysis of library websites of Institute of National Importance in West Bengal, India. The required content information has been collected through searching, browsing and analyzing the selected library websites of said Institutes during October to December, 2020. The library websites of studied Institutes were identified from Google, Wikipedia and other E-Resources. Only five Institute libraries …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Human Trafficking In The Wake Of Natural Disasters, Shashikala Gurpur Dr, Manika Kamthan Dr, Vartika Tiwari Ms.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study is based on the bibliometric analysis of research publications that focus on highlighting the interlinkages between natural disasters and human trafficking as its aftermath. The main objectives of the study are to determine the frequency of such publications and also to establish that the problem of trafficking as a result of natural disasters has not received enough attention from the researchers. The data was collected from the Scopus database using VOSviewer software. Literature written from 2000 to October 2020 were perused. The study consisted of a total of 66 documents which are classified into articles, letters, editorials conference …

Application Of Web-Based Sources And Services For Sustainable Development In University Libraries, Sudharma Haridasan, Shamama Firdaus

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims to explore the provision of web-based sources and services through the websites of university libraries in India. The present study adopted a content analysis method for examining various web-based library services and web-based sources provided through the university library websites with a checklist. A total of 50 top-ranked Indian universities were listed from the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking list for the year 2020 in the category university. From these universities to be included as a sample for the present study; each university must have an independent library website. Secondly, the university library should be offering …

Contribution Of Bimstec (Bay Of Bengal Initiative For Multi-Sectional Technical Economic Co-Operation) Country Through Opendoar As On: 01.10.2020, Sheuli Hazra

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper study open access repositories in the contribution of BIMSTEC country through OpenDOAR to demonstrate country wise no of repositories, ccategory wise, language wise, software wise, subject wise, software wise, content wise distribution of these repositories. These BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectional Technical Economic Co-operation) country which is include Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bangladesh, Nepal. This paper includes only one conceptual part – i) analysis of these countries through OpenDOAR set a parameter like software in use, country of origin, language wise distribution, document types etc.; and ii) growth of these countries using these OpenDOAR. …

Covid-19 And Its Implications On Students’ Learning Behaviour, Ashu Taneja, Ishwar Dutt

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the educational institutions in India suddenly switched to online mode of teaching. This new learning mode gives the flexibility to connect at any time from any place. This sudden shift has impacted the learning behaviour of students to a large extent, which is studied and analysed in this paper for a computer programming course. An online questionnaire is prepared and circulated among the students for which 158 responses were received. Based on the responses, it is found out from the analysis that 75.32% of students favour learning this course in offline mode while 48.1% …

Impact Of Scholarly Articles On Social Media: An Altmetric Mapping Of University Of Calicut, Kerala-India., Haseena V K K M, Abdul Azeez T A

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Article level metrics (Altmetrics) is a source of a wide range of metrics regarding the scholarly impact of articles by generating the statistics of usage, citations, bookmarks, social shares, attentions, and online comments on various social media and other platforms. The paper is an attempt to showcase the state of the art of the most viewed fifteen scholarly articles of the University of Calicut through various social media platforms and which were selected and ranked based on altmetric attention score in the Dimension database during January 2021. The study intends to explore the most viewable social media platforms to disseminate …

Digital Marketing And Smes: A Systematic Mapping Study, Abdurrahman Rahim Thaha, Erna Maulina, R Anang Muftiadi, Mohammad Benny Alexandri

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have a high priority for many governments because of their important economic contribution and the number of people they employ. The very rapid development of ICT in the digital era has an impact on various lines of life, including changes in business environment and consumer behavior. Therefore, the need to find out about research trends and themes in digital marketing in SMEs is important. The objective of this paper is to classify, and identify related themes and trends in the literature that are directly related to digital marketing and SMEs over the past 10 years. …

Unsupervised Data Mining Technique For Clustering Library In Indonesia, Robbi Rahim, Joseph Teguh Santoso, Sri Jumini, Gita Widi Bhawika, Daniel Susilo, Danny Wibowo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Organizing school libraries not only keeps library materials, but helps students and teachers in completing tasks in the teaching process so that national development goals are in order to improve community welfare by producing quality and competitive human resources. The purpose of this study is to analyze the Unsupervised Learning technique in conducting cluster mapping of the number of libraries at education levels in Indonesia. The data source was obtained from the Ministry of Education and Culture which was processed by the Central Statistics Agency (abbreviated as BPS) with url: bps.go.id/. The data consisted of 34 records where the attribute …

Mapping Of Global Research Trends In Financial Literacy: A Scientometric Approach, Avadhesh Kumar Patel, Madan Singh, Ayush Kumar Patel, Kunwar Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main goal of this present study was to access the global research trends in financial literacy. The data obtained from the Scopus database, one of Elsevier's largest bibliographic databases. The various scientometric indicators have been applied in this study, such as year-wise growth pattern with Citation, Annual growth rate (AGR), Relative growth rate (RGR), Authorship pattern, degree of collaboration (DC), Correlation coefficient (CC), Most prolific authors, highly cited documents, most collaborative institutes, highly preferred sources, top funding agencies, Subject wise distribution and types of papers, etc. The study comprises a review of 2000 research documents published with 22229 citations …

From Classroom To The Field Of Library Practice: The Gaps And Its Cost In The Librarianship Profession., Oluwaseun Lekan Ipadeola, Aderonke Ayobami Ogungbade Miss

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Librarianship is a service-oriented profession which focuses on managing relevant information resources to meet diverse needs of users. The goals of librarianship, particularly its role in transmission of knowledge cannot be achieved without users occupying a huge portion in the process of information services; this preoccupation has implications for how librarianship is and will be practiced.

In modern usage, professions tend to have certain qualities in common. A profession is always held by a person, and it is generally that person's way of generating income.

A specialized knowledge of the concerned field is needed by the professional. Those persons who …

Usage Of Library Resources And Services Of Maritime Academy Of Asia And The Pacific (Maap): Bases For Promotional Strategies, Charie Kaye F. Colar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The primary aim of this study is to create a promotional strategy plan based on the usage of resources and services. Survey questionnaire was used to gather data from a stratified sample of 372 students and 98 faculty members. Only 64 faculty members returned their questionnaires. The study employs independent sample t-test, ANOVA (f-test) and Mann Whitney (U-test) to test the operational hypothesis. Upon analyzing the demographic profiles, it was noted that the students were frequent visitors of the library while the faculty have minimal visits.

Statistical results show that both students and faculty used the resources only for “sometime” …

Research Productivity Of Pakistani Authors In Library And Information Science; An Overview Of 2019 Publications, Ikram Ul Haq, Mumtaz Hussain Satti

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Aim: The present study aims is to evaluate the research productivity of Pakistani Library Information Science (LIS) authors produced during the year 2019.

Methodology: The retrospective study technique was used to extract the dataset on LIS literature produced by Pakistani authors, from different online and print sources. The bibliographic information was inserted in Microsoft Excel-2016 for data analysis. The findings of the data have been presented in 3 tables and 2 figures.

Results: Pakistani LIS authors produced 154 documents, and the majority of the documents (n=97; 63%) were published in international journals and 37% of the documents …

Are We Doing Enough? A Bibliometric Analysis Of Hate Speech Research In The Selected Database Of Scopus, Richa Mishra Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The use of the bibilometric analytical technique for examining hate speech research does not exist in the literature till now. Phenomena of hate speech are quite novel and urgent. The objective of this study was to perform a bibliometric analysis of hate speech research work and publication in the Scopus index. Analysed parameters includes document type, publication output, most active countries, most involved universities and funding agencies etc. Social media and new media is one of the most powerful tool of communication. Digital world has gained its firm foothold. More and more communication, business, lifestyle related work is moving on-line …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Plant Disease Classification With Artificial Intelligence Based On Scopus And Wos, Shivali Amit Wagle, Harikrishnan R

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The maneuver of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in the field of agriculture help in the classification of diseases. Early prediction of the disease benefits in taking relevant management steps. This is an important step towards controlling the disease growth that will yield good quality products to fulfill the global food demand. The main objective of this paper is to study the extent of research work done in this area of plant disease classification. The paper discusses the bibliometric analysis of plant disease classification with AI in Scopus and Web of Science core collection (WOS) database in analyzing the research by …

The Role Of Mass Media And Social Media In Developing Awareness Of Self-Care Behavior Against The Outbreak Of Covid-19, Alireza Atarodi, Meisam Dastani, Mohammad Ghorbani, Ahmadreza Atarodi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background: One of the problems that human beings usually face are Crises and the spread of communicable diseases, and they occasionally appear in societies and make many problems with human beings. Human beings need ways to prevent or reduce its possible harms, one of which seems to inform and raise or improve awareness of self-care behaviors against such incidents through mass media and social media. Therefore, this study aimed to survey the role of mass media and social media in developing awareness of self-care behavior against the outbreak of COVID-19.

Methods: In this descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study, 500 …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Distributed Incremental Clustering On Images, Ayushi Agrawal, Preeti Mulay, Krithika Iyer, Saloni Sarbhai

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Unstructured information is continuously irregular and streaming information from such a sequence is tedious because it lacks labels and accumulates with time. This is possible using Incremental Clustering algorithms that use previously learned information to accommodate new data and avoid retraining. This paper therefore seeks to understand the status of "Distributed Incremental Clustering" on images with text and numerical values, its limitations, scope, and other details to devise a better algorithm in future. To further enhance the analysis, we have also included methodology, which can be used to perform clustering on images or documents based on its content.

Promoting The Educational Research Through An Open Access Institutional Repository Of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (Sco) Countries: An Analytical Study, Satyajit Nayak, Ayush Kumar Patel, Avadhesh Kumar Patel, Bijayananda Pradhan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study proposed to focus on the current status of SCO countries Open Access Institutional Repositories. Nowadays, institutional repositories play a vital role in promoting higher education systems and research and development. Data were obtained from the Directory of Open Access Institutional Repositories (DOAR) website. Then collected data have been analysed and represented in graphical formats to clearly understand the study results. The researchers also assessed the SCO countries’ contribution to various parameters such as type of repository, disciplines, languages interface, and software used to build institutional repository. The study's findings revealed that out of 214 repositories, the highest …

Research Contribution Of Kalasalingam Academy Of Research And Education, Tamil Nadu, India: A Scientometric Evaluation, D Gnanasekaran

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aims to evaluate the research performance of Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE), Tamil Nadu, India. The 1933 research publications produced by KARE during the year 2001-2018 were retrieved from Scopus database and taken up for the study. Ms-Excel and IBM SPSS Statistics software were used to analyze the data and bibliometric indicators were applied for evaluation. The publication production found increased year by year but the growth rate is not on par with the quantity growth. 98.2% of the total publications were multi-authored and 98.4% of the publications were produced by research collaborations with the organizations …

Understanding Information-Seeking Behaviour Of Undergraduate Extension Program Students In Faculty Of Administrative Science, Universitas Indonesia, Indah Perdana Kusuma, Taufik Asmiyanto, Rahmi Rahmi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The information revolution presents opportunities as well as challenges for students in finding and getting information that suits their needs. By examining information-seeking behavior in meeting information needs, especially in the undergraduate extension program students in the Faculty of Administrative Science, Universitas Indonesia, a quantitative approach with the descriptive analysis used in this research. The results showed that the information needs of students related to their role as students were to increase knowledge and final project references. Meanwhile, as workers, information is used as a means to develop themselves and meet the demands of work. Information-seeking starts from identifying the …

Saudi Arabian Research Output On Big Data Publications Using The Scopus Database: A Scientometric Study, Hashem Hussein Al Attas, Md.Safiqur Rahaman, Khadeeja M.N Ansari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This is a scientometric analysis specifically conducted to analyze the research productivity on big data in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for about five years during the period 2015 to 2019. The research data downloaded from the Scopus database and analyzed and represented using Microsoft Excel and Vosviewer. The study focused on different Scientometric tools like most prolific authors, DC, RGR & DT, AGR, year-wise research growth, subject-wise publication, International collaboration and Authorship pattern etc. The study revealed that 2019 recorded maximum research papers 230 (28.12%), the highest annual growth rate was recorded in the Year 2018 (51.724), Half (50%) …

Comparison Of Emotional Intelligence, Self-Development, Decision For Selecting A Profession And Work Productivity Between Librarian With Education In Library Science And Inpassing Librarian In Indonesia, Muhammad Azwar, Ade Abdul Hak, Muhammad Rum

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims to determine the differences in emotional intelligence level, self-development, the decision to select a profession, and work productivity between librarians with education in library science and inpassing librarians. Librarians with library science education are those with a library science education background. In contrast, inpassing librarians are those with non-library education who decide to switch professions to become librarians by following librarianship recruitment and training procedures. This study uses a comparative approach. Collecting data uses a survey method by distributing an instrument in the form of a questionnaire with a Likert scale to 126 librarians …