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Indian Research Information Network System (Irins): An Analysis Of Faculty Profiles Of The Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deeded To Be University, Tamizhchelvan M, Muthuraj Anbalagan

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Indian Research Information Network System (IRINS) is a Reference Information Management (RIM) developed by the Central University of Punjab jointly with Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET). The higher education institution and research institutions are to showcase the research contribution to the scholarly community. The data has been taken from Indian Research Information Network System (http://ruraluniv.irins.org/) of the Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed to be University, Gandhigram. The objectives of the article are to analyze the faculty members, department and their scholarly publications with citations and its impact. It is found that the Department of Chemistry has highest publications and …

Measuring Global Scientific Research On Covid-19: A Bibliometric Analysis, Sidlingappa M. Huded, Suresh Balutagi

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The COVID-19, become the critical health issues globally since its outbreak in China in December 2019, since, then the global research has spiked on this topic. The objective of the present study is to know the publications on COVID-19 by conducting a bibliometric analysis using available data on the Scopus database. The Selected documents related to COVID-19 extracted on 26^th April 2020 from Scopus. The following analysis parameters used for this study are the pattern of authorship, international collaboration, document types, languages, published sources, affiliations, country-wise contributions, and citations. The present study analysed 3693 publications were available as on …

Factors Influencing Utilization Of John Harris Library, University Of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria., Luke Osamudiamen Obasuyi

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This study investigated the level of utilization and factors influencing utilization of John Harris Library, University of Benin by undergraduate students. A four point likert scale instrument with 35 questions was adopted. Seven questions were on demographics, ten questions on utilization of the library while 18 questions were on factors influencing utilization of the library. Undergraduate students comprising different levels of studies were used in the study. Data collected were analyzed using frequency distribution, percentage, mean, Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Results indicate that there is high and significant level of utilization of the library among the undergraduate students of the …

Assessing The Research Impact Of Scholarly Communications Using Scientometrics Indicators: A Study On Information Systems Management Journal, Basudev Mohanty, Jyotshna Sahoo, Nrusingh Kumar Dash Mr.

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The present paper aims to enumerate the research impact of scholarly communications using Scientometrics indicators through a case study. Though the impact, as well as visibility study of scholarly communications, is always a debatable topic due to the non-acceptance by different stakeholders, efforts have been made to analyze selective Scientometrics dimensions of the scholarly literature such as trends of authorship, the productivity of authors, the ranking of institutions, geographic distribution, Productivity Index (PI), Domestic Collaborative Index (DCI), International Collaborative Index (ICI), Subject Term Activity Index (STAI) and applicability of Lotka’s Lw, Zipf’s Law. To illustrate these Scientometrics indicators, pertinent bibliographic …

Indian Contribution On Antibiotic Resistance: A Bibliometric Mapping And Visualization, Mahender Pratap Singh, Vijay Kumar Bharati

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Background: Antibiotic is a medicine that gradually reduces the effect of the bacteria available in our body and kills it, but if antibiotics are used continuously, the mutation in bacteria creates a resistance to it, which is called antibiotic resistance, and if antibiotic resistance has occurred then these antibiotics cannot kill the bacteria and patient may die. Objectives: Antibiotic medicine is closely related to human life and day by day antibiotic resistance increasing, so there is a need to count the research productivity of Indian scientists on AR. This study was undertaken to examine the research productivity of the literature …

Scholarly Research Output Of Kumaraguru College Of Technology, Coimbatore: Scientometric Analysis, Arumugam J, Balasubramani R

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Scientometrics analysis the quantitative as well as the qualitative aspects of scientific parameters for better understanding of the mechanism of research activities. The paper attempts to present a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the publication output of Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. Data have been collected from the Scopus database for the period 1997 to 2020. Among the 2110 papers published in the span of 24 years, the highest numbers of 404 papers were published in 2018 and 2019. 1792 papers (85.3%) were published during the last ten years from 2011 to 2020. Journal is the most preferred channel of …

Subject Experts In Engineering And Technology In Deemed Universities With Special Reference To Vidwan Database: A Study, Dr. Gnanasekaran, D, Rajkumar Thangavel

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This paper aims to examine the Vidwan database and find the distribution of subject experts in engineering & technology of Deemed Universities in India. Vidwan is the expert database for national researchers network it helps the research community to maintain their academic profile and identify the experts from various subject domains in one place. We collected the data from Vidwan database manually and used Microsoft Excel for analysing the data. Frequency distribution, percentage analysis were used to rank for finding the highly performing the fields of expertise, the academic positions (designation of the researcher), organisations and states. There are about …

Disaster Information Management On The Phreatic Eruption Of Mount Merapi, Indonesia 2018, Zein Mufarrih Muktaf 7930115, Ninis Agustini Damayani, Herlina Agustin, Nugroho Dwi Hananto

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On May 11, 2018, Mount Merapi in Indonesia erupted suddenly and then followed by three eruptions on May 21, 2018. The Department of Research and Development on Technology for Geological Disaster (BPPTKG), a governmental body for disaster and geological research, calls it as a phreatic or minor eruption. BPPTKG the announced the warning status of Mount Merapi as “Caution” . Even though the eruption was not dangerous, yet it still scared the people. BPPTKG then created Media Center to provide information for the people regarding the phreatic eruption in 2018. The methodology used was study case with BPPTKG’s Media Center …

Citation Analysis Of Ph.D Theses Awarded In Social Work By Tata Institute Of Social Sciences (Tiss), Mumbai : A Study Before The Internet Era., Brijesh Kumar Verma Mr., R. Sarangapani Dr.

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The present study is based on 6,649 (Six Thousand, Six Hundred Forty Nine only) citations cited in 46 (Forty Six) Ph.D theses awarded in Social Work by Tata Institute of Social Work, Mumbai period of before the Internet era (till 2000) has been carried out to know the citation pattern. The data was collected using Shodhganga e-theses database or SDTM Library, TISS, Mumbai. The study carried out for parameters such as age of references, bibliographical format, title of pages, abstract and references of each Ph.D thesis. The softcopy and hardcopies were examined concerning name of the citations, number of citations, …

Attitude And Use Of Online Public Access Catalogue By Students Of Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria, Kennedy Arebamen Eiriemiokhale Phd, Sodiq Olayinka Oladimeji

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This paper examined the attitude and use of online public access catalogue (OPAC) by students of Kwara State University, Malete. The objectives of the study were to: (i) examine the attitude of Kwara State University students towards OPAC; and (ii) ascertain student’s frequency of use of OPAC. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 11, 855 undergraduate students in Kwara State University. Sample size of 378 was drawn from the population using a multi-staged sampling approach of proportional and simple random sampling techniques. Three hundred and seventy eight (378) copies of the questionnaire …

Educational Uses Of Social Media Among Medical Students: A Case Of King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan, Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan

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The Journey Of Doaj From 2002 To 2019: The Developing Supplier Of Scholarly Literature, Nilakshi Sharma

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Open access to journals increase visibility and its utility among the users. Different innovative research findings and developmental trends of any field is directly reflected on scholarly journals of related area. Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ), the community-curated online directory was started with 188 journals among which 174 were journals in English Language in 2002-03. Present study was made to analyze each and every essential aspects of DOAJ from its beginning to 2019. Till 04-05-2019, the no. of open access journal in English language is increased to 6003 from102 countries in 20 well known subjects. Metadata was collected from …

Pavement Management System Research Output: A Scientometric Assessment, Shabir Hussain Khahro, Zubair Ahmed Memon, Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff Dr, Lillian Gungat, Muhamad Razuhanafi Mat Yazid

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Developing countries are struggling with cost management of pavement construction and rehabilitation. This case is similar to developedcountries butdeveloping countries are suffering issues of inadequate funds. Therefore, most of the countries started usage of Pavement Management Systems (PMS) to manage the decision-making process and alternate/priority assessments for pavement construction and rehabilitation. Hence, the PMS remains the topic of research interest for various researchers. This paper evaluates the scale and effectiveness of articles published by Web of Science (WoS) Group on PMS since 1990. The data has been collected from the WoS database from 1990 till 2020. The datawas processedand analyzed …

Use Of Information Communication Technology By School Teachers In Information Provision: An Analysis Of Sri Lankan Perspective, Chamani Gunasekera, R. Balasubramani

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The study examines the use of ICT by school teachers in Sri Lanka and it intends to understand the knowledge of ICT and the use of ICT for their information provision. The survey method was adapted and the questionnaire used as the main data collection tool for the study. The results revealed that the most preferred information source was a colleague followed by personal knowledge or experience ranked second and professional books ranked third with high preference level. With regarding the level of confidence of ICT, the results showed that the highest skill or application in the teachers’ responses was …

Awareness Of Vtu Consortium And Cloud-Based Online Resources In The Vtu Engineering College Libraries, C T Kantharaja Mr., V Bharathi Dr.

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Modern academic libraries should well be equipped with online resources along with print resources. Libraries are facing a transition period from print to electronic. The younger generation prefers to refer to the digital form of resources quickly. VTU Consortium is a blessing for readers, who are studying/working in VTU affiliated colleges. To meet the industrial requirements, one who updates his/her knowledge up to global and industrial standards. It can be achieved only by referring to current journals. VTU consortium has given that chance to library users to access world-class eJournals and eBooks on their campuses just by clicking the mouse. …

Need For Adoption Of Koha Integrated Library Management Software In Nigerian Academic Libraries, Isaac Echezonam Anyira

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The main objective of this paper is to justify the need for Nigerian libraries which have not automated their functions to adopt of Koha ILMS as their automation software. The paper therefore examined the need for automation, the reasons for the choice of Koha ILMS and potential benefits accruable to the libraries, and functions that Koha can facilitate their perform in their libraries. The paper identified the need for automation to include need to handle information explosion, for effective management of library operations, to improve operation speed, resource sharing etc; the choice of Koha was informed by its features and …

Influence Of Preservation Techniques And Access To Digital Resources On Research Outputs Of Academic Staff In Federal University Libraries In Northern Nigeria, Katamba Abubakar Saka, Gideon Adesina Babalola, Abdulganiy Okanla Ahmed, Abubakar Abdullahi Mohammed

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The study investigated influence of preservation techniques and access to digital resources on the research output of Liberians and lecturers in Federal university libraries in Northern Nigeria. Three research questions and research objectives respectively guide the study to capture types of digital resources and preservation techniques utilized as well as access tools that facilitated the use of digital resources to enhance research output of librarians and lecturers. Descriptive survey research design was used and the target population consisted of 12,691 academic staff with breakdown of 161 librarians working in ICT unit of university libraries as well as 12,539 lecturers in …

Collaborative Authorship Pattern In Top Two Leading Indian Lis Journals During The Year 2014-2018: A Comparative Study, Jayendra Kumar Singh

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The present study aims at finding the collaborative authorship pattern in top two leading Indian LIS journals during the year 2014-2018. The study focuses on the collaborative pattern under different parameters like year-wise distribution of paper, authorship pattern during the year, degree of collaboration, collaborative index, author’s productivity in terms of productivity per author and highly cited papers of the journals during the period of study. All the studies will be helpful for further development.

Use Of Whatsapp Messenger Among Lis Students Of University Of Karachi, Pakistan, Rashid Ali, Muhammad Sameem Kardar, Dr. Muhammad Waseem Muhammad Zia

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This study examined the use of WhatsApp Messenger among students. It studied the reasons and the time spend by students on using WhatsApp. The research further explores that what features of WhatsApp is frequently used by students and the challenges they are facing. The survey method is used and the questionnaire was distributed among 53 students of Library Information Science Department, University of Karachi. It is found that 51 students are users of WhatsApp and 03 are non-users. The results showed that students use WhatsApp consistently in their communication and very supportive in academics. Some of the issues occurs while …

Bibliometric Survey On Impact Of Sound Therapy On Blood Pressure And Covid-19., Vaishali Rajput, Preeti Mulay

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The current situation of spread of Corona Virus is really worth to worry and critical. As we are moving from stage 2 to stage 3, it is really our duty and right to prevent its spread effectually, as its threat to life of every individual. As per the expert opinion from Health Organizations, the elder people are most at risk of Corona infection. But if the people with high blood pressure or high cholesterol fail to take their prescribed medication, then they are also prone to various infections, due to low immunity levels. Along with regular medication, Sound Therapy is …

Global Research Productivity On Coronavirus: A Bibliometric Mapping And Visualization, Vijay Kumar Bharati, Mahender Pratap Singh

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Coronavirus, a pandemic threat to human beings, has awakened huge concern worldwide, but no bibliometric studies have been conducted on Coronavirus research during 2011-Feb.2020. The aim of this study is to map research productivity on the Coronavirus based on the articles indexed in the Scopus database. The articles related to Coronavirus dated from 2011 to Feb. 2020 were retrieved from the Scopus database. A total of 7558 papers were retrieved for this study which indexed by the Scopus database during 2010-Feb. 2020. The most productive year is recognized 2015with 1012 (13.38 %) articles while Maximum AGR 40.38 percent was recorded …

Scientometric Study Of Publications Of ‘Journal Of Indian Society Of Remote Sensing’, Balaji Maddisetty, K Surendra Babu

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The study attempts to analyse 1008 research publications of ‘Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing’ during the period 2010-2019. The present study focused on growth of research output, collaborations trends, citations patterns, contributing countries and organizations. Bibliometrix an R package used for scientometric analysis to achieve the research activities. The study shows that India, China and Iran are the top collaborating countries. The study also shows that the research output of the journal has increased over the years, a significant jump has recorded after 2012. VOSviewer was used to build network maps to know the collaborative zones with respect …

Lotka’S Law And Pattern Of Author Productivity In The Field Of Brain Concussion Research: A Scientometric Analysis, S.Roselin Jahina, Dr. M.Sadik Batcha, Muneer Ahmad

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The present study deals a scientometric analysis of 8486 bibliometric publications retrieved from the Web of Science database during the period 2008 to 2017. Data is collected and analyzed using Bibexcel software. The study focuses on various aspect of the quantitative research such as growth of papers (year wise), Collaborative Index (CI), Degree of Collaboration (DC), Co-authorship Index (CAI), Collaborative Co-efficient (CC), Modified Collaborative Co-Efficient (MCC), Lotka’s Exponent value, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (K-S Test).

Information Literacy Skills, Availability Of Information Resources As Factors Influencing Research Productivity Of Academic Staff Of Lead City University, Nigeria., Toyosi Afolabi Mrs., Taofeek Abiodun Oladokun Mr.

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The study was carried out to evaluate the relationships between information availability, information literacy skills and research productivity among scholars at Lead City University Ibadan. The quantitative research method was adopted with a self developed questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. The study sample which consists of 71 academic staff was selected through the proportionate sampling procedure from four faculties in the university. Data analysis revealed a significant relationship between information availability, information literacy skills and research productivity. The study recommended that the library create more awareness about the available resources and conduct information search and retrieval training for …

Issues On Information Systems, Icts, Cyber-Crimes, Cyber Security, Cyber Ethics, And National Security In Nigeria: Librarians’ Research, Chidi Onuoha Kalu, Esther I. Chidi-Kalu, Ijeoma Ann Achi Okidi, Blessing Anegbemente Usiedo

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Information and knowledge has become vital economic resources in this new era. Yet, along with new opportunities, the dependence on information systems brought new threats. Crime remains elusive and ever strives to hide in the face of development, while cyber security is important because government, military, corporate, financial, and medical organizations collect, process, and store unprecedented amounts of data on computers and other devices. Therefore, this paper examines issues on the Information system, ICT, cybercrime, cyber security, cyber ethics and national security in Nigeria. It is a research work carried out by librarians using selected youths in Wuse area …

Social Media And Smart Phone Usage Among Students In Nigeria: The Implications To Their Academic Activities, Chika Phoebe Madumere Dr. (Mrs), Vincent O. Ekwelem Mr., Chinenyenwa Joy Anike Mrs

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Availability Of Electronic Theses And Dissertations (Etds) Of State Universities Of Tamil Nadu In Inflibnet Shodhganga Project: An Analysis, Sivakumaren K.S, Swaminathan S

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This paper investigates the contributions of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) by 16 State Universities of Tamil Nadu in INFLIBNET-Shodhganga project. It is found that 41870 Electronic Theses and Dissertations were uploaded by 16 State Universities. Among these Universities, Anna University, Chennai and University of Madras were contributed highest number of ETDs in this project.The Department of Information and Communication, Anna University and Department of Tamil Studies, Bharathidasan University, Trichy were the top two departments, which contributed more number of theses in the respective domains. Further, the study has analyzed the number of theses uploaded on various disciplines. The result …

Research Productivity Of Tourism Literature (Global Level): A Scientometric Analysis, Sk Abdul Gaffar, S Kishore Kumar S, Saddam Hossain

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“Research Productivity of Tourism Literature (Global Level): A Scientometric Analysis” based on publication indexed in web of science during the year from 2015 to 2019. A total of 16,941 numbers of (Sixteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-One) records have retrieved. Data were analyzed using the HistCite software and MS-excel. The study analyzed in different aspects such as (1) year-wise distribution of publication,(2) types of documents, (3) language-wise distribution, (4)Institutional wise publication, (5) country-wise distribution, (6) author wise publications, (7) relative growth rate, (8) Journal wise publication and (9) keywords distribution in publication and tune with the goals of …

Innovative Use Of Information And Communication Technology (Ict) For Effective Administration, Chimeziem Chimdiadi Gabriela Udeze Phd, Joseph Oluchukwu Wogu Prof., Oluebube Amarauche Chukwu Phd

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Information and communication technology has been proven by scholars globally to be a crucial factor in moderating and effecting the effectiveness and proficiency of administration worldwide. Almost all experts from all works of life have proven that innovative use of ICT is a welcome development and a call for eradicating maladministration of all sectors. Many international organizations, including UNESCO and other countries (Nigeria in particular), emphasized the importance of adopting the innovation of ICT to attend global standards of administration. This study examined the innovative use of information and communication technology for effective administration in Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo …

Information Seeking Behavior And User Pattern In Library By Faculties Of Engineering Colleges In South Tamil Nadu- A Study, Dr.P.Balasubramanian Subramanian Bala Subramanian, A Vanitha

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Engineers who are faculty members in engineering colleges now-a-days require not only adequate technological ability and problem solving skills, but also the necessary skills live active co-operation, effective communication and presentation, along with business ethics and inter-personal relationship. At present, engineering colleges have in common an additional responsibility properly provide excellent opportunities to every engineering student to properly utilize the technological knowledge.

The study was conducted with the help of a well structured, close-ended questionnaire. The respondents were selected on the basis of stratified random sampling method form the four southern districts of Tamil Nadu at the rate of 140 …