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Usage Of E-Resources Among The Students Of South Tamil Nadu With The Special Reference Of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli - A Study, M. Mani, Dr.A. Thirumagal, B. Vijayalakshmi, Ed. Priyadharshini

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Today E-resources moved toward becoming embodiment of each scholarly action of advanced education. The present study examined the usage of e-resources among the students of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU), Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. A descriptive survey method was adopted by using questionnaire as a tool to collect relevant data from the students. The total population of 135 questionnaires was randomly distributed to the respondents out of which 120 questionnaires was return as filled. The overall response rate was 89%. The main objectives of the study are to determine the awareness, frequency, purpose, access point, factor influence, key constraints and satisfaction of …

Publication Output Of Professional Librarians In Public University Libraries In Ghana, Theophilus Fiawotoafor Mr., Perpetua S. Dadzie Prof., Musah Adams Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examines publication output among professional librarians in four public universities in Ghana. The major objectives of the study were to determine publication output of the professional librarians and investigate the challenges confronting publication efforts of the professional librarians, among others. The mixed methods approach was employed for the study. The questionnaire was used to collect data from 47 professional librarians and four university librarians were also interviewed. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used to analyse the quantitative data collected through the questionnaire, while content analysis was employed to analyse the qualitative data that was …

Perceived ُSkill Level Of Librarians Working At Libraries Of Tehran Medical Universities, Sirous Panahi Associate Professor In Librarianship And Medical Information Department, Arezo Mirgaloye-Bayat, Leila Nemati Anaraki Associate Professor In Librarianship And Medical Information Department

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Introduction: This study conducted to assess the discipline specific and general skill level of librarians working in libraries of the top three Iranian medical universities in Tehran.

Methods: The survey was carried out among all 115 librarians working in the libraries of Iran, Tehran and Shahid-Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA.

Results: The participants’ perceived skill level in discipline specific set of skills was relatively unsatisfactory in total while their skill level in general skills was relatively satisfactory. The mean scores of the participants’ skill level in six categories of discipline …

The Effective Use Of Whatsapp Messenger Among Library And Information Science Professionals In North East Region, India: A Study, G. Stephen

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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User Perception Of Technologies In Libraries, Rekha Pai, Chaithra G

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information Technology is the collective term for various technologies involved in the processing and transmission of information. The various technologies like computer technology, barcode technology, RFID technology, CCTV technology, remote access technology etc. can be adopted in libraries to provide better services to the users. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, a premier higher education institute is striving hard to provide excellent library services to its stake holders. The adoption of various technologies to provide better library services is explained in the paper. An attempt is made to capture the user perception on IT applications in libraries.

Awareness Of Discovery Tool Among Library Professionals: A Survey, Kapil Kumar Gupta, Jitendra Shrivastava

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of this study to find out the awareness, use of discovery tool among library professionals. The study preferred the survey method and a structured questionnaire tool for gathering data. Finding of the study that library professionals need to aware of the new technology related to the library activities using federated searching, discovery tool, next-generation catalog and web-scale discovery tool. In this paper analysed and found that the awareness of ICT and knowledge management required to the library professionals. The library professionals (more than 98%) aware of the library software terminology and they do not know the other new …

Use Of E-Journals By Library And Information Science Researchers Of India: An Empirical Analysis, Khushpreet Singh Brar, Bhupinder Singh, Amandeep Kaur

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose- The purpose of the paper is to find out the level of awareness and use of e-journal by the researchers pursuing Ph.D in library and information science.

Design/Methodology/Approach – The data is collected through a well-structured questionnaire from the research scholars of library and information science.

Findings- the study reveals that all the researchers of library and information science are aware about the availability of e-journals. The on screen reading is preferred by majority of researchers and the HTML is the preferred format. But the less number of researchers prefer or published their research paper in e-journals.

Research limitation/implications …

Digital Repositories In Ecology And Environment: An Analytical Study, Midhat Mehraj, Ikhlaq Ur Rehman, Shohar Bano

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study aims to identify the status of Open Access Repositories (OARs) in the field of Ecology and Environment. The data was collected from the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR). Data collected was analysed on different parameters such as geographical distribution, software usage, content type, repository type and language diversity. As of now OpenDOAR holds 176 repositories in the field of Ecology and Environment. The findings further reveal that the maximum number of repositories belong to the USA accounting for 18(10.2%). Also, the maximum number of repositories are institutional accounting for 134(76%).

Global Visibility And Web Impact Of Leading Universities Of Saarc Nations, Arshia Ayoub, Raashida Amin, Sumeera Amin, Zahid Ashraf Wani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In the present time, the World Wide Web (WWW) is one of the main platforms for every forum who wants to be recognized on in the ‘factual world’. At the academic level, universities have to play significant part for communicating scientific and cultural achievements. Publication by scholars of the institutions on the internet I snot only a tool for scholarly communication but it is also a way to reach larger audiences and thus represents the performance of the institutions globally. Thus, there have been numerous endeavours to develop the web indicators that can eventually lead to build a university’s rankings …

Global Landscape Of Open Access Repositories, Asma Bashir, Aasif Ahmad Mir, Dr.Zahoor Ahmad Sofi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: The present study attempts to highlight the status of “open access repositories” globally.

Methodology: Present study is based on the data gathered from “open-DOAR”. Data gathered was thoroughly analyzed based on chosen parameters, viz., “Geographical distribution”, “Software usage”, “Language diversity”, “Operational status”, “Repository type”, “Content type” and “Subjects archived”.

Findings: Open access repositories (OARs) have witnessed potential growth trends particularly in developed countries. The findings reveal that “USA” is the leading country with the largest number of repositories and “Europe” is the leading continent in contribution towards OARs. The study also reveals that the “DSpace” is one of the …

Creative, Innovative, And Collaborative Librarians Wanted: The Use Of Personality Traits In Librarian Job Advertisements, Rayla E. Tokarz

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Academic librarian job advertisements often use personality traits to describe future job candidates. No study has looked at what personality traits are used most frequently in librarian job advertisements and whether they tie to job performance through the Big Five personality dimensions. Content analysis of librarian job advertisements from the last three months of 2018 showed that the most used personality traits were creative, innovative, and collaborative. Although the Big Five dimension of conscientiousness has been linked to job performance, only 16% of job advertisements used personality traits in that dimension

Use Of Technology Acceptance Model (Tam) To Evaluate Library Electronic Information Resources Use By Undergraduate Students Of Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria, Azeez Adebamgbola Adeoye, Adijat Oluwasola Olanrewaju

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

Many models and theories have been developed in a bid to properly conceptualize the way and manner in which users approach information systems. These theories have inspired many researches and facilitate the development of various solutions and frameworks designed to help both the information users and information service providers. One of such models is Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) which basic principles are applied in this study to examine the Use of Library Electronic Information Resources by Undergraduate Students of Lead City University, Ibadan. The research adopted a descriptive survey design. The population for the study was two thousand one-hundred …

Visualization And Scientometric Mapping Of Global Agriculture Big Data Research, Guptnath Trivedi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present paper is a scientometric and visualization study of global Agriculture Big Data (ABD) research. however as per the quantification is concern, very little research have performed in the area of Agriculture Big Data. The study aims to traverse the present status of Agriculture Big Data research through network analysis and visualizations study of the ABD publications. A total of 379 publication data were downloaded from Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database within the time span of "all years". VOSviewer, MS-Excel and R statistical software is used for data analysis. Various results are drawn based on annual scientific production, …

Library Users’ Attitudes Toward Social Media Applications For Dissemination Of Information In Selected Nigerian University Libraries, Dumebi Otulugbu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Social media is one of the most engaging communication tools of modern era. The use of the social media has permeated all aspect of human endeavour be it commerce, education, social, health and entertainment. Library as a social institution has adopted the use of the media to engage the clients and share information. However, the preliminary investigation conducted by the researcher indicated that the use of the media in the libraries has been confronted with different reactions among the clients. This study therefore explored users’ attitudes toward the use of social media applications for information dissemination in selected Nigerian university …

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Data Harvesting: What You Need To Know, Ikhlaq Ur Rehman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In 2018, it became public knowledge that millions of Facebook users’ data had been harvested without their consent. At the heart of the issue was Cambridge Analytica (CA) which in partnership with Cambridge researcher, Aleksandr Kogan harvested data from millions of Facebook profiles. Kogan had developed an application called “thisisyourdigitallife” which featured a personality quiz and CA paid for people to take it. The app recorded results of each quiz, collected data from quiz taker’s Facebook account such as personal information and Facebook activity (e.g., what content was “liked”) as well as their Facebook friends which led to data harvesting …

The Use Of Ict Applications In Research By Postgraduate Students In Ghana, Samuel Ankamah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ICT has influenced the conduct of research with the emergence of advanced technologies that have enabled researchers to work with larger datasets and to improve the outcome of their research. Despite these benefits, it was revealed that some postgraduate students were not computer literate hence their inability to use the ICT applications in their research activities. This problem has led to huge financial losses to the universities since they have invested in ICT facilities, yet little use is being made. The study sought to examine the use of ICT in research by postgraduate students in public universities. The survey design …

Social Networking Sites And Indian Students: A Study On The Usage Pattern, Dhanyasree V.K., Jaideep Sharma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Social networking has become an inevitable part of our routine life. Such media open up a wide variety of tools that facilitate communication with fellow beings. This study tried to understand the use of social networking sites by the youth; especially the engineering students. Data was collected through survey method using a structured questionnaire. The results show that students keep profiles on multiple social networking sites, but use only one site actively. Majority of the students use them at least once a day, major purpose of visit being keeping in touch with their existing friends and finding old friends. Chat …

Strategies And Challenges For Promoting Digital Inclusion And Inclusive Development In Nigeria: The Library Perspective., Peter Olorunleke Oye Cln

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

This paper examined the challenges and strategies of digital inclusion and inclusive development in Nigeria, with particular attention to the library perspective. The paper espouses the contribution of digital inclusion and libraries to inclusive development. It explicates the benefit of replicating these contributions in national development. The paper relied on qualitative techniques premised on empirical example from literature including case studies and success stories from around the world. The paper revealed that in spite of the positive contributions of ICTs to the development of Nigeria, especially in aspect of high digital penetration rate, and being one of the fastest …

Youths, Digital Inclusion And Libraries For Sustainable Development In Nigeria, Gabriel Ameh J

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

This paper examined youth inclusion in the digital space as anchored by libraries to bring about sustainable development in Nigeria. It also focused on the positive and negative uses of ICT and the potentials of the digital sector in contributing to our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the empowerment of the youths. It concluded that digital inclusion of the youth will guarantee our future and the sustenance of the economy and made recommendations in that direction.

Qualitative Research Analysis Of "Review Of Accounting Studies" Journal: Scientometric, Citation And Collaboration Analysis, Gnana Prasad, Senthil Kumar, Veeramani R

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background: The objective of this study is to evaluate the research performance using scientometric related indicators i.e., quantity, quality, citations, and international collaboration of the “Review of Accounting Studies” Journal.

Purpose: this journal provides an outlet for significant academic research in accounting, including theoretical, empirical, and experimental work. This journal indexed with many leading citation indexes (Social Science Citation Index, SCOPUS, WoS, etc.) and top-ranked in the management journal ranking agencies in the globe i.e., ABS & ABDC. This top-ranked journal acceptance rate is very minimal due to high standards for publishing research articles.

Methods: the qualitative research …

International Contribution In Two Indian Lis Journals:A Comparative Study, Lambodara Parabhoi, Annesha Ghosh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The two leading Indian LIS journals namely Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) and DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) facilitate immediate open access to the published papers in worldwide and indexed in the Scopus database. Thus, it enhances the utility and visibility of both the journals and makes it very conducive for international authors to contribute their papers. This paper aims to determine the trends of the international contribution to two LIS reputed journals namely Annals of Library and Information Studies and DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. The research sample consists of 106 journal …

International Contribution In Two Indian Lis Journals: A Comparative Study, Lambodara Parabhoi, Annesha Ghosh Librarian

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The two leading Indian LIS journals namely Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) and DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) facilitate immediate open access to the published papers in worldwide and indexed in the Scopus database. Thus, it enhances the utility and visibility of both the journals and makes it very conducive for international authors to contribute their papers. This paper aims to determine the trends of the international contribution to two LIS reputed journals namely Annals of Library and Information Studies and DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. The research sample consists of 106 journal …

Personal Integrative Needs And Use Of Social Media Among Information Professionals, Ashfaq Hussain, Dr. Taimoor-Ul-Hassan Prof., Dr. Ghulam Shabir Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article has been designed to examine personal integrative needs from social media among information professionals in the conceptual framework of uses and gratification theory. Personal integrative type need includes elements of both cognitive and affective needs and relates to firming credibility, respect, status, confidence and stability Gratification sough and gratification obtained are two distinct components of the uses and gratification theory. For this quantitative research, study a self-administered survey questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants of the study. Sample of this study was 700 information professionals necessarily user of social media. Finding of this study testifies …

An Incomplete Masterpiece, Chad Flanders, Sean Oliveira

All Faculty Scholarship

The recent wave of popular and academic commentary on Masterpiece Cakeshop sounded a common theme: disappointment, even frustration. Masterpiece was held out as a case that was finally going to explain and resolve the conflicts between free expression, free exercise, and discrimination that were coming up again and again in the lower courts. But Justice Kennedy, the critical consensus went, avoided reaching many of the main First Amendment issues in the case and had instead ruled narrowly, giving us a prime example of"judicial minimalism:•

This assessment may be far too generous. In our short Article, we make the case that …

Labor Interests And Corporate Power, Matthew T. Bodie

All Faculty Scholarship

Labor unions exert significant power through collective bargaining, pension fund investing, and political advocacy. But in each of these areas, unions face inherent structural limitations that severely constrain these powers. Workers need participation rights in corporate governance to overcome the multiplicity of forces arrayed against them. And rather than obviating the need for unions, worker corporate power would facilitate a different kind of labor representation — a transition to labor power that advocates for occupational interests and forms coalitions across the shifting political interests of different worker groups.

St. Louis Vacancy Collaborative: 2019-2021 Work Plan, Dana M. Malkus

All Faculty Scholarship

Our City has a serious vacant property challenge. To effectively address vacancy, we must understand and respond to the factors that cause and perpetuate it. Much of the story of vacancy in our city, like other cities, includes a legacy of racism, disinvestment, and disengagement that has led to a breakdown in trust. We know that vacancy can result from incomplete foreclosure, bankruptcy, prolonged probate or lack of proper probate, investors with little incentive to care, judgment proof owners, bank ownership, lack of resources to repair or redevelop, lack of value, the foreclosure crisis, sprawl and weak markets.¹ In …

Selecting Success: Admitting Adn Students With The Highest Probability Of Success, Elizabeth Ann Beverly

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

Declining numbers in healthcare workers are nearing critical levels. In the next few years, more than a million nursing positions are predicted to be needed, increasing the demand on institutions to produce quality and competent graduates in health-related fields. Hundreds of potential students apply for nursing programs each semester, and numerous qualified applicants are denied admission due to limited space, thus placing emphasis on the selective admissions process.

This study serves to validate current admissions criteria utilized by the nursing program at Hopkinsville Community College (HCC) to ensure students with the highest probability for success are admitted. Participants include …

Barriers To Change For Augmentative And Alternative Communication, Lauren E. Brown

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of counseling training on speech language pathologists’ (SLPs) perceived competency to address Attitude Barriers within the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) assessment process as presented by Beukelman and Mirenda (2005). Counseling techniques, such as the use of the Readiness to Change© tool, are within the scope of practice for SLPs. Unfortunately, there is a lack of research on how to apply these tools and techniques with individuals who use AAC .

A training seminar was conducted to educate participants in the use of the Readiness to Change© tool. Data was …

The Effect Of The Cycles Phonological Remediation Approach: A Case Study, Elizabeth A. Packard

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

The speech-language pathologist has many options regarding the course of action they deem the most efficient in remediating a phonological disorder. The purpose of this case study was to research the efficacy of using the Cycles Phonological Remediation Approach (Cycles Approach) as written by Hodson and Paden (Hodson & Paden, 1983; Hodson & Paden, 1991; Hodson, 2006; Hodson, 2007) on a six-year-old child with a moderate-to-severe phonological disorder with low intelligibility. This study included three phases: initial assessment, intervention, and the final assessment. One cycle of intervention over the course of approximately two semesters was administered to target three of …

Matriculation Through Dual Credit, Lorry Beth Wilson

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

Earning college credit in high school has become a rising trend, while correlation of matriculation to credit hour accumulation, underrepresented minority population, and high school data is limited. State policies are redefining outdated rules and processes in order to provide access, affordability, and awareness to students throughout the United States. West Kentucky Community and Technical College, in partnership with area high schools, enroll students in dual credit courses, which assists with increasing college credential completion and the reduction of total college costs. Students must have guidance and planning before, during, and after earning dual credit. This helps the student to …