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Digital Information Literacy Among The Faculty Members Of Gujarat Adani Institute Of Medical Sciences, Nisha G. Maharaj Ms, Prayatkar Khimjibhai Kanadia Dr., Ritesh J. Tandel Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study is to expect to explore and investigate the interpretation of faculty on digital information Literacy (DIL) and their skills and competencies in using Digital Information in GAIMS in the state of Gujarat. This study has informs various types of DIL skills and capability required for Faculty members of ICT, constraints affecting related skills, competencies and suggested suitable measures to meet the challenges in GAIMS and also help to set a standard for academic library professionals to project and outline the digital literacy plan as per the requirement of institution. Notably assist the administrators of institution …

Accessibility And Usability Of Internet Among Postgraduate Medical Trainees Of Postgraduate Medical Institute (Pgmi) Peshawar, Saeed Ullah Mr, Saeedullah Jan Dr, Ahmad Sohail Dr, Muhammad Yahya Jan Mr

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This study is quantitative in nature. It is conducted to determine the approach of Postgraduate Medical Trainees towards internet use. This study is carried out at Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The main theme of this piece of document was to examine the purpose, location of internet usage by Postgraduate Medical Trainees along with the Problems being faced during the browsing of internet. This study will also try to know the satisfaction level of these medical trainees. Data was collected through questionnaires. A total of 235 copies of questionnaires were distributed, out of which 231 copies were …

Covid-19 And Pakistani Academic Libraries: Documenting The Realities, Challenges And State Of Services., Faiz Ahmed, Nooruddin Merchant

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The sudden rise of global pandemic has disrupted almost each and every segment of the society. On March, 2020, educational institutions in Pakistan including Libraries were forced to shift to online teaching, learning and provision of services. The need of the time is not only to document the systems, processes and procedures being implemented in Higher Educational Institutions including libraries, but learn from and build on these experiences. This survey is first of its kind effort to understand how Academic Libraries in Pakistan paved their way towards online transition, the challenges faced by them, the inclusion of library staff in …

User Preference On Use Of Print And Electronic Resources Among Faculties And Pg Students: A Study Of University Of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Dr.Shilpa S. Uplaonkar

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This paper discuss about the user perspective on use of print and electronic resources in University of Agricultural sciences, Dharwad. The study was conducted by using a questionnaire method to know the faculty and post graduate students preference towards print and electronic resources for academic activities. A well structured questionnaire were distributed among faculty and post graduate students.

Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Education In Nigeria: Implications For Policy And Practice Of E-Learning, Uchenna N. Eze, Maximus M. Sefotho, Charity N. Onyishi, Chiedu Eseadi

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Education is among the sectors with devastating impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, the Nigerian education system has adopted purely, face-to-face approached to teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools. Primary and secondary school learners were not allowed to own any digital gadget such as phone or computer, neither were they allowed to be seen with such in the schools. With the emergence of the lockdown condition and school closure, following the COVID-19 pandemic, both teachers and learners were helpless about how to continue learning in the face of the pandemic. This study investigated the challenges posed by, …

Availability And Utilisation Of Library Information Resources By Students In Selected Secondary Schools In Ondo West Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria, Ejiro Jamogha, Oresiri Jamogha, Sandra Omoniyi Efosa-Isibor

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School libraries are established to compliment classroom instructions through the utilisation of their information resources. However, previous studies have shown decline in the utilisation of information resources in school libraries. Thus, the study focuses investigation on availability and utilisation of library information resources by students in selected secondary schools in Ondo West Local Government Area, Ondo State. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprises of 400 students randomly selected from four secondary schools. Questionnaire was the instrument used for gathering data. The data collected were analysed using frequency and mean distribution. A total …

The Role Of The Technical Universities’ Librarians In The Generation And Management Of Technical Research Data (Trd) To Advance Inventions, Innovation And Commercialization In Ghana, Faustina Kyerewaa Barfi, Emmanuel Kofi-Agyir Sackey

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ABSTRACT

The act of the Technical Universities (TU) in Ghana mandates publications which promote invention and innovations. The study examined the role of librarians in the generation and management of technical research data to promote invention, innovation and commercialisation.

This is an exploration study which adopted quantitative approach to present its findings. All the librarians from the Ten (10) Technical Universities became the resultant population. Questionnaire was used to collect the data. Emails and mobile app on monkey survey were used to reach respondents.

Majority of the Librarians attested that management of technical research data play a key role in …

The Publication Trend Of Internal Medicine In Iran, The Middle East And The World: A 10-Year Bibliometric Analysis, Maryam Esmaeilzadeh, Abbas Doulani, Mohammad Gomar

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Abstract

Purpose: This study sought to evaluate the scientific publications of Iranian researchers in the field of internal medicine as well as to compare them with those of the countries of the Middle East and the world within 2009-2018.

Design/methodology/approach: In this bibliometric study, the Scopus database was used. All papers published in the past ten years by researchers from Iran, the Middle East and the world in the field of internal medicine were included in the study. Data analysis and drawing of scientific maps were performed using Excel and VOS viewer software.

Findings: The number of …

Impact Of Historical Review And Archival Accessibility In Combating Covid-19 Pandemic In Nigeria, Bakare D. Oluwabunmi Dr, Mary Funke Ajayi Mrs

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Archives and records management play a central role in understanding the past and aid effective decision-making on current situations. The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of historical review and archival accessibility in combating COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The study was based on a systematic review of existing literature on overview of pandemics in human history, history of pandemic in Nigeria, 1918-1919 influenza in Nigeria, COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, and archival accessibility and pandemics. The study was able to identify some major challenges of archival accessibility in Nigeria, which made it difficult to access documents of …

Classic Papers In Critical Care: A Bibliometric Analysis, Seyed Ali Mahdiyoun, Heidar Mokhtari, Maryam Esmaeilzadeh

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Purpose- This study aimed to identify and analyze the bibliometric characteristics of the classic papers in the field of critical care.

Design/methodology/approach- In this bibliometric overview, Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science were used for data collection. Study sample consisted of the classic papers in the field of critical care, introduced in Google scholar. SPSS were used for data analyses.

Findings- Critical Care ranked the first journal in having critical care classic papers. All critical care classic papers were multi-authored. The most highly-cited paper was a paper titled "Intensive insulin therapy in the medical ICU", with 3796 received …

Defining Information Literacy Amid 21st Century Socio-Political Barriers, Alicea Peyton

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Emotional Intelligence: A Bibliometric Analysis And Implication For Future Research, Furkan Yousaf, Mohamad Noorman Masrek, Farrah Diana Saiful Bahry

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Emotional Intelligence is a growing field that can be traced from the research publishing from the year when Salovey & Mayer coined EI terminology. However, this field is still lacking synthesizing, chronological, and systematic studies focusing on how EI field has flourished. The objective of current study was to extend the state-of-the-art research work in the field of EI, based on bibliometric research studies published during 2000-2020. The result of the study depicted under subsequent perspectives: growth trend of EI, influential institutions, countries, articles, authors, keywords, and journals, and international collaborations. A publication growth in EI research gradually increase but …

Roles Of Parent-Teacher Association In The Management Of School Library, Felicia Ukamaka Iremeka, Ifeyinwa O. Ezenwaji, Chisom Ogochukwu Ezenwaji

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The parent-teacher association (PTA) is a non-commercial, non-sectarian, and non-partisan body that comprises parents/legal guardians of students, teachers, and administrative staff of the school whose aim is to collaborate with the school to promote students' educational success and wellbeing. This paper aimed at highlighting the contributions of the PTA to school library management. Deducing from the literature review, the PTA supports the rights of libraries to supply materials and information that encompass all perspectives on recent and previous happenings that are uncensored in terms of bias, partisanship or doctrinal criticism. In addition, the PTA could assist the school by providing …

School Supervision, Evaluation Report Writing And Implications For School Library Evaluation, Felicia Ukamaka Iremeka, Ifeyinwa O. Ezenwaji, Chisom Ogochukwu Ezenwaji

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All schools exist to achieve certain set goals. However, there is no way the goals of a school can be achieved without putting in place certain mechanisms towards ensuring success. In the secondary school system, some mechanisms for achieving the school's goals include instructional supervision and evaluation report writing. These tools help to facilitate quality assurance in the school system. This paper, therefore, examines the concept of supervision, the purpose of supervision, the meaning of evaluation, evaluation report writing, steps involved in evaluation report writing and the implications for school library evaluation. Furthermore, the researchers adapted Androssette's notions and examined …

Challenges Affecting The Implementation Of The Universal Basic Education Programme In Nsukka Local Government Area Of Enugu State, George Ohabuenyi Abah, Victor Sunday Ezema

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It is observed that many well-designed programmes of government meant for the upliftment of the educational system. One of such programmes in Nigeria is the Universal Basic Education (U.B.E) programme. This programme has been hampered by a number of implementation challenges. This study tried to identify these challenges faced by teachers while implementing the Universal Basic Education programme. Two research questions guided the study. Simple random sampling was used in drawing respondents. The questionnaire for the study was designed by the researchers. Data were analyzed using the mean. The findings of the study revealed the challenges that are faced by …

Information Seeking Behavior Of Under Graduate Students Of English Discipline: A Comparative Study Of Miranda House College And Vivekananda College, University Of Delhi, Seema Yadav, Manish Kumar

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The paper overtly attempts to investigate the information seeking behavior of UG students of English discipline from library for their different academic purposes. The scope of the study is limited to UG students of Department of English of two colleges of University of Delhi, i.e., Vivekananda College and Miranda House College. The study is based on Survey method of research and used questionnaire and interview methods for collection of data. The study revealed that both libraries are well equipped with quality sources, services and modern technology which reflects their strong potential to provide good environment for quenching the quest of …

Utilisation Of Academic Library Information Resources And Services By Administrative And Professional Senior Members For Scholarly Communication And Work-Related Activities – The Case Of Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology, Esther White (Phd.), James Kwasi Oberko

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This article contributes to the body of knowledge on scholarly communication and effective utilisation of academic library information resources and services by Administrative and Professional Senior Members in public universities. The aim of the article was to ascertain the utilisation of information resources and services from the academic library system by Administrative and Professional Senior Members for their scholarly communication and work-related activities. A case study research design and sequential explanatory mixed method approach were adopted with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as the research site. Data for the study were collected through self-designed questionnaire using Google …

Chlorination As Drinking Water Disinfection Technique And Disinfection By Products: A Scientometric Analysis, Sapna Ramchandra Shinde, Sayali D. Apte Dr, Kanchan C. Khare Dr, Philipp Otter Mr

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2015, defined to achieve a better and more sustainable future, contains goal number 6 related to safe and affordable drinking water facility for all till 2030. The rural and remote areas in the developing countries predominantly face the scarcity of pathogen free drinking water leading to water borne diseases and deaths due to consumption of contaminated water indicating a need of advancement in the drinking water disinfection techniques. The paper discusses scientometric analysis of publication trends in chlorination as a popular disinfection techniques and research related to the Disinfection By Products (DBPs) that are produced …

Impact Of Ict Skills Upon Legal Professionals Of Lahore High Court Bar Association And Their Practice, Muhammad Jameel, Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Tariq Dr., Muhammad Shahzad Chaudhry Dr.

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Objective:

Objective of this research was to investigate the impact of ICT skills upon Legal Professionals of Lahore High Court Bar Association and their Practice.

Methodology:

In view of the suitability and usability as well as the previous studies conducted in the field, the survey research method was adopted for this study. The population of was Advocates of Lahore High Court, Pakistan. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to conduct this study. The survey questionnaire was adapted as a data collection tool for this study. After collection of data, a numerical analysis using SPSS was performed to present the …

Bibliometric Review On Inertial Sensors Based Position Estimation Using Sensor Fusion, Animesh Mishra, Hamshita Kancharlapalli, Ankit Kumar, Aditya Chauhan, Parag Narkhede

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Background: This paper analyzes the position estimation of UAV in a 3D environment, on the basis of inertial sensors and sensor fusion algorithm, done from the year 1994 to 2020. This paper contains various bibliometric analyses previously done on this topic.

Methods: The content for this topic was taken from the popular Scopus database. The Scopus provides many filters for searching databases with different document categories like document by year, country, etc. The research carried in this paper also includes co-authorship, citation analysis, etc.

Results: A total of 345 articles were obtained from the last 20 years, on the topic …

Remote Access Mechanism Exploring Electronic Databases In Law Schools In India: A Lifeline During Covid-19 Lockdown, Akash Singh

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Bar Council of India under Section 4 of Advocates Act 1961 passed by Indian Parliament, governs legal education and practice in India. Law Schools are approved and governed under the rules framed by Bar Council of India. Currently, India has twenty three law schools apart from more than 2000 law departments and colleges in India. Lockdown of academic institutions due to COVID 19 interrupted educational and research activities in law schools too. The paper here and now showcases a comparative study of usage of electronic contents by their patrons during pre-lockdown and lockdown period by remote access mechanism. The paper …

Toward A Ubiquitous Learning Media: Encouraging Understanding By Virtual Reality-Based Learning, Idris Idris, Agus Purnomo, Bayu Kurniawan

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The use of mainstream media is no longer attractive to students. They enjoy more and are more enthusiastic about virtual learning which provides the greatest possible opportunity for direct contact or as if to experience directly the object of the material being studied. This study aimed to develop an Android-based application with virtual reality (VR) in the material kingdom and Hindu-Buddhist heritage (SijarVi-information system of virtual reality-based learning). This product was intended to provide anti-mainstream learning media, which provides opportunities for students to be directly involved and see directly the object being studied. This development used research and development method …

Information And Communication Technology Projects And Management Information System In Nigerian Universities: A Design Reality Approach, Odomero E. Omohwovo, Wole M. Olatokun, Ifedapo R. Ojutawo, Josephine O. Okocha

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This paper focuses on a design-reality gap assessment of selected information communication technology (ICT) projects in federal universities, South West of Nigeria. We determine the success and failure rates of the selected ICT projects based on the design-reality gap model dimensions: information, technology, processes, objectives and values, staffing and skills, management systems and structures, and so on. Thus, we adopt survey research design, including qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection in this paper. Moreover, we use purposive sampling technique in selecting the sample data. Five (5) heads of unit of the selected ICT projects responded to the questionnaire based …

A Comparative Study Of India And Australia Open Access Repositories In Opendoar, Alekha Karadia, Dr. Jyotshna Sahoo

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An open access repository or open archive is a digital platform that holds research output and provides free, immediate, and permanent access to research results for anyone to use, download and distribute. To facilitate open access such repositories must be interoperable according to the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Search engines harvest the content of open access repositories, constructing a database of worldwide, free of charge available research. OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. Its repositories provide free, open access to academic outputs and resources. This paper deals with Comparative analysis of India …

Social Media Usage In The Academic Libraries: Current Trends And Challenges In Pakistan With Special Reference To Facebook, Shahzadi Humbhi, Shabbir Tareen, Alia Humbhi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The current study aims to investigate the usage of social networking sites (SNS) for promoting library resources and services in academic libraries as well as assessing the perception of library professionals regarding SNS (Facebook) and also identifying the challenges that prevent library professionals from promoting the resources and services of libraries through SNS. For this study primary data collected from 167 library professionals of the academic libraries. A structured questionnaire was used and a systematic sampling technique was adopted for data collection purposes. The results show that still the usage of social media is limited in the academic libraries of …

The Case Of Cited And Uncited Publications In The Field Of Reference Services: A Study, Sadaf Zia, Muzamil Mushtaq

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The endeavor of the present study is to identify and compare the characteristics of cited and uncited publications in the field of reference services. The phrase ‘reference service’ was searched in the document search tab of Scopus database and found 2612 results, which were limited to social science subject area and hence got 2021 results. The retrieved data was then restricted to journal source type and found 1900 results out of 2021. At last, the data was confined to library and information science journals in source titles and retrieved the actual data for the study i.e., 1861 number of articles. …

Satisfaction Of Visually Impaired Students With Resources And Services At Gc University Lahore, Pakistan, Abid Iqbal, Khurram Shahzad, Samreen Lateef, Nazia Azeem

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Purpose: This research's main goal was to know the resources and services being offered to the visually impaired students at GC University Lahore and their level of satisfaction with the facilities they are being provided.

Design/methodology/approach: Quantitative study design was opted to get the purpose of this research. Convenience Sampling technique was applied to get required results. 50 visually impaired students were chosen as a sample from the population of almost 300 special students who were currently enrolled in different disciplines at GC University Lahore. Required data was collected after having used close-ended interview technique because majority of the target …

Satisfaction Of Visually Impaired Students With Resources And Services At Gc University Lahore, Pakistan, Abid Iqbal Iqbal, Khurram Shahzad, Samreen Lateef, Nazia Azeem

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Purpose: This research's main goal was to know the resources and services being offered to the visually impaired students at GC University Lahore and their level of satisfaction with the facilities they are being provided.

Design/methodology/approach: Quantitative study design was opted to get the purpose of this research. Convenience Sampling technique was applied to get required results. 50 visually impaired students were chosen as a sample from the population of almost 300 special students who were currently enrolled in different disciplines at GC University Lahore. Required data was collected after having used close-ended interview technique because majority of the target …

Students' Understanding Of The Importance Of Information Literacy (Il) Programs And Skills, Muhammad Zeeshan, Nadeem Siddique, Haroon Idrees

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Abstract

The research was conducted to determine the relevance of the information literacy skills of Lahore University of Management Sciences graduate students (LUMS). A convenient sampling technique was used to collect the required data from the population. A sample of 357 students was selected, and the useable response rate was 82%. Results of the study revealed that the majority 51 %, were aware of the IL "Somehow" concept of information literacy. Similarly, majority 86% of the participant had not received any training on information literacy. The findings also showed that 49% of the majority of students found the IL program …

Exploring Growth And Impact Of Research Productivity For Prince Of Songkla University (Psu) On Scopus Database: A Bibliometric Analysis, Pachisa Kulkanjanapiban, Tipawan Silwattananusarn

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This paper presents a Bibliometric analysis of Prince of Songkla University (PSU) based on the Scopus database for 1978-2021. The study aimed to explore the current state, the trends, characteristics of Prince of Songkla University (PSU), i.e., growth of research output, collaboration trends, authorship pattern, citation patterns, contributing countries, and organizations. A total of 14,644 publications consulted of PSU published during the year 1978-2021 retrieved from the Scopus database, and these articles had a total of 10,257 cited items. The method used to display the research pattern and research activity on a particular topic is the bibliometric analysis commonly used …