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Visually Impaired Access To Library Services: The Role Of Library Infrastructure, Paulina Kwafoa
Visually Impaired Access To Library Services: The Role Of Library Infrastructure, Paulina Kwafoa
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Globally it is estimated that there are 285 million persons living with some sort of vision related difficulties. In Ghana, about 737,743 Ghanaians living with disabilities (Ghana Statistical Service, 2012). The United Nations and other international organizations have always emphasized the importance making education and educational services accessible to all. In recent times, there have been advocates for inclusive education where children with disabilities have been educated together with ‘able bodied’ colleagues. The purpose of this study was to examine library infrastructure for the visually impaired in the public universities in Ghana. The study adopted both qualitative and quantitative …
Development Of Entrepreneur Research Trends In Garuda Indexing Agency, Anissa Lestari Kadiyono, Hanny Hafiar, Diana Harding, Hery Wibowo, Titin Nurhayati Ma'mun, Yus Nugraha, Ahmad Gimmy Pratama Siswadi
Development Of Entrepreneur Research Trends In Garuda Indexing Agency, Anissa Lestari Kadiyono, Hanny Hafiar, Diana Harding, Hery Wibowo, Titin Nurhayati Ma'mun, Yus Nugraha, Ahmad Gimmy Pratama Siswadi
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Entrepreneurship can be an indicator of the development of a country. Unfortunately, in Indonesia the number of entrepreneurs is still low. So, it needs to be efforts to optimize various fields that are integrated with entrepreneurship. One of the aspect is education that closely related to scientific research. The existence of indexing portal for scientific publications such as the Garuda portal, which optimizes the progress of information technology can help researchers not only in the academic world, the general public can obtain various data that can be used as a basis for developing programs as a solutive form of problems …
Study Of Information Seeking Pattern Of School Teachers In Sri Lanka With Respect To Curriculum Planning, Chamani Gunasekera, Balasubramani R, Arumugam J
Study Of Information Seeking Pattern Of School Teachers In Sri Lanka With Respect To Curriculum Planning, Chamani Gunasekera, Balasubramani R, Arumugam J
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The study was conducted to examine information seeking pattern of school teachers in Sri Lanka. The survey method was adapted for this study and a self-administered questionnaire was used as main data collection tool. The school teachers who enrolled to follow postgraduate courses in the Department of Education, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka were selected as the study population and the collected data were analyzed using SPSS (21.0). The study found that most of the respondents used face to face discussions and mass media as communication channels and most of the respondents study curriculum, teachers’ guides and students’ text books …
Adoption Of Web 2.0 Applications For Education By Students In Nigeria, Awele Adibi, Foluke Okocha
Adoption Of Web 2.0 Applications For Education By Students In Nigeria, Awele Adibi, Foluke Okocha
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This study entailed the survey of the use of Web 2.0 for educational purposes by the students in Nigeria. The sample of the study constituted of students from seven faculties and one center which were purposively selected. The study used a questionnaire as its instrument of data collection. Four hundred copies of the questionnaire were distributed among the sample, out of which 380 were returned and found usable. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the collected data. Statistical methods used for the analyses of the data were frequency distribution, cross tabulation, T-test, One-way ANOVA and Regression. …
Inclusion Of The Economically Backward Students: Scope And Tenet Of Indian School Libraries, Sarthak Chakraborty, Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri
Inclusion Of The Economically Backward Students: Scope And Tenet Of Indian School Libraries, Sarthak Chakraborty, Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The study aims to find out how far a school library can contribute in the issue of inclusion of the economically backward class students. Meanwhile the author has opined three major issues: Economical, Psychological and Societal as the reasons behind the school dropouts in India; while theoretical analyses have unveiled that the school library has enough scope and potential to reduce the dropout rate by offering several innovative approaches. Further, the author has investigated the reality and forwarded ten unique approaches (broadly classified into Library beyond school, Increase the reading habit and Empowerment of the student) which could …
A Consolidation Of Challenges Faced By School Libraries In Developing Countries, Liah Shonhe
A Consolidation Of Challenges Faced By School Libraries In Developing Countries, Liah Shonhe
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Achieving quality education is a challenge for many developing countries. One of the problems leading to this challenge is the inability of governments to invest in the development and management of effective school libraries. The school library is a hub of knowledge for students and teachers. Thus, it plays a paramount role in the ability of students to achieve the desired level of literacy and numeracy. As a result, school libraries need to be fully equipped and have effective library services to support the teaching and learning process. This paper enumerates the problems that hinder effective school library services in …
Use Pattern Of Digital Library In Educating Engineering Graduates Around Tirunelveli District– A Case Study, Rama Subramanian, K Vinitha, A Thirumagal
Use Pattern Of Digital Library In Educating Engineering Graduates Around Tirunelveli District– A Case Study, Rama Subramanian, K Vinitha, A Thirumagal
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Due to information explosion, textual information is scattered in the various electronic format. In the rapid digital era, users can access any type of information from any place at any time. To provide such a integrated environment to access information, Digital library plays a vital role in disseminating digital information simultaneously in a single place to large number of user society. In the digital era, it is very essential to measure the use pattern of Digital Library among engineering graduates which help them to overcome their academic challenges. In this study, questionnaire is structured and issued to 150 Post Graduates …
The Impact Of Social Media In Research Publicity And Visibility, Chiegonu Nwachi, Josephine Igbokwe
The Impact Of Social Media In Research Publicity And Visibility, Chiegonu Nwachi, Josephine Igbokwe
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This study is on social media and its impact on research publicity and visibility. Social media has grown beyond its original purpose of connecting people all over the globe. Today, the ease of interacting with millions of social media users in a cost effective and real-time manner has given rise to the creation of highly engaging online content by users from diverse professional and personal backgrounds. In the past, knowledge constructs consulted by scholars were mostly in the form of printed or hard copies (books, newspapers, journals, etc), and although this format was instrumental in the development of knowledge generation …
Utilization Of Library Website(S) In Higher Educational Institutions, Sumaira Jabeen Baba, Dr. Shabir Ahmed Ganaie
Utilization Of Library Website(S) In Higher Educational Institutions, Sumaira Jabeen Baba, Dr. Shabir Ahmed Ganaie
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
In present circumstances technology (web technologies) are offering libraries a new world of opportunities to connect patrons with numerous innovative activities to widen their field of ideas. One such activity can be usage of online resources (e.g. library website), which has become an important component in providing and extending library services. But library website(s) need to be user friendly in design, access and use. In this context the present study is focused on usability of library website, associated to a higher educational institution (University of Kashmir). To investigate the usage, frequency, satisfaction among users with regard to their institutional (university …
Total Quality Management In Academic Perspective: An Overview, Sumaira Baba, Shabir Ahmed Ganie
Total Quality Management In Academic Perspective: An Overview, Sumaira Baba, Shabir Ahmed Ganie
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Management is considered as the indispensable institution in the modern social organization marked by scientific thought and technological innovations. It (management) is essential in one or the other form, wherever human efforts are to be undertaken collectively to satisfy needs through some productive activity, occupation or profession. Even, without the leadership provided by management, the resources of production remain resources and never become production. Although Total Quality Management (TQM) was initially applied as a management philosophy in the industrialized sector. But due to its success, this idea increasingly being applied in the service sector, including libraries. In order to be …
Library And Information Science Courses In India: Issues And Suggestions, Khushpreet Singh Brar, Bhupinder Singh, Amandeep Kaur
Library And Information Science Courses In India: Issues And Suggestions, Khushpreet Singh Brar, Bhupinder Singh, Amandeep Kaur
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Library and information science courses are professional and job oriented. Due to this, these courses are much popular in India and neighbored developing countries. This paper discussed the various library and information science courses offered by different institutes in India. The paper also highlighted some core issues related to library and information science education with some vital suggestion. The paper is comprehensive sketch of library and information science education in India.