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Covid-19 And Web-Based Services: A Content Analysis Of Library Associations' Web Pages Of India, Santosh Kumar Tunga

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown situation, every academic institutions and professional associations has been affected with corona virus. We will stay safe by maintaining social distancing and using masks, globes, face shield and washing hands frequently with water and soap. Researchers and academicians in India are completely at home and follow the COVID-19 guidelines to help him, family and community stay safe. In this critical phases of COVID-19 situation, the present study attempts to identify the web-based services provided by the library associations of national importance in India during this COVID-19 pandemic environment. This paper has tried to evaluate the …

Authorship Pattern Of Library Philosophy And Practice Journal: A Bibliometrics Analysis, Deep Kumar Kirtania

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main purpose of the study is to identify the pattern of authorship and collaborative nature of Library Philosophy and Practice journal during 2001 to 2020. Bibliographic data were collected from 2008 articles through the Lens database, based on the key areas of authorship studies such as authorship pattern, number of authors etc. The study found that Degree of Collaboration (DC), Collaborative Coefficient (CC) and Collaborative Index (CI) of these articles were 0.63, 0.36 and 1.93 respectively, which clearly indicate that the authorship trend is towards the shared or joint authorship in Library Philosophy and Practice journal.

Bibliometric Landscape Of Indian Publications On Covid-19 In 2020, Tapas Kumar Ghosh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper attempts to provide a bibliometric landscape of Indian publications on the topic “COVID-19” in the year 2020. The threat of “COVID-19” pandemic constrained the researchers across the world to foster the research activities to combat the drastic effect of the new emerged infectious disease on human beings turned into pandemic in 2020 resulted influx in publication around the globe and the contribution of India found considerable. As per the data retrieved from Web of Science (WOS) on 29^th April, 2021, 62755 documents published at the global level on the topic “COVID-19” in the year 2020 where India …

The Impact Of Repository Service Quality Toward Final Year Students’ Interests To Access Research Record Service, Indah Antasari, Mite Setiansah, S. Bekti Istiyanto, Toto Sugito, Wiwik Novianti

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

High-quality service will increase student motivation in accessing repositories. This study aims to reveal the impact of repository service quality on student motivation in using research services at the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Purwokerto. This research study used quantitative methods. This study found that seven direct relationships have significant impacts. This study found that Attitude toward_Behavior (AtB) highly influenced students to visit library research services—both online and offline. AtB brings two other variables, namely Library_as Place (LaP) and Information Control (IC), which have an indirect effect on student visiting interest. Thus, activities that should be prioritized to increase student visits …

Terrorism Hazard And Infrastructure Projects: The Moderating Role Of Home Experience And Institutions, Alfredo Jiménez, Nathaniel C. Lupton

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

This paper analyzes the impact of terrorism hazard on the performance of private participation infrastructure projects. Applying transaction cost theory, we hypothesize that terrorism hazard has a negative relationship with infrastructure project completion, and that host government accountability and investor experience with terrorism hazard have opposing impacts on this relationship. Host government accountability, we argue, produces higher indirect costs of managing terrorism hazard, which reduces investor confidence, and reinforces the negative relationship between terrorism hazard and the probability of satisfactory project completion. Conversely, investor’s experience with terrorism hazard increases investor confidence and hence partially mitigates the negative consequences of terrorism …

Load Flow Solution Of Distribution Systems - A Bibliometric Survey, K. V. S. Ramachandra Murthy, Vijay Kumar D, Lakshmi Kambhampati, Rayudu Srinivas, Rayudu Srinivas

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this paper, Bibliometric Survey has been carried out on ‘Load Flow Solution of Distribution Systems’ from 2012 to 2021. Scopus database has been used for the analysis. There were total 1711 documents found on this topic. The statistical analysis is carried out source wise, year wise, area wise, Country wise, University wise, author wise, and based on funding agency. Network analysis is also carried out based on Co-authorship, Co-occurrence. Results are presented. During 2020 and 2018, there were 263 documents published which is the highest. ‘IEEE Transactions on Power Systems’ has published 90 documents during the period of study …

Decay Of Url References Cited In Desidoc Journal Of Library & Information Technology, Sonia Bansal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study was conducted to examine the accessibility and corrosion of web references cited in articles of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology. A total of 1921 web references cited in 273 articles for five years from 2014-2018 were identified and checked to test their accessibility in terms of decay and persistence. Nearly 23.31% web references disappeared with passage of time. The results revealed that older the age of URL references, higher the percentage of inactive URL references. The .gov domain was found to be most constant with 95.99% accessibility rate. The average half-life for the missing web …

Accessibility Of Library Resources At Kiet Group Of Institutions, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India., Ravi Kumar .. Annabathuni Dr., Raja Suresh Kumar .. Pitla Dr., Doraswamy Naick .. B. R. Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper highlighted the availability and accessibility of library information resources and services, library user attitude, working hours of library, physical facilities of KIET(Kakinada Institute of Engineering and Technology) Group of Institutions libraries, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The collection, library membership, students and faculty strength, opening and closing timings, library automation, sources and services offered, and accessibility of online resources are also examined. A well-structured questionnaire was circulated to Nine Hundred and seventy-seven Under Graduate and Post Graduate students to collect the primary data from respondents. Total number of Nine Hundred and Fifteen filled-in questionnaires were acknowledged, showing on the whole …

Students Awareness About Online Classes During The Pandemic Of Covid 19 With Special Reference To Affiliated Colleges Of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Dr.P.Balasubramanian Subramanian Bala Subramanian, Shanmugam A.P

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

“Purpose of education is to moralise and socialise the people,” said Dr B. R. Ambedkar. The role of education in the holistic development of a society is immeasurable because good education shapes people right from their childhood and thus the entire society. That’s why every developed civilisation had given keen importance to education in any form. The way people get educated is a reflection of the culture of that period. It has travelled through rock carvings, manuscripts, papers and today it has reached our smartphones due to the Covid’19 Pandemic situation. So, the researcher attempted to study the College Students …

Reward System And Service Delivery Of Librarians In Federal Universities In South West Nigeria, Jemilat Yusuf, Oluwaseyi Overcomer Fehintola

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aims to examine the nexus between reward system and service delivery of librarians in federal universities in Southwest Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study and the population consisted of 120 librarians in six federal universities in Southwest Nigeria. The total enumeration technique was adopted in the study. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, simple percentages, mean and standard deviation while inferential statistics of Pearson’s Moment Product Correlation and regression were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that …

Bibliometrics Visualization Of Desidoc Journal Of Library & Information Technology And Srels Journal Of Information Management During 2016 - 2020: A Comparative Study, Laltu Aich, Ankit Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study analyses the articles published in DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) and SRELS Journal of Information Management, the leading UGC-CARE enlisted Indian journals in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) during the year 2016-2020 which explores the volume wise, issue wise pattern of distribution of articles, authorship pattern of articles, geographical distribution of major contributions and contributors, state wise distribution of articles from India, reference distribution pattern and its authorship pattern. The study reveals that DJLIT (277) has more publications than SRELS Journal (248) during the mentioned period. DJLIT has got maximum contribution …

The Role Of Public Librarians, Teachers And Gram Panchayats In Women Empowerment Through Kanyashree Public Services In South 24 Parganas District Of West Bengal, Md. Yeosuf Akhter, Prasenjit Deb, Jahar Biswas

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Public Libraries located in West Bengal are important institutions and tools of the society. Disseminating knowledge of the society is a great challenge for the Public Library and its duty is not limited to just issuing and reissuing books. The Government of West Bengal has appointed 184 retired Librarians considering their importance and efficiency of their work[1]. The present study conducted in South 24 Parganas District of West Bengal among 20 Librarians, 40 School teachers and 40 Gram Panchayat members has assimilated their opinion about women empowerment through public services scheme, Kanyashree Prakalpa (K.P). The main aim of …

Application Of Mobile Technology In Information Service Delivery In Bayero University Library, Kano, Abdulqawiyyu Mustapha Library Assistant, Farouk Ahmad Ibrahim Assistant Librarian, Kabiru Danladi Garba University Librarian, Musa Muhammed Assistant Librarian

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Current trends in libraries especially in the academic library require remote and boundary less access to library services and services. Mobile Technology has been recognized as the simple, single most embraced technology in the world. Applying this technological innovation will bring a lot of relief to users in Bayero University, Kano library and the University community in general. The study investigates the preparedness of Bayero University, Kano library to apply mobile technology for information services delivery. The population consisted of 11 staff from the library's automation unit, with only two of them being sampled. The research instrument used was an …

Curbside Book Pick-Up Services During A Time Of Crisis In South African University Libraries, Dina Mashiyane, Mahlaga Molepo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose

This paper sought to determine the implementation of curbside/book pick-up services within South African University libraries. This study seeks to quantify South African university libraries that use curbside book pick-up services during the COVID-19 pandemic

Design/methodology/approach

The study employed a quantitative approach where informetrics has been used as the primary data collection method to analyse the implementation of curbside/book pick-up services on the web pages of 26 South African University Libraries.

Findings

This study indicates that only a few South African university libraries have implemented curbside/book pick-up services. The study further reveals that those libraries that have implemented this …

Information Seeking Patterns Of Small Scale Farmers For Farming Activities In Katsina State, Nigeria, Abubakar Magaji

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study identified Small Scale Farmers (SSF) information seeking patterns used and types of crops produced for effective farming activities. Three research questions and one hypothesis were developed to guide the study. Cross sectional survey design was adopted in which a total of seven hundred (700) registered small scale farmers’ cooperative associations from three agricultural zones of Katsina state formed the population. A total number of two hundred and eighty (280) respondents were randomly sampled using cluster sampling technique. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in which the null hypothesis was tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient …

A Scientometric Introspect Of Literary Warrants Published In Annals Of Library And Information Studies (Alis) During The Last Decade, Manash Esh Mr, Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Scientometric studies are enduring studies that portray an organized visual of messy data. The current study is a scientometric study based on secondary data sets included in Scopus. A corpus of 311 documents published in the journal Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) from 2011 to 2020 was the population of the study. The study focused on several characteristics of the journal, including article distribution, average author per document, average document per year, authorship productivity, collaboration index, country-wise distribution of documents and citation analysis. The study retrieved the most prolific author contributing to this journal with 19 articles. The …

Collaboration And Authorship Pattern Of Research Outputs Published By Central Institute Of Plastics Engineering & Technology From 2005 To 2020: A Scientometric Analysis., Rajib Debnath , Research Scholar, Dlisc

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study focuses on the different attributes of authorship pattern in the literature published by Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET). For this purpose data is collected from Scopus database for the period from 2005 to 29.02.2020. A sum total of 591 papers were published during the period considered which is indexed in the Scopus database. The study aims to find out the pattern of publication, growth rate of publication, authorship pattern, collaborative index, collaborative coefficient, modified collaborative coefficient and co-authorship index etc. From the study it is found that the year 2019 was the most productive …

Assessing Scholarly Communication Programs, Emily K. Chan, Daina Dickman, Nicole Lawson, Suzanna Conrad

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Do you have issues quantifying the success of your scholarly communication programs? Many CSUs not only struggle with how to properly fund and staff scholarly communication programs, but also how to show their value. Sacramento State and San Jose State received an IMLS National Forum grant in 2019 to determine how similar public institutions were assessing their scholarly communication programs. In our multi-phased grant project, we used the University of Central Florida’s Research Lifecycle (https://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/scholarly-communication/overview-research-lifecycle/ ) as a framing document for all the multi-faceted services that scholarly communication encompasses. Within this presentation, we will share an assessment rubric created to …

Use Of Mobile Technologies For Accessing Health-Related Information Among Librarians In Osun State, Nigeria, Yemisi Oluremi Oladapo, Jacob Kehinde Opele, Moses Oladele Adeoye

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objectives: This is an exploratory study that focused on identifying the contemporary health related information needs of librarians in Osun State; types of mobile technology used for accessing health related information as well as identifying challenges experienced in using mobile technology for accessing health related information.

Methodology: This study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 133 librarians in Osun State. Total enumeration of all the population was adopted. From the total 133 questionnaire that were administered, 126 (representing 94.74%) were duly completed and used for analysis. Frequency counts and percentage calculation were used to …

Library Services And Users’ Satisfaction: The Physically Challenged Students In Federal Universities In South-West, Nigeria, Olajumoke Williams-Ilemobola, Vincent Enyeribe Unegbu Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study examined the Use of library services and User satisfaction of the physically challenged students in Federal Universities in South-West Nigeria. A survey research was done. A total of 302 copies of self-structured and validated questionnaires were administered but 252 copies were retrieved making a total response rate of 82.8%. Based on the study, it was revealed that the physically challenged students are aware of various services rendered in the university library. Advisory service and Consultancy service is the most used services. Photocopying and lending of library materials is also used by the physically challenged students, followed by the …

Global Trends And Pattern Of Green Computing Research: A Bibliometric Analysis, Aman Verma, Harpreet Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The acceptance and rapid growth of Green Computing in recent years has led to an enormous number of publications comprising the achieved knowledge of this area of research. The present study aims to observe the literature growth of green computing throughout the Web of Science core collection database during the period 2010-2020. A total of 307 articles were retrieved and tabulated in excel and then analyzed as per the objectives of the study. Co-authorship network visualization of authors and countries was visualized using VOSviewer software. The results show that year 2020 has the maximum number of contributions; China has a …

A Cross-Sectional Survey Of Online Health Information Seeking Behavior Pattern Of Undergraduate Students In A Nigerian Private University, Oluwaseun Eniola Adegbilero-Iwari, Tunrayo Oluwadare, Idowu Adegbilero-Iwari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Given the wide-ranging influence of the internet on people in this digital age and the extensive reliance of young people on internet-enabled mobile devices, our study aimed to assess the pattern of online health information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in a Nigerian private university. Employing the cross-sectional survey design and purposive sampling technique, three hundred and four (304) undergraduates took part in the study. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect information on the socio-demographic characteristics, participant’s use of the internet, online health information seeking behaviour and use of online health information. The results showed that the mean age …

Altmetric For Top Three Covid-19 Research Articles Published In 2020 - An Overview, Stephen G

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Around the world, researchers are working together to understand COVID-19. Knowing who’s talking about related research and what’s being said is critical to this effort. Altmetric put together resources to help the navigate altmetric data and evaluate the quality of discussions around corona virus literature. The objective of this study is to determine the top three research articles related with Covid-19 and published in 2020. Based on altmetric attention score “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2” is the first rank article out of three and it’s published in Nature journal. It has highly mentioned in News Stories, blog posts …

Status, Adequacy And Use Of Library Collection: A Study Of Govind Ballabh Pant University Of Agriculture & Technology And Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Tanveer Haider Naqvi Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aimed to explore the status, adequacy, and use of library collection at the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology and Indian Agricultural Research Institute. A well-designed questionnaire was randomly administered to both the universities students in order to collect the relevant data. The five-point Likert scale and summated mean score have also been applied in questionnaire design and data analysis. The results presented substantial differences in the status, adequateness, use, purpose, and satisfaction in terms of library collections at both universities. Electronic resources and databases have turn out to be a major component of collection in meeting …

Investigating The Detrimental Outcomes Of Malicious Activities In The Academic College Libraries, Keshav Ramesh Dhuri Dr, Jovita Lobo Ms

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Academic libraries play a key role in encouraging literacy and cultural interest in students, staff and the community. In the present-day world, theft and vandalism has become very common and a severe problem in academic college libraries. This research paper mainly deals with work of the library professionals in investigating the book theft, vandalism, mutilation activities, and planning polices to control these malicious activities. A structured online questionnaire was prepared for the college librarians to the gather data for the research study. The research data was collected from forty library professionals. Insufficient copies of text books are the main cause …

A Bibliometric Study On Research Of Cloud Computing In Libraries, Shanmugam Rajeswari, Praveena Krish

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Cloud Computing is internet based computing where virtual shared servers provide software, infrastructure, platform devices and other resources and hosting to customers on a pay-as-you-use basis. All information that a digitized system has to offer is provided as a service in the cloud computing model. Users can access these services available on the “Internet Cloud” without having any previous know- how on managing the resources involved. Publication is essential to productivity in research, the work will be recognized only when it takes a conservative, physical form which can be received , accessed and recongised by professionals. This study aims to …

Analyzing The Theses & Dissertations To Inflibnet Shodhganga By Central And State Universities Of North East India, Nipan Haloi, Digbijoy Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have provided various means to the institutions in carrying out research as for the intellectual output of any academic institution is variably measured, analyzed and interpreted by the quality of contributions through research publications. Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs), its creation and use has made the way for more scholarly outreach. The academic institutions are in the process of making these research assets available for public sharing. ‘Shodhganga’ being one of the crucial projects undertaken by the INFLIBNET center provides a common space for the Indian Universities to upload and share their institutionally published theses …

Visualization Of Library And Information Science (Lis) Journals In Scimago: An Analysis Of First Quartile (Q1) Journals, Dr. Sudhi S. Vijayan, Renjith V. R

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The primary goal of the study is to analyze the sixty Q1 journals in LIS as appeared in the SCImago Journal & Country Ranking (SJR) databases for the year 2020. This article discusses the top Q1 journals in LIS in respect of their scientometric indicators such as SJR, H index, CiteScore and Impact Factor. It also examines the continent, country and publisher wise distribution of Q1 LIS journals in SCImago for the year 2020. The highest SJR value of Q1 journals is 3.507 for the journal ‘Information Systems Research’ and the journal titled ‘IEEE Transactions on Information …

Exploring The Information Needs Of Competition Inclined University Students, Vinit Kumar, Rahul Pandey

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study investigates the information needs of university students engaged in preparing for competitive examinations. Investigating the format and kinds of information sources highly considered by competition inclined students the study identifies the factors the library should consider while selecting information sources from the perspective of competition inclined students. Collecting data using a structured questionnaire, the study reveal that the majority of the respondents consider both print and electronic format of information sources. The competition inclined students use books the most, followed by newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals, Similarly, the most considerable challenges emerged to be ‘relevant information scattered …

Exploring The Etds On Shodhganga Project: A Detailed Study On The State Universities Of West Bengal, Srijan Dey, Digbijoy Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The intellectual output of any academic institution is variably measured, analyzed and interpreted by the quality of contributions through research publications. The creation and use of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) have paved the way for more scholarly outreach. Beside keeping the hard copies in the library book-shelves, the academic institutions are in the process of making these research assets available for public sharing. ‘Shodhganga’ being one of the crucial projects undertaken by the INFLIBNET center provides a common space for the Indian Universities to upload and share their institutionally published theses and dissertations in electronic form. In this paper, …