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Librarians’ Perception On The Use Of Social Media As A Tool For Preventing The Spread Of Coronavirus (Covid-19) In Benue State, Kwaghga Beetseh, Mr, Florence Nwanne Olise, Helen Famaren Tor-Akwer Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper uses the descriptive survey research design. The targeted population for this study will consist of all 200 level students of University of Agriculture, Makurdi 200 level students of Benue State University and 200 level students of University of Mkar, Mkar and lecturers. Random sampling technique will be used to draw 100 students and 150 lecturers from the population making a total number of 250. The data collected use descriptive statistics analysis to generate frequencies and percentages to answer the research questions. Findings of the paper show that social media in preventing the spread of coronavirus (COVID19) tertiary institutions …

Organization Of Library Resources For Research Productivity: A Survey Of The Challenges Encountered By Librarians In Nigeria, Florence Nwanne Olise

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study was carried out to determine the organization of library resources for research productivity with emphasis on the challenges librarians encounter in Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design method was employed for this study. The sample for this study comprised of 250 librarians systematically and randomly selected from different libraries in Nigeria. The questionnaire was the only instrument used for data collection. Frequency counts, percentages, means, standard deviation and Krustal Walis were used to analyze the data collected. The study revealed that libraries organize their materials for research productivity to a large extent amidst the major challenges they encounter varying …

Spartan Daily, March 10, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 18

Application Of Bradford's Law Of Scattering To Synthetic Biology Literature, Naheem Kt Mr., Sivaraman P. Dr., Saravanan G Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aimed to examine Bradford's law of scattering on the global synthetic biology literature output published between 2005 to 2019. The authors used the publications data obtained from Web of Science database for the present study. The total data set consists of 8411 journal articles and 1453 journals. The authors employed both verbal and graphical formulations of Bradford's law. The author's calculated the value of Bradford's multiplier using Egge's formula and found it as 10.52. This analysis shows that a three-zone Bradford's distribution fits with the present data west with computed value Bardford's multiplier 10.52. A list of core …

Status Of Global Research Data Repository: An Exploratory Study, Rashmi Rekha Gohain

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

re3data.org registry is a research data repository and provides information seekers, publishers, libraries and funding organizations an overview of the diverse research data repositories internationally. Under the FAIR Data project and with the ‘CoreTrustSeal’ certification, re3data is an amiable platform for the researchers to upload and retrieve research data through their appropriate domain repositories. The re3data.org registry of data repository services is explored and relevant data related to general profile, access policies, restriction and licenses, content types, subject coverage and other related services has been collected and analysed in this research study. The study found that, United States has the …

Spartan Daily, March 9, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 17

Trends In Iot Research: A Bibliometric And Science Mapping Analysis Of Internet Of Things, Nidhi Gupta Research Scholar, Rupak Chakravarty Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Internet of Things (IoT) is about augmenting the existing power of the Internet beyond computers and smartphones to a whole range of other things, processes, and environments involving living or non-living species. It can bring life to the objects and enable them to communicate. This study presents the bibliometric analysis and science-mapping analysis on IoT. The data were extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) database from 1989–2019. In total 14,469 documents (articles, review, editorial material, proceedings, etc) were retrieved, which were further processed by VOSviewer software to perform advanced bibliometric analysis and science-mapping analysis. This research identifies the most …

Federal Investigation Agency Against The Crime Of Book Piracy In Pakistan, Ghalib Khan Dr., Sobia Bashir, Faisal Shahzad, Saeed Ullah Jan Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is a counter-intelligence, criminal investigation and security agency of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan which was established in 1975. The Economic Crime Wing (ECW) of the FIA has the mandate to protect the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of the people of Pakistan. The main objective of this study is to investigate the role of FIA against the crime of book piracy in Pakistan. To achieve this objective, data was collected from the annual administration reports of FIA. The study found that FIA has been playing a vital role against the crime of book piracy …

Library And Information Science Research In Pakistan: A Methodological Analysis, Saeed Ullah Jan, Muhammad Shehryar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTARCT: The main theme of this piece of scholarly document is to examine the research methodologies used by researchers in the field of the Library and Information Sciences (LIS) in Pakistan from 1990 to 2020.The study is delimited to the research productivity of those PhD Scholars who have Profiles in Google Scholar. The data was extracted manually from the profiles of these scholars to scrutinize the research methodologies used in the covered studies. Total number of 1,128 research articles were retrieved one by one. The analysis was done through MS Excel, MS Word and Mobile calculator. The result of the …

Applications Of Biomimicry In Construction And Architecture: A Bibliometric Analysis, Mugdha Praveen Kshirsagar Mrs, Sanjay Kantrao Kulkarni Dr, Ankush Kumar Meena Mr, Danby Caetano D’Costa Mr, Sushant Sunil Bhavsar Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Biomimicry can be considered to be a way of connecting the environment created by man to the natural world. Biomimicry is a science that, as a model, a measure and a tutor, looks to nature. Via site work, construction and everyday operations, biomimicry can be used to enhance the way the built environment is constructed. The main objective of this paper is to perform a bibliometric study of biomimicry-related literature in order to discover the growth of biomimicry as an architectural method in recent years. The time frame considered for this survey is between 1990 and 2020. The findings, however, …

Scientometric Analysis Based On Dimension Of Research Productivity Of Faculty In Vit University From Web Of Science, Rajeswari S, Dhana Sekar N, Sathya S

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study to be providing a quantitative evaluation of science output in VIT University. Investigations have analyzed the research productivity and global citation score of the scientist. The data are collected from Web of Science one line Database. In the scientometric, the main criterion is ranking of the scientific centers and particularly the university. It is the rate of scientific production an innovative and in all participations in the global scientific development. The study merely focuses on year wise research output, citation impact at Local and Global level, prominent authors and their total output. Top journals of publications, Collaborating countries …

Adopting Flipped Classroom Model For Effective Library User Education In Nigerian Universities: Challenges And Strategies, Jude Chidike Onah, Ebubechukwu Arinze Okonkwo, Nwando Ogochukwu Eseni, Fatima O. Momohjimoh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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Twenty Years Of Islamic Banking In Indonesia: A Biblioshiny Application, Lina Marlina, Aam Slamet Rusydiana, Paidi Hidayat, Nil Firdaus

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims to determine the development of Islamic banking research trends in Indonesia published by leading journals on the theme of Islamic economics and finance. The data analyzed consisted of 500 indexed research publications. The data is then processed and analyzed using the R Bibliometric application to find out the bibliometric map of the development of the role of Islamic banking. The results showed that the number of publications on the development of the role of Islamic banking research in Islamic economics and finance has increased significantly. Then, the most popular writer are Sukmana R, Ascarya, and Ismal …

Bibliometric Review Of Monsoon Rainfall Prediction Models: With Special Reference To Use Of Artificial Intelligence In Rainfall Prediction, Shilpa Manoj Hudnurkar, Neela Rayavarapu Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Rainfall is a result of several complex atmospheric processes making it challenging to predict. For countries whose economy is dominated by agricultural sector, accurate rainfall prediction is highly essential. A huge network of weather stations is spread across the globe for the observation of meteorological parameters. These generate vast amounts of data which can be used to accurately predict the weather. This necessitates the use better tools such as various artificially intelligent algorithms. This study aims to explore global research trends in monsoon rainfall prediction techniques using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). Scopus database has been used …

Librarians’ Information And Communication Strategies For Solving Restiveness Among Secondary School Students In Enugu-North Local Government Area Of Enugu State, Angela Ngozi Nwadike Ph.D, Grace Ngozi Omeje Ph.D, Bartholomew Chinweuba Nwefuru Ph.D

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study sought to determine Librarians’ information and communication strategies for solving restiveness among secondary school students in Enugu-North local government area of Enugu State. The study was borne out of the numerous cases of deviant behaviours among secondary school students in Enugu North, other part of the state and Nigeria at large. The study explored all the public secondary schools in Enugu North local government area of Enugu State. The study was guided with a research question. A descriptive survey was adopted for the study. The study was carried out in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu state, …

Journal Of Ethnopharmacology: A Bibliometric Study, Victoria P, Prakash M

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure the number of contributions and highlight the contributions made by the researchers in the field “Journal of Ethnopharmacology”. Journal of Ethnopharmacology is a peer reviewed medical journal covering the traditional medicinal use of plants and other substances., currently published by Elsevier. It publishes Eighteen issues in a year. The study examines the article published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology from 2016 to 2020. This paper aimed to assess growth pattern of research output, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, ranking of authors, type of items produced, keyword wise distribution, most productive countries …

Analysis Of Recent Trends In Malware Attacks On Android Phone: A Survey Using Scopus Database, Sonali Kothari Tidke, Vijayshri Khedkar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In past few years, smartphone use has shifted from professional access to personal need. Smartphone has now become an essential requirement to perform day to day activities. This has made smartphones unsecured and vulnerable to cyber threats and malware attacks. This study is also focused on finding intersection between malware attacks and Android OS considering Android as the most widely used mobile OS. A comprehensive search is conducted on Scopus Database for peer-reviewed articles. The study is carried out on bibliometric data of the considered articles to generate a highly useful concept map.

Review And Analysis Of Failure Detection And Prevention Techniques In It Infrastructure Monitoring, Deepali Arun Bhanage, Ambika Vishal Pawar, K Kotecha

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Maintaining the health of IT infrastructure components for improved reliability and availability is a research and innovation topic for many years. Identification and handling of failures are crucial and challenging due to the complexity of IT infrastructure. System logs are the primary source of information to diagnose and fix failures.

In this work, we address three essential research dimensions about failures, such as the need for failure handling in IT infrastructure, understanding the contribution of system-generated log in failure detection and reactive & proactive approaches used to deal with failure situations.

This study performs a comprehensive analysis of existing literature …

Spartan Daily, March 4, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 16

Perception And Readiness Of Students’ Towards Online Learning In Nigeria During Covid-19 Pandemic, Olalekan Moses Olayemi, Hayatudeen Adamu Mr, Kemi Jummai Olayemi Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The coronavirus pandemic saw the abrupt shutting down of higher institutions of learning by government, and students were told to vacate campuses as one of the measures to curb further infections. In order to ensure uninterrupted educational delivery, universities across the continent are introducing online learning. This study investigated the perception and readiness of students’ towards online learning in Nigeria during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study employed descriptive survey research design and structured questionnaire was the instrument used for the data collection. A total of one hundred and forty-eight (148) undergraduate students filled the questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed …

Spartan Daily, March 3, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 15

Effect Of E-Literacy Maturity Level On Lecturers’ Information Use Behavior At Islamic University, Indonesia, Ade Abdul Hak

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated the effect of e-literacy maturity level (Information Literacy, Media Literacy, Moral Literacy, and Learning & Thinking Skills) on the lecturers’ information use behavior at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia. The research based on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) and Uses and Gratification Theory (UGT) had been exploring the relations and effects of the e-literacy maturity level to the information use behavior as a communication process in electronic media. A questioner survey based on a cluster sample of 91 lecturers at 11 faculties had been taken for this explanatory research. The result showed that the mean score for all …

Research Metric Analysis Of The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi On Scopus Database 2010-2019, Muhammad Yousuf Ali Mr, Peter Gatiti, Ikram Ul Haq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper analysis the research output of the faculty, staff and researchers affiliated to the Aga Khan University (AKU) Medical College, Pakistan from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2019. The paper maps AKU research by analyzing publications by authors with Aga Khan University institutional affiliation that are indexed in Scopus, a citation database of the peer-reviewed literature. Researchers rely on data from Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar to assess scholarly communication. However, this study choose Scopus as it is one of largest multidisciplinary databases covering over 23000 journal titles in comparison to Web of Science which covers …

An Exponential Trend And Mapping Of Research In Web 2.0, Baskaran C. - -

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study analyses the research paper on the publications of Web 2.0 during 2000-2019 and total no. 7123 publications recorded over the period of study. A maximum 825 (12.08%) of the publications appeared in 2016, followed by 793(11.61%),745(10.91%), and 730(10.69%) of the publications that appeared in the year 2015,2017 and 2018. Relative Growth Rate (RGR) and Doubling Time (Dt) of the publications on Web 2.0 global data during 2000-2019. The analysis made on the records based on Web of Science (WoS). The majority of 5743 (84.12%) of the publications appeared in Journals. The study dictates that the majority 134 (1.96%) …

Constraints And Prospects Of E-Learning In Universities As Perceived By Business Education Lecturers In South-South Nigeria, Patience Okoro

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study assessed constraints and prospects of using e-learning in universities in south-south Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design adopted for the study. Two research questions and six hypotheses guided the study. The population which serves as sample comprised of 132 Business education lecturers. A questionnaire containing 35 items was used for the study. It was divided into two parts. Part A contains three (3) items of demographic variables such as type of institution, sex, job experience while Part B contains 32 items which are based on the research questions. The face and content validity of the questionnaire was done …

Bibliometric Survey On Image Processing Techniques Using Lattice Boltzmann Method For Cfd Simulations, Priyambada Praharaj Mrs, Chandrakant Sonawane Dr, Madhura Ingalhalikar Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This bibliometric analysis aims to understand how Lattice Boltzmann Method could be a potential solver in integrating computational fluid dynamics with image segmentation smoothly. Cardiovascular diseases have been a major health problem in our society and have been an interesting topic for researchers to focus on. Computational Fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation on well-segmented patient-specific images could help the clinicians in diagnosing many cardiovascular diseases in the initial stages itself thereby avoiding surgery. This paper focuses on how various methods have been used since 1988 and been successfully implemented in subsequent years. The bibliometric analysis is done from Scopus and the …

Spartan Daily, March 2, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 14

Information Need And Information Seeking Behaviour Of Tangkhul Naga Community In India, Shinchuila Raising, Prabhu Gaddimani, Akhilesh K.S. Yadav

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main objective of this research is to study the information-seeking behaviour and need of the Tangkhul Naga community in the Ukhrul district of Manipur state in India. What are the various sources and channels used for seeking information, the purpose of information seeking, problems faced by the Tangkhul Naga community while seeking the information? The survey research was conducted using a questionnaire tool from the scattered population of the Tangkhul community. Total of 211 people was responded to the questionnaire. The respondent includes student, daily-wage worker, government-employee, retired people, self-employed and unemployed persons. The print media and the Internet …

Assessment Of Rural Women Farmers’ Knowledge On Selected Soya Bean Products And Accessibility To Nutrition Education Sources In Ekiti State, Nigeria, Olalekan Odefadehan Dr., Temitope Omoyungbo, Ayotunde Owolabi, Tolulope Akinbobola

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study assessed the accessibility to nutrition education sources and level of knowledge on soya bean products as alternative/cheap source of protein by rural women. Multistage sampling procedure was utilized in selecting 234 respondents in the study area. Interview schedule and focus group discussion was used to collect information from the rural women. Data was analysed through descriptive statistics (percentages, frequencies and means) and inferential statistics (Analysis of variance). The results showed that the women had access to nutrition education on soya beans mostly through; family and friends (x̅= 0.82), local health centres (x̅= 0.78), radio (x̅= 0.80) and television …

Research Contributions Of Nobel Laureate Francis H Arnold: A Study Of Bibliometric Analysis, Prakash Kumbar, Mallinath Kumbar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study on ‘Single Author’ research analysis highlights the qualitative and quantitative aspects of research contributions made by Nobel Laureate Arnold FH in the field of chemical sciences for the directed evolution of enzymes. During her productive career 1980-2021, she has produced a count of 355 (273 journal articles) publications with 30644 citations were retrieved from Scopus database. The present study includes the analysis of research contributions made by Arnold FH with the bibliometric techniques and her role in the advancement of chemical science in the world. Her publications were distributed over 135 source titles which are having a good …