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A Bibliography On The Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Education And Libraries, Rejoice Ntombifuthi Mthembu, Simeon Ambrose Nwone (Phd)

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The study provides bibliographic reference sources on the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on education and libraries around the world. Paucity of reference materials on this contemporary topic prompted the compilation of the bibliography thereby fill a crucial gap in LIS bibliographic literature. This enumerative bibliography is the researcher’s effort to provide a single-point reference materials to aid researchers and information seekers to easily find relevant and current literature on the topic. The bibliography puts together sources retrieved from the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s library databases: EBSCOhost, Emerald Insight, Google Scholar, Sabinet, and WorldCat and Google.com To optimise the search results, Boolean …

Strategies Academic Libraries In Nigeria Can Adopt To Curb The Spread Of Covid-19 And Remain Relevant In Post Covid-19 Pandemic., Pauline Iroeze, Pauline Chinasa Iroeze Dr.

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This paper focuses on the strategies the Academic libraries can employ to help curb the spread of covid-19 and remain relevant in post Covid-19 pandemic with specific focus on State libraries in South Eastern Nigeria. The study reviewed Strategies Academic Libraries in Nigeria can adopt to remain relevant in post Covid-19 pandemic. The study seeks to find out the strategies Academic libraries can adopt to help curb the spread of Covid-19 virus in order to remain relevant and also to identify the challenges that may affect the adoption of these strategies by academic libraries in South East. The population …

Smartphone Usage Among University Students During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study, Pinky Bhagat, Somipam R. Shimray

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The unusual lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic has exploded globally, revealing the whole population and touching all areas in our lives: education, work, politics, entertainment, economy, markets, etc. Online teaching and learning during pandemics have exposed students to technology, ultimately resulting in ingesting of digital media. In this favor, the research aims to determine the use of smartphones among university students during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Therefore, this study aims to examine the use of smartphones by university students during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study collected 165 respondents from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A central university), Lucknow. This study …

Usage Statistics Of E-Resources During Pandemic Period: A Case Study Of Chandigarh University Library, Ram Veer, Subhajit Panda

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Electronic resources are the electronic representation of information. Because of the easy accessibility, low cost and effective presentation with multimedia tools, e-resources have become the most popular source of information. The present research focuses on the usage statistics of e-resources during the pandemic period lockdown and restricts its scope to Chandigarh University Library. This study survey was conducted by distributing 200 questionnaires structured on a Google Form among the students, staff and faculty members of Chandigarh University. Out of all distributed questionnaires, 158 questionnaires were selected as a valid response for the study. Various statistical methods have been used for …

Visualizing Lecturers’ Publications Submitted To Institutional Repository During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Of Mataram State Islamic University, Indonesia, Muhammad Muhajir Aminy, Azhar Azhar, Soni Ariawan

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The purpose of this study was to examine and visualize lecturers' writings submitted to the Mataram State Islamic University's institutional repository during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study used bibliometric analysis with the total number of publications was 166 documents in various types.The results indicated that journal articles accounted for 42.16 percent (n=70) of all publications and more than half (65.66%) of total publications were authored in Indonesian language. Additionally, it was discovered that the terms pendidikan (education) and pembelajaran (learning) were the two most frequent terms in all type of publications, appearing 10,714 and 9,834 times respectively. Furthermore, this …

Use Of Open Access Resources During The Covid-19 Lockdown By The Research Students Of G.B. Pant University Of Agriculture And Technology, Pantnagar (India), Pankaj Kumar Singh ,Assistant Librarian, Meenu Singh, Mlis Student

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During the Covid-19 period electronic resources particularly open access resources were the only source of information for the research students in order to complete their work timely. This present study enquires awareness and use of open access resources during the Covid-19 lockdown period in the years 2020 and 2021. Questionnaire method was adopted to collect the desired data. A total of 180 valid samples were collected and used for data analysis. The result of the study indicates that majority of the respondents were aware and used open access journals, Institutional repositories, consortium based resources, etc. during the lockdown period. Majority …

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

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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 …

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

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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 …

Covid-19 And Nursing: A Scientometric Mapping Of Global Literature During 2020-2021, Surulinathi Muthuraj, Jayasuriya T., Srinivasaragavan S., Rosaline Mary A.

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The main aim of this paper is to analyze the global Covid-19 and Nursing literature to discover underlying trends and developments at the global, national, institutional, and individual level using Scientometric indicators. The publications and citations data for the study were sourced from the Web of Science database published during 2020–2021. The most productive and leading countries are: USA with 621 (43.4%) share far by China with 136(9.5%), UK with 108 (7.5%) share and Australia with 101(7.1%) share and other countries are published less than 5% of publications. India possessed 14^th rank with 15 (1.0%) publications share. International collaboration …

Covid-19 And Emergency Medicine: A Scientometric Assessment Of Global Publications, Surulinathi Muthuraj, Prasanna Kumari N., Shanmuganathi A., Bhuvaneswari A., Jayasuriya T.

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This study analyses Covid-19 and Emergency Medicine research output during 2020-2021 on different parameters including global publications share, citation impact, contribution of authors and patterns of research communication in most productive and preferred journals. Web of Science Citation Database has been used to retrieve the data for 2 years (2020-2021) with 991 publications using the combined search of Covid-19 with topic field and Emergency Medicine with using Web of Science Subject Categories. The USA tops the list, with a publications share of 38.6%(383) followed far by Italy and UK ranks second with 7.7%(76), Canada with 7.6% and India ranks 14 …

Professional Variables And Staff Readiness To Utilise Internet-Based Channels For Research Communication In An Era Of Covid-19, Valentine Joseph Owan, Levi Udochukwu Akah Phd., Mary Mark Ogbeche, Moses Eteng Obla

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This study assessed the professional variables of academic staff in African varsities and their readiness to Utilise Internet-Based Channels for Research Communication in an era of Covid-19. Drawing from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, the study was guided by four null hypotheses. The quantitative research method based on the virtual cross-sectional survey design was adopted. A total of 8,591 academics in African universities were the targeted demographic of this study. However, data were collected from a virtual snowball sample of 1,977 respondents (males, N = 1347; females, N = 630) from 24 African countries. A validated electronic survey, with three …

Citation Classics: Highly Cited Papers On Covid-19 Drugs, Vaccines And Medicines, Senthamilselvi .. A ., Surulinathi .. M, Srinivasaragavan S, Jeyasuriya T

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The number of citations of a scientific article is considered as the weight of that work in the field of interest. Bibliometric/Scientometric analysis of the most cited articles conducted in some medical disciplines has identified the most relevant scientific contributions that pushed forward knowledge and practice of that discipline. We conducted a bibliometrics/Scientometric analysis of the most cited articles in Covid-19 Drugs, Vaccines and Medicines, by extracting relevant words that identify and querying the Scopus online database. A rank with the 100, 500 and 1000 above Citations of the most cited articles was obtained, based on the absolute number of …

Libraries And Mental Health Initiatives: A Literature Review, Megan Smith

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The coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic has increased the mental health needs of communities across America. Public libraries have responded by utilizing the existing resources they developed such as training staff in Mental Health First Aid and employing social workers and nurses. In addition, libraries have created new targeted programs to address mental health during the covid-19 pandemic. This literature review discusses how these various factors relate and further directions for research.

Digital Literacy For Covid 19 Information In Indonesian Society, Dessy Harisanty, Dyah Puspita Srirahayu, Nove E. Variant Anna, Endang Fitriyah Fitriyah Mannan, Esti Putri Anugrah, Nasa Zata Dina

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In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic situation, hoax news emerged that made people panic and make wrong decisions. The emergence of this hoax is because many people are not literate with information, so they trust all the information entered. People also do not have the social awareness to filter the information they get. This study aims to describe the level of literacy of the digital community towards COVID19 information measured on the internet. The research method used is a descriptive type with a survey method. The research location was in East Java, with a total of 500 respondents consisting …

University Students’ Readiness For E-Learning During The Covid-19 Pandemic: An Assessment Of The University Of Health And Allied Sciences, Ho In Ghana, George Tesilimi Banji Phd, Mabel Frempong, Stephen Okyere, Abdul Sakibu Raji

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The main goal of this paper was to investigate the university students’ readiness for E-learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The rationale was to explore students’ readiness for the various E-learning platforms, examine the challenges faced by students in the use of the E-learning platforms (module) during Covid-19 Pandemic and also investigate the benefits of the use of the E-learning platforms. This study adopted a survey research design. From the 2019/2020 academic year of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, 345 students were selected by convenient sampling method. Their readiness for E-learning during the Covid-19 pandemic was assessed by a …

Indian Contribution In Covid-19: A Scientometric Mapping Of Research Publications, Surulinathi Muthuraj, Jayasuriya T Mlis, Balasubramani R Associate Professor, Arputha Sahaya Rani Y Research Scholar, Salini T Research Scholar

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The study examines India’s performance based on its publication output in Covid-19 during 2020-2021, based on several parameters, including the publications share and rank, the institutional profile of selected institutions, international collaboration profile and major collaborative partners, patterns of communication in national and international journals, Highly cited papers and most productive authors. The study uses 2 years of publications data in Covid-19 drawn from the Web of Science international multidisciplinary bibliographical database. It is interesting to note that the prolific authors belong to All India Institute of Medical Science with 489 Publications (1266 Citations), Post Grad Inst Med Educational & …

Knowledge, Beliefs And Practices Of The Covid-19 Pandemic Among Nigerians, Kennedy Arebamen Eiriemiokhale Phd, Oluwole Akanmu Odunola Phd, Adetoun Omolola Idowu Prof.

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Nigeria has adopted unprecedented measures to control the rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Citizens’ adherence to control measures is affected by their knowledge, beliefs, and Practices towards COVID-19. This study investigated the knowledge, beliefs and practices of the Covid-19 pandemic among Nigerians. The study adopted a cross-sectional web-based survey. The population of the study comprised Nigeria population of 200,000000 and a sample of 384 was drawn from the population. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study revealed that the respondents’ knowledge of the pandemic …

Performance Of Vikram Sarabhai Library, Iim Ahmedabad At The Covid-19 Pandemic Period: An Analytical Study, Balasubrahmanyan R Library Trainee, Vikram Sarabhai Library, Anand Kumar Singh Library Trainee, Vikram Sarabhai Library

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By November of 2019 Covid-19 first emerged in China. After a few months by January 2020, Kerala reported India’s first Covid-19 case. Within a few weeks from all corners of the country, it started to report positive cases Central Government announced a complete lockdown in the country from March 25, 2020. The majority of the migrant workers and other state students are trapped in lockdown. In the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) also the situation was the same, but the Vikram Sarabhai Library(VSL) of IIMA extended its services for the trapped users inside the campus physically and for others physically …

Work Life Balance During Covid-19 Lockdown: Experiences Of Women Academicians Of Kashmir, Shazia Manzoor, Shamikhah Hamid

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Work-life balance has always been a challenge for all the working class but during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has added to the already existing challenges because the work life too has shifted to home through online mode. COVID-19 and the consequent lockdown throughout the world have diminished the boundary between the workplace and the home place. The work life and family life are to be lived and managed under the same space at the home. In a patriarchal society like India, within the working class the work-life balance of the working women has been a constant challenge. This is because …

Changes In Teaching And Learning In Higher Education During Covid-19 Lockdown: A Study Of Lis Students In India, Sana Aslam, Sharad Kumar Sonkar, Valentine Joseph Owan

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With the rapid advancement of society, online learning has become more popular in the entire world due to Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic offered almost a total paradigm shift to online teaching and learning across various educational platforms. This paper was aimed at reviewing the teaching and learning changes in higher education during COVID-19 Lockdown using empirical evidence from central universities in India. The study adopted a survey method utilizing an online questionnaire as the primary tool for data collection. The study covered 19 Central Universities in India that are offering Library and Information Science courses. Major findings showed, amongst others, …

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

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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 …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Articles On Accounting And Covid-19 During The Pandemic, Irman Firmansyah, Aam Slamet Rusydiana

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This study aims to investigate articles with the theme of accounting and covid-19 published during the pandemic and indexed by Dimension (https://dimension.ai) with a focus on an analysis of journals, articles, and keywords. The articles analyzed were as many as 150 documents using bibliometric analysis with the help of R Biblioshiny software. The results showed that from several journals that published articles on the theme of accounting and covid-19, the themes discussed were not only focused on accounting but themes extended to other themes such as environment, science, energy, and health. The journal that publishes this theme the most frequently …

N-List E-Resources: A Major Boon To The User Community During Covid-19 Pandemic Era: A Study, Keshav R. Dhuri Dr, Jovita Lobo Ms

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The novel Coronovirus pandemic has made us to use the digital resources due to closure of colleges across the globe. Librarians and users all over the world have had to adjust to new ways of work and life. The study explores the e-resources provided by N-LIST in the form of e-journals and e-books from various reputed publishers included in the consortium. The data has been gathered from the library users (students, research scholars and the faculty) of the academic colleges across Goa through online Google form. From the study, it was found that N-LIST e-resources have been playing a crucial …

Digital Communication Media: Resources And Distribution Channels On Forest And Land Fires Information In Riau Province Of Indonesia During Covid-19 Pandemic Period, Gumgum Gumilar, Engkus Kuswarno, Herlina Agustin, Nik Norma Nik Hasan

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The control towards Indonesian forest and land fires in 2020 is deemed more complicated due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Its rapid dissemination encourages the central and regional government officials to focus the Covid-19 risk reduction through some policies, such as health protocol, social activity and large-scale meeting restrictions as well as independent regional quarantine, causing the controlling process towards the fires to be implemented by collaborating a direct method in disaster-vulnerable areas through digital communication media.

The research is purposed to recognize the use of communication technology in controlling Indonesian forest and land fires during the Covid-19 pandemic period, comprising …

Health Information-Seeking Behavior On The Covid-19 Pandemic: Social Media Usage By Gen Z In Jakarta, Indonesia, Elsa Roselina, Taufik Asmiyanto, Megah Andriany

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The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The increasing number of confirmed cases and deaths have escalated public fear about becoming infected, presenting a psychological trauma. During this condition, citizens have turned to internet as a mediating tool for communicating primary sources of information. The aim of this study is to explore how Generation Z in Jakarta using the internet, especially social media, for seeking health information during a pandemic. This study uses GoggleForm in May 2020. The number of respondents is 278 people. The major respondents were female (65.8%) and …

The Challenges Of New Educations For University Students In Covid-19 Outbreak, Alireza Atarodi

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Abstract:

Introduction: Virtual or online education is one of the common methods in different countries of the world, something that can be more used in different and special situations or conditions such as, we are today confronting with, Covid-19 pandemic. It is faced today with different challenges mostly in education for higher education students. We surveyed the challenges of new educations for university students in covid-19 outbreak.

Methods: To conduct the survey research we studied the related text with the subject in the web and asked some students views and thoughts on new education, e-learning, online or virtual …

E-Learning Enhancement, Status And Attitude Of Learners Towards Teaching Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic, Shweta Gupta, Shri Ram Pandey, Sujata Gupta

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The study explored the several dimensions of eLearning used by Indian Higher Institutions and presented insight into current eLearning pedagogy, infrastructures, services, and perceptions during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The study's findings reveal that Indian Academic institutions are unwilling to shift to the online mode for teaching, learning thoroughly. Pandemic forced them to adopt the e-learning pedagogy and tools. A majority of users still prefer the traditional classroom environment as compared to eLearning. Email, social media, and other communications tools became vital today. Email, traditionally used as a communication tool, is now a key player in delivering educational content. Social media …