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Use Of Electronic Information Resources In A Special Library In Ethiopia, Frehiwot Fekadeselassie Dubale, Isabel Schellnack-Kelly Phd, Williams Ezinwa Nwagwu Phd

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The study was undertaken to investigate the utilisation of electronic information resources of the UNECA library in Addis Ababa Ethiopia and the challenges faced by the different users. A quantitative research method with a sample survey research design was applied. A population of 600 users, of which 500 were internal users (UNECA and United Nations agencies staff members) and 100 were external users (researchers, students, or non-staff members). 20% from each category was taken as a sample. An online questionnaire was distributed through email to collect data. The total response rate was 74%. The results showed that 92% of the …

Visualization And Scientometric Mapping Of Global Public Administration Research During 2016-2020, Md Kaiyum Shaikh, Dr. Sibsankar Jana

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The present study is a scientometric and visualization study of Global Public Administration research. The study aims to traverse the present status of Public Administration research through network analysis and visualizations study of the Public Administration publications during the study period 2016-2020. A total number of 7383 documents has been retrieved from the Web of Science database. VOSviewer, MSExcel, Bibexcel, and RStadio statistical software are used for data analysis. The study focuses on numerous aspects of the public administration research such as document types, the growth of publications, most relevant sources, most prolific authors, authorship pattern, corresponding authors country, most …

Recent Trends In Software-Defined Networking: A Bibliometric Review, Jones Jefferson, Harikrishnan R

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Software-Defined Networking is referred to as the next big thing in the field of networking. Legacy networks contain various components such as switches, routers, etc. with a variety of complex protocols. A network administrator is responsible for configuring all these various components. Apart from complex network management, network security is also a persistent issue in the field of networking. SDN promises simplicity in network management while also dramatically improving the security of networks. This paper gives an analysis of the current trends in in SDN as well as Security challenges with SDN. A bibliometric review on SDN has also been …

Bibliometric Analysis On Artificial Compressibility Method Based Cfd Simulations, Bhavna Hemraj Joshi Miss, Chandrakant R. Sonawane Dr, Priyambada Bada Praharaj Mrs, Anand Kumar Pandey Dr

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This bibliometric analysis in this paper aims to study the quantitative progress done in the artificial compressibility (AC) method-based CFD simulation and analyze its potential in solving incompressible flow simulations in computational fluid dynamics smoothly. The sector of CFD is enhancing more and more maturely due to advancements in computing architecture, numerical methods, and simulation tools. There have been various attempts to solve the pressure-velocity coupling issue in the Navier-Stokes equation. The artificial compressibility method (ACM), as opposed to pressure-correction methods, solves the incompressible equation in a non-segregated manner. With the introduction of the ACM, the system of the equation …

Awareness And Usage Of Online Journal Publishing Systems By University Academic Staff, Kelefa Mwantimwa, Evans Wema

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The extent to which academic staff and researchers are aware of and use online journal publishing systems to publish their work is not very well known. The present study examines awareness and use of online journal management and publishing systems by University of Dar es Salaam academic staff. A cross-sectional descriptive research design alongside a mixed research approach (i.e. quantitative and qualitative) was used to examine awareness and use of online journal publishing systems by the UDSM academic staff. Data gathered through questionnaires and interviews. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages helped to organise and summarise research data. The …

Classifying The Data: A Comparative Analysis Of Traditional Library Classification And Linked Data Classification Systems, Saima Hanif, Saima Hanif

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Background. With the evolution of information technology, library classification schemes have transformed to effectively manage the information in electronic environment. The availability of library data on the web makes it challenging to devise a classification scheme that meet the need of Linked Data (LD) technologies. Objectives. This study aims to survey the library classification system along with automated classification system. It also highlights the links between the library classification systems and web of document classification system as a joint venture of LD.

Methods. For achieving the objectives of the study, available literature related to the traditional classification schemes, automated …

Bibliometrics Analysis And Comparison Of Global Research Literatures On Research Data Management Extracted From Scopus And Web Of Science During 2000 - 2019, Pallab Pradhan, Lavji N. Zala

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Researchers, to conduct any bibliometric analysis prefer to retrieve publications data mostly from Elsevier’s Scopus or/and Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science (WoS) databases, though many other platforms/databases, i.e. Google Scholar, Dimensions, Crossref, PubMed, etc. are now available those are providing bibliographic data of publications. This study is based on the globally published literatures on research data management during 2000 – 2019 (20 years of duration) data extracted from the Scopus & Web of Science (WoS) databases and their Merged file. The analysis and results compares the similarity and differences in between Scopus & WoS, and further each one of them …

Library Use And Satisfaction Of Undergraduate Students Of University Of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Akor Solomon Obotu Mr, Ikani Joshua Adaji, Okechukwu Obedia Chukwuka, Umar Danladi Abubakar, Mohammed Umar Galadima

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Status Of Library Resources And Services Of Selected College Libraries Of Barak Valley Districts Of Assam, India, Sufia Khanom Mozumder Mrs, P K. Barooah

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Present study is intended to cover situation of college libraries in the Barak Valley, Assam in terms of status of collection, services offered, staff position, automation status, e-resources availability and user’s satisfaction. The position of services of college libraries during the pandemic situation is also highlighted. The findings revealed that the selected college libraries of Barak Valley have very limited print and electronic resources. In addition, the library services provided by the selected colleges are deplorable. Particularly, during the physical closer of libraries only one library provided online searching facility of subscribed electronic resources through log-in ID and password from …

The Library's Adaptation Strategy Towards The Information-Seeking Behaviour Patterns Of The 2019 Outstanding Students In Universitas Negeri Malang (Um), Muhammad Salmanudin Hafizh Shobirin, Moh Safii

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Information-seeking behavior for Outstanding Students of Universitas Negeri Malang (UM) is an activity to increase information literacy in the era of information technology development, and it is necessary to use this activity as a reference or an example for other students in improving their information literacy and achieving effective and efficient learning. Therefore, in order to find the pattern of information-seeking behavior as reference material, the role of the university library is needed for designing an adaptation strategy of this pattern. The purpose of this research is to show the strategies or efforts of the library in adapting to the …

Bibliometric Review On Iot Based System For Remote Downloading On Microcontroller, Arundhati Bandopadhyaya Ms., Diya Dodwad Ms., Diviyanshi Gupta Ms., Surya Koyyana Mr., Parag Narkhede Mr., Shripad Deshpande Mr.

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Working with sensors has become an area of expertise within the domain of electronic engineering. On a day to day basis, thousands of sensors are put to use around us, for instance, in smoke alarms, speedometers, motors, computers, radiators etc. to accumulate sensor data, cables that connect the sensors to the bottom station after which the information is worked on. But cabling is often expensive especially when handling large scale industrial applications ^[5]. For an equivalent reason, low-cost wireless networks came into the picture recently and are in high demand. A research paper we found during our review of …

Research Growth Of Balochistan University Faculty: A Bibliometric Study Of Jehr (Journal Of Education And Humanities Research) From 2016 To 2020., Anwar Muhammad Mr, Tang Zhiwei Dr

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This research study aims to find out the research productivity of the Journal of Education & Humanities Research (JEHR) from 2016 to 2020. The present study also finds the frequency of productivity, author collaboration, paper length, most cited papers, and most productive authors and most productive departments and universities. The present research finds the 107 research articles have been contributed by University faculty members. The highest number of papers has been published 44 in 2018 and 20 papers were published in 2017. The current study finds the vol.5 and vol.6. Contributed 21 and 23 research articles respectively. This present study …

Measuring The Global Research Output And Visualization On Gender Equality: A Bibliometric Analysis, Navaneeta Majumder, Mayuri Pandya, Shanti P. Chaudhari, Atul Bhatt, Dharmendra Trivedi

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The purpose of present study is to explore the bibliometric features of scientific productions in the domain of gender studies for the period of 2011–2020. The data of the scientific productions were retrieved from the Scopus database. The key words “Gender” and “Equality” were applied as topic terms to search articles published during the study period. The statistical analysis was conducted by using the R Studio, MS Excel and VOS Viewer. A total of 7619 scientific productions were published during the study period. It was found that in the last decade there is a 238% increase in the number …

A Comparison Of Scholarly Journal Evaluation Between Indonesia And South Korea, Ayu Shabrina, Hani Febri Mustika, Yaniasih Yaniasih, Ambar Yoganingrum, Jungyeoun Lee

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Indonesian government has succeeded in increasing the number of local scientific journals. However, in terms of quality, such as the number of citations and errors in bibliographic writing still requires to be improved. This paper aims to explore the problems in Indonesian scientific journals' evaluation system by comparing the system to South Korea. The country has local journals like Indonesia. This paper uses references desk for collecting the data. The paper is focused on discussing publishers and journal citation databases. The conclusions are drawn by making arguments and reasons based on critical thinking analyzes. At the end of the paper, …

Global Research Productivity In Physical Cosmology: A Scientometric Analysis, Vijaya Kumar R, Palaniappan M, Thangamani T

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Cosmology is the most preferred research area among global research and development for quite a time in terms of the total number of publications, authorship pattern, h-index, institution, journals, and countries. The present study deal with the assessment of Physical Cosmology research output as reflected in the Web of Science (WOS) database for the period 2011 to 2020 for identifying the research output in the field of Physical Cosmology. We measure global contribution to Physical Cosmology research. In the ten years, 2011 to 2020 researchers have published 1979 papers. India published 254 papers with a 12.83 percentage, the USA contributed …

Marketing Of Special Library Services In Ghana: The Case Of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Eunice Adomaa

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ABSTRACT

Marketing concepts are explored in the paper with much focus on strategies that can be employed in Special Library Services. Emphasis on understanding the user’s information needs and offering customer satisfaction is stipulated. The need for marketing, developing appropriate library services and products and some marketing concepts in libraries are explored. The case study approach was used for the study and Ghana Atomic Energy Commission was used as the case. It defined the various marketing concepts such as the 7ps of the marketing mix and how libraries can do marketing of their services and resources. The results showed that …

Marketing Spreads Its Wings In Library Services A Study Of Role And Strategies Of Marketing Information Products And Services, Mukesh Kumar Jha , Manohar Parrikar Institute For Defence Studies And Analyses, New Delhi, India, Shriram Pandey , Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

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In a globalized world where library and information services remain as one of the most important assets of the knowledge schemes, the marketing of library and information services has become an important professional medium to reach out to the end-users. Marketing has spread its wings to the library and information science and its strategies are proving very helpful in managing these knowledge systems. This paper focuses on the role of marketing strategies and examines the concept of 7Ps (Product, Promotion, Price, Place, People, Process and Physical Evidence) and also discusses library marketing through website outreach and client base. The paper …

Analysis Of The Technology Acceptance Model On The Union Catalog Server Based The Senayan Library Management System Within The Library Of The Ministry Of Marine Affairs And Fisheries Of Indonesia, Desi Novita Sari, Mukmin Suprayogi, Muhammad Azwar

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This study aims to describe and analyze the relationship between Perceptions of User Ease (PEOU), Perceived Usefulness (PU), Attitudes Toward Using (ATU), and Acceptance (ACC) of the Union Catalog Server-based Senayan Library Management System (SLiMS) by librarians and library managers within the scope of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries in Indonesia. This research is a quantitative descriptive. Sampling using total sampling. The research analysis used SmartPLS 3.0 to test 4 primary constructs (internal variable) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) on the answers of 27 respondents spread across 27 libraries in Indonesia using the SLiMS Union Catalog Server. The results …

Scientometric Analysis Of Published Papers On Total Quality Management, Mahadeva M, Anitha S. Rai

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This research study is a Scientometric study of research publications on Total Quality Management (TQM) disciplines at Global perspectives from 2001 to2020. The paper summarises the global Research Trends in TQM from the analysis of the data. It uses different Bibliometric indicators in this context, and also applied the Growth of literature, Relative Quality Index RQI, Publication Efficiency Index, Absolute Citation Impact (ACI), and Relative Citation Impact (RCI)., and Quinquennial Publications. The results show that more research has been done in TQM. Additionally, it seems that the readability scores of publications have been growing up from 2001-2020. The total number …

Research Trend On Ethnoscience Through Bibliometric Analysis (2011-2020) And The Contribution Of Indonesia, Nadi Suprapto, Binar Kurnia Prahani, Utama Alan Deta

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This paper aims to analyze the scientific trend of research on ethnoscience through bibliometric study and to explore how the contribution of Indonesian researchers in the Scopus database from 2011 to 2020. The sample was composed of 536 documents in total. The results revealed that scientific publication on ethnoscience has been increasing. The USA contributed the most documents on ethnoscience as well as Indonesia’s institutions dominated in this area. Indeed, Indonesia put its two representative’s institutions: Universitas Negeri Semarang and Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, among the big ten institutions in the world. All Indonesian documents produced by teacher-producing universities and public …

Oxygen Therapy: A Scientometric Mapping Of Indian Publications, Surulinathi Muthuraj, Jayasuriya T, Duraipandi R, Senthamilselvi A

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The present study has been carried out to find out the research performance in the field of Oxygen Therapy in India during 1991-2021 as indexed in the Web of Science database. A total 1648 research publications have been found in the Web of Science during 31 years period of 1991-2021 and were downloaded for analyze with the help of Histcite, VosViewer and Biblioshiny. The study also provide comparative performance of different Scientometric parameters including total research productivity, yearly research output, authorship pattern, International collaboration, Institution wise concentration, Source wise distribution of publications, Subject wise publications, most prolific authors and highly …

Global Research Trends And Network Visualization On Climate Action : A Bibliometric Study, Binod K. Das, Mayuri Pandya, Shanti P. Chaudhari, Atul Bhatt, Dharmendra Trivedi

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The purpose of the study is to explore the bibliometric features of scientific publications in the area of climate action for the period during 1995–2020, thus, enabling the scientific community to understand the research progress on the topic. The data of the scientific publications were retrieved from the Scopus database. The key word “Climate Action” were applied as topic terms to search articles published during the study period. Total 1638 scientific publications retrieved for statistical analysis for bibliometric analysis and for visualization network analysis study has VOSviewer© tools along with RStudio and MS Excel. Result shows steady progress on …

A 2020 Scenario Of Brics Institutional Repositories Through Opendoar, Dr. Ravi Shukla

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The open-access initiatives enhance the global visibility of an institution’s scholarly research output. This initiative has helped the scientists, teachers, students as well as researchers by providing visibility to their research outputs and increases the impact of their work as well their parent institution. Also, this has facilitated the users to access global information at a single location. In this study, the researcher tries to find out the scenario of institutional repositories of BRICS countries to open access in the year 2020 using OpenDoar (open directory of open access repositories). The list of 400 repositories from BRICS countries has been …

Call Us By Our Names: The Need To Establish Authority Control Standards For Non-Roman Names, Madireng Monyela

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Cataloguing cannot exist without standardised access points, and authority control is the mechanism by which we achieve the necessary degree of standardisation, thus enhances the accessibility of library resources by controlling the access points, improving users’ ability to efficiently find the works most relevant to their information search. The paper seeks to understand authority control standards and how non- Roman names are catered for in those standards. The study used desk research. Findings indicated the lack of authority control standards for non-Roman names. The study recommended the establishment of authority control standards for non-Roman names, cataloguers should consult the authors/creators …

Information Seeking Behavior Of Undergraduate Students Of The University Of Karachi, Pakistan, Humera Ilhaq, Khushbakht Tousif

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Every person needs information to fulfill their personal, professional, educational, teaching and learning need of information. People have different information seeking behavior to acquire, organize, use and disseminate information. The aim of this study is to identify information seeking behavior, information sources and to know their searching preferences and determine behaviors of undergraduate students in information searching at University of Karachi, Pakistan.

In this study quantitative approach was applied. A survey method was used. A structured questionnaire was develop as a data collection tool. In the questionnaire two types of questions; (closed-ended and multiple choice questions) were developed. Sample size …

Dspace Information Retrieval System: A Study Using Dicom Metadata Standard, Hirak Jyoti Hazarika, Dr. S. Ravikumar, Dr. Akash Handique

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The present paper talks about the use of institutional repository software (DSpace) in archiving DICOM images. In the current study, the authors have tried to integrate the DICOM metadata standard with DSpace, which was compatible with DC & OAI PMH. After integrating the DICOM standard with DSpace, and the repository tested with a sample of ten thousand images, the retrieval results using various DICOM tags was very satisfactory. This study paves for the use of OSS in storing and retrieving medical images. Digital Image Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard has become a centre component for making an application nonpartisan …

Research Performance And Trends In Seed Technology Research: A Scientometric Assessment, Suresh N Dr, Thanuskodi S Dr

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The study assesses the research performance and trends of global Seed technology research publications by using scientometric indicators i.e. publication growth pattern, author, institution and country research performance, the collaborative trend among countries. The study found that a total of 16613 publications contributed by 40588 authors from 1647 number of scholarly journals received with 350561 citations and h-index and g-index 182, 262 respectively, 148 countries have contributed in the Seed technology research. The English Language has the dominant language (96%) in Seed technology research. The research article title “Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops” has received 2215 …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Communications In Information Literacy (Cil) Journal During 2007 - 2018, Vijay Pattar Dr, Vimlesh Patel

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This paper elicits the results of a bibliometric analysis of journal titled Communications in Information Literacy (CIL) for the period from 2007-2018. CIL is an open-access journal; it endeavors to bring recent research output in the area of information literacy particularly in higher education. This paper attempts to present the bibliometric analysis of CIL and its growth as a core and primary research journal dedicated to the advancement of research, theory, and practice in the field of library and Information science with a specific focus on Information Literacy.

Internal And External Factors In The Information-Seeking Behavior Pattern Of The 2019 Outstanding Students In Universitas Negeri Malang (Um), Muhammad Salmanudin Hafizh Shobirin, Moh Safii

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The purpose of this study is to determine the internal and external factors in the information-seeking behavior pattern of the 2019 Outstanding Students in Universitas Negeri Malang (UM). Within the behavioral pattern of each Outstanding Student in their activities of searching information, there are internal and external factors that form the structure of the behavioral pattern. This study used the descriptive qualitative approach. The sample was eighteen finalists of the 2019 Outstanding Student Competition in Universitas Negeri Malang that were selected using the purposive sampling technique. The data was collected through an interview. The results of this study show that …

Webpage Analysis Of Open University Websites In India: A Webometric Study, Antim Patel, Priyanki R. Vyas Dr.

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The present study aims to explore the webometric aspects of the fifteen Open Universities in India. An attempt has been made to rank the University websites according to various webometric factors. The study calculated the Domain age, Domain extension, Internal Link, External Link, Page Speed, Web Impact Factors, WISER Index Ranking, Social media Connectivity and Alexa Ranking of the websites. The researcher suggested that the websites of Open universities need to attract more external links and Web impact factor by introducing creative online sources and services and updates of news and research information.