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Applying Comprehensive Model Of Information Seeking To Hepatitis B And C Patients’ Information Seeking In The South African Context: A Scoping Review, Irewole Dorcas. Ibinaiye

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The continuous spread of Hepatitis B and C Viral diseases have affected over 248 million people worldwide. Despite the frustrations expressed regarding patients information needs, awareness and knowledge about the mode of contact of the disease, information access and use, studies addressing hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) patients information needs and seeking behaviour are lacking. This paper examines the relevance of comprehensive model of information seeking (CMIS) in addressing hepatitis B and C patients’ information behaviour, to ascertain the trend of use to inform the future applications of the model. Four databases were searched for articles published between 1993 …

A Literature Survey And Bibliometric Analysis Of Application Of Artificial Intelligence Techniques On Wireless Mesh Networks, Smita R. Mahajan Mrs., Harikrishnan R Dr., Ketan Kotecha Dr.

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Recent years have seen a surge in the use of technology for executing transactions in both online and offline modes. Various industries like banking, e-commerce, and private organizations use networks for the exchange of confidential information and resources. Network security is thus of utmost importance, with the expectation of effective and efficient analysis of the network traffic. Wireless Mesh Networks are effective in communicating information over a vast span with minimal costs. A network is evaluated based on its security, accessibility, and extent of interoperability. Artificial Intelligence techniques like machine learning and deep learning have found widespread use to solve …

Use Of Internet By The Undergraduate And Postgraduate Students At The University Of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, Md Safiqur Rahaman

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The purpose of this study is to examine the usages of the internet by the undergraduate and postgraduate students at university of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal. The structured questionnaire distributed to the students through the Google forms. One hundred eighty questionnaires selected for data analysis and interpretation. The research investigated the various facets of internet use such as the purpose of usages, mostly used sources and services, time spent, heavily used search engine and websites, difficulties faced and level of satisfaction. The analysis reflects that 55.56% of respondents used the internet ‘several times a day’. The 89.44% accessed the …

Work Environment And Job Performance Of Librarians In Ahmadu Bello University Library (Kil), Zaria, Otobo Elvis Efe, Kabir Muhammad Sahabi

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The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Work Environment and Job Performance of Librarians in Ahmadu Bello University Library (KIL), Zaria. Survey research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study was 131 librarians from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study concluded that work environment is key factor when considering the job performance of librarians in academic library. The study also gave the following recommendations; university should provide librarians with much needed materials in order to enhance …

Twenty-Five Years Of Global Research Publications Trends Of Novel Coronavirus: A Scientometrics Assessment, Md.Safiqur Rahaman, Suchetan Kumar, Khadeeja M.N Ansari, Md Rafiqur Rahman

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The study aimed to identify the trends and characteristics of the publication on the novel coronavirus. A total of 2661 publications from Scopus downloaded in the bib.text andCVSformat for 25 years to analyze by using scientometrics analysis software, namely Bibliometrix and Vosviewer. The results show that there is very little research conducted before 2002, but exponentially increased after 2003 and 2020 shows the highest number of publications (779). The result reveals that the 1806 publication is in the form of research articles, i.e., 68%. "University Of Hong Kong" has produced the highest publication, i.e., 362. The "Journal of Virology" (JIF …

Modeling The Growth Of Food Science And Technology Literature In India, Sapna Verma, K P. Singh

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Purpose: The purpose of the research paper is to find the most appropriate growth model in the field of Food Science and Technology in India.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The Growth rate functions α1 and α2 methodology suggested by Egghe and Rao.

Findings: The research shows that Growth of the Food Science and Technology Literature is viable in terms of Publications as well as in Citations.

Research Limitations/ Implications: The research area is limited to Food Science and Technology area in India only.

Originality/Value: The growth rate functions in the field of food science and technology particularly in India is not performed earlier

Mobile Telephony And Agriculture Information Communication In Ghana: The Ho West District Under Review, Kodjo Atiso, Benjamin Yao Folitse, Seth Awuku Manteaw

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The use of mobile phones among stakeholders in Ghana in communication agricultural related information is gaining grounds. The findings show that farmers in the Ho West District of Ghana are beginning to adhere to the dictates of technology to enhance information delivery for their farming activities. The study shows factors such as level of education, income levels have a direct correlation to the use of the technology. Despite these, it is still the case that mobile penetration into agricultural communication is receiving attention from farmers.

Ict Skills Of University Freshmen And Their Projections For Improvement Upon Graduation: A Case Study Of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria, Idowu Adegbilero-Iwari, Oluwaseun O. Odefadehan, Olubunmi Idowu Owoeye Mrs., Abraham Christopher

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The paper reported the outcomes of the assessment of the information and communication technology (ICT) skills of freshmen in a Nigerian private university and the projection of the students for improvement at graduation. It became necessary in this digital era, where it is assumed the Millennial are digital natives, to know what computing capabilities fresh university students are coming with from their earlier educational exposures and also to know their expectations for ICT skills honing at higher educational level. The findings show that although many of the students are proficient users of varying devices (desktop, laptop and mobile devices), laptop …

Citations Of The Top 100 Most-Cited Papers Of The Journal Scientometrics In Web Of Science And Its Association And Correlation With Scopus And Google Scholar Citations, Renjith V R, Pradeepkumar A P

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This study is conducted to analyse the citations of the top 100 most-cited papers of the journal Scientometrics in Web of Science (WoS) and its association and correlation with corresponding citations in Scopus and Google Scholar (GS). Chi-square and Spearman’s rank rho are used to ascertain the association and correlation among these citations in different platforms. GS citations for the papers are comparatively higher than the citations in the other two databases. Scopus citations are slightly higher than WoS citations. The study found that there is significant association among level of citations of top 100 cited papers of the journal …

Measure The Usage Of E-Resources: Scientometric Model, Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan, Dr. S Gopalakrishnan, Muthuraj Anbalagan

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It is essential to evaluate the use of every resource that is acquired by the institute or through consortia. Therefore the objective of the study is to find trends in the usage of e-resources. The study emerged with three formulas such as Ratio of Resources, Ratio of Utilization and Resource Impact Factor. The study derived three axioms such as axiom 1 that Total number of downloads was directly proportional to the number of resources; Axiom 2 : Total number of downloads was directly proportional to the number of users and Axiom 3: Uses of e-resources were directly proportional to the …

Use Of Social Media Among Research Scholars For Scholarly Communication: Study Of Research Scholars Of University Of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan, Anwar Muhammad Muhammad Mr, Tang Zhiwei Dr

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The aim of the study is to find the use of social media among research scholars. The survey method was used to collect data from the respondents. A quantitative research design was deployed to complete this study. A structured questionnaire was designed to collect the data from the chosen population using Google Docs online. The finding of the study shows most of the respondents were male with 76% and female were 24%. 37% of the respondents were having M.Phil. and MS and age range 30 to 40 from 36%. The disciplines were concern where 22% of them were from management …

An Opinion Survey Of Faculty Members On Ict Facilities In The Libraries Of Engineering Colleges Affiliated To Jntu – Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, Srinivasa Raju Chemarthi, Pulla Reddy V Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of the study is to examine the opinions of faculty members on ICT facilities in the libraries of Engineering colleges affiliated to JNTU – Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Survey method of research is used in the study. Questionnaire tool is used. Data is collected from a simple random sample of 1130 faculty members out of 5272 faculty members belonging to 37 engineering colleges affiliated to JNTU – Anantapur. Analysis of data reveals that most of the faculty members (96.8%) replied that their libraries use computers. Most of them (95.2%) replied that Internet facility is available in their …

An Evaluation Of The Indian Chemical Science Research Publications Output Of The Last Two Decades (2000 – 2019), Mahadevi Nyamagoudar, Gavisiddappa Anandhalli

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This study evaluates the Indian chemical science research output of the last two decades (2000 to 2019). We have made a scientometric analysis of contributions from India in leading chemical science journals over 20 years period 2000 – 2019. We have compared India’s performance with that of the USA. The data was sourced from the Scopus database during 2000 – 19. The study finds that the research output of the world in chemical science research was 76, 08,260 publications and it was 469,689 publications by India, accounting for 6.1% global publications share in a 20 years window covering the period …

Research Publications Trend Of St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru, Karnataka: A Bibliometric Study, Felcy Dsouza

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The study examined the bibliometric analysis of the research publication output of the St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru indexed in Scopus during 2004 to 2019. The parameters such as the growth of publications, authorship pattern, author productivity, degree of collaboration, major areas of contribution, most preferred journals, geographical distribution etc are studied to attain the objectives. The findings revealed that, among the 230 publications published during the period of 16 years, highest numbers of 50 papers were published in the year 2019. The conference proceedings were the most preferred channels of publications followed by journals. There is an increasing …

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 …

Research Output On Fossil Fuels Publications In India: A Bibliometric Study, Indrani M, Murugan C

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A Bibliometric study is considered as one of the measuring tools identifying for the growth rate of publications, collaborative countries, and territories, preferred subject areas and research work, prolific organizations and institutions and top-ranked journals and highly productive papers, etc. This paper focuses on the literature growth and development in fossil fuels in India. Data were collected from Web of Science Core Collection, the search string was ‘‘Fossil fuels'' and refined by Countries/Territories ‘'India'' and the time span between 1989 and 2016 which were indexed SCI-Expanded, A & HCI. A total number of research output was 943 and its h-index …

Allelopathy Research In Global Perspective: A Scientometric Study Of Academic Productivity Over A Period Of 25 Years (1995 - 2019), Abdurahiman Pattukuthu, Abdul Jaleel Pottachola, Mohamed Idhris

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This research is concerned with the Allelopathy research literature published from 1995 to 2019 obtained from SCOPUS and studied to identify the trends in research publication in terms of various document types, annual growth, the share of publication, citation growth, average citation per paper, most productive country, authors, journals, highly cited articles during this period. These factors were identified and compared for their research impact over a period of 25 years.

Relationships Among Ict Training, Skills Acquisition, Use And Job Performance Of Library Personnel In Universities In North-West Nigeria, Lawal Abubakar, Katamba Abubakar Saka

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Abstract

The study examined the relationships among ICT training, skills acquisition, ICT use and job performance of librarians and library officers in Universities in North-West Nigeria. The study was anchored on four specific objectives and four null hypotheses which were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance respectively. Descriptive survey design was used with population of 1,327 library personnel (74 librarians and 95 library officers) in 18-fully operational universities in North-west Nigeria out of which 169 library personnel were adopted in the seven selected universities using multi-stage sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was two setof structured andfour …

Attitude Of Librarians Towards Users With Learning Disabilities, Emmanuel Chidiadi Onwubiko

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This survey study investigated the attitude of librarians towards library users with learning disabilities in Nigeria. The study applied descriptive survey method and was guided by three research questions and hypotheses respectively. The sampled population for the study stood at 451 drawn among certified librarians working in various libraries in the country through proportionate stratified random sampling technique based on gender and years of experience. The major instrument used in collecting data for the study is the questionnaire titled ‘Librarians’ Attitude Towards Library Users with Learning Disability Questionnaire (LATLULDQ) and validated by professionals in psychology and Educational evaluation and Measurement. …

Prospects Of Introducing Modern Ict Tools And Techniques For Extending Library Services In University Libraries Of Assam: A Study, Rubi Baishya, Narendra Lahkar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: Information explosion and advent of modern ICT have changed the Library environment to a large extent. Libraries are to play great role to serve the user community in right direction and the use of modern ICT tools and techniques has made situation more user oriented. Of course, due to certain constrains, all types of modern ICT tools can’t be applied by the libraries for extending services to their user community. This situation is in existence in case of university library system also. The present study is made on "Prospects of using modern ICT tools and techniques for extending library …

Introduction Of Ict In Nigerian Secondary Schools, Eniekebi Ejiroghene

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The research is to study the introduction of ICT in secondary schools in Nigeria. ICT in education is a tool par excellence that a nation can count on to create self-reliance. The study observed that, Nigeria is still experiencing a delay in its implementation of ICT, and this continues to expand the divides between digital and information, and access to ICT facilities is a major challenge facing Nigerian schools. The study concludes that although ICT can play a role in education, schools in Nigeria are yet to adopt it extensively for teaching and learning. Efforts to incorporate ICT into the …

Dynamic Capabilities Information Technology Enabler For Performance Organization, Heri Cahyo Bagus, Ilham M, Anis Eliyana, Tanti Handriana, Nuzulul Fatimah, Tatag Herbayu L

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This study was conducted with the aim of determining various bibliometric characteristics of documents published in the Scopus database. The information starts from the type of access, year, author, subject area, document type, publication stage, source title, keyword, affiliation, funding sponsor, country, source type, and language. Dynamic Capabilities, Information Technology Enabler and Performance are defined as the use of information technology capabilities and information technology management processes between business units with the shared use of resources. Research on Dynamic Capabilities, Information Technology Enablers and Performance by providing a big picture that is visualized from year to year. This study aims …

Survey And Development Of Library Collection Promotion Using Automatic Voice, Maisyatus Suadaa Irfana, Gancar Candra Premananto, Moch Yasin, Esti Putri Anugrah

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Recently, The low intensity of library visits has an impact on the low usability of collections owned by the library: the collection is not used well by the user. In this research, we conduct evaluation study of library collection promotion in 3 different school’s library using qualitative descriptive analysis and conduct action for the result in the form of automatic voice collection promotion using automatic voice. Data collection techniques conducted in this study are: a) primary data collection, which is collected by the author directly through a structured interview to the respondents by referring to the questionnaire; b) secondary data …

Introduction Of Ict In Nigerian Secondary Schools, Eniekebi Ejiroghene

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The research is to study the introduction of ICT in secondary schools in Nigeria. ICT in education is a tool par excellence that a nation can count on to create self-reliance. The study observed that, Nigeria is still experiencing a delay in its implementation of ICT, and this continues to expand the divides between digital and information, and access to ICT facilities is a major challenge facing Nigerian schools. The study concludes that although ICT can play a role in education, schools in Nigeria are yet to adopt it extensively for teaching and learning. Efforts to incorporate ICT into the …

Research Trends In Water Scarcity: A World Perspective, Arikrishnan R Mr, Rajendran N Dr

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In this study Water Scarcity involves water crisis, water shortage, water deficit or water stress. Water scarcity plays a big facts or effects on the planet and attracts for several scientist to review it. Therefore, during this research topic explored the new topics and new trends of through the statistics of the journal between 2011-2020 from the attitude of scientometric supported the keyword,” water scarcity”. This paper attempts to analyses the expansion and developments of water scarcity research in world supported the publications output using Scopus database. 7332 records were downloaded from the Scopus database from the category of Environmental …

Organization Of School Library Resources Using In-House Classification Schemes, Anthony Chukwuma Izuchukwu Mr., Victor Ndubuisi Nwachukwu Prof, Ibrahim M. Furfuri Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated the development of a scheme for the classification of school library resources in school libraries in Nsukka Enugu state. The research questions basically investigated existing schemes used in the classification of school libraries, nature of resources available in the school libraries, resources required for the classification of the school libraries, development of a scheme for the school libraries, problems associated with the classification of school library resources and strategies for the implementation of the scheme in school libraries. The population of the study consists of school librarians and education authorities. The study used frequency mean and percentage …

Law Student’S Response To The Covid 19 Infodemic On Social Media: An Empirical Study, Jibran Jamsheed

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Object: The primary aim of this study is to analyze and determine the skills of undergraduate law students regarding the handling of misinformation about COVID 19 on Social Media. It determines the most reliable and most popular social media platforms used by the law students and also highlighted the different methods used by them to separate the grain from the chaff on social media.

Methodology: This quantitative study was conducted using the survey design. A structured questionnaire was distributed among the participants to collect the data. The collected was analyzed while using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences …

Future And Challenges Of Special Libraries As Transformation Agents In Public Institutions In Nigeria: A Survey, Emmanuel Chidiadi Onwubiko

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In the world today, information remains the most sought for factor of production and the key to effective decision making in any organisation or institution. It is that which clears one from any state of uncertainty. This study therefore, is a survey into the future and prospect of special libraries as transformation agents in public institutions in Nigeria as custodians and disseminators of specialized information for the realization of the objectives of establishing these institutions. Eight public institutions were studied using purposive sampling technique. While structured and validated questionnaire, interviews and observation were the instrument used for collecting data for …

Impact Of Medical Libraries On Clinical Decision-Making In Pakistan, Saeed Ullah Jan, Saeed Ullah, Dr. Ghalib Khan

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Medical libraries play a very active role in quenching the information thirst of their users. Library users of medical libraries are life savers. The focus of this study is on the impact of medical libraries on clinical decisions of the medical practitioners in Pakistan. Quantitative research approach was used to undergo the study. Journals were reported as the most used library resources in the medical libraries under study. Medical literature placed in these libraries have a great impact on the clinical decisions of the medical doctors working in hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Provision of latest, relevant and sufficient medical …

Identity, Intellectual And Paradigm Dialogue: India And Indonesia Public Administration Research In Global Order, Prakoso Bhairawa Putera, Rostiena Pasciana

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This paper attempts to scrutinize the concerned debates related to crises in Public Administration which convey identity, intellectuals and paradigms. Identity, intellectual and paradigm were examined and elaborated from the dialogues from a number of figures in Europe and America chapter. Additionally, the researchers initiate to enrich the analysis by providing the elaborated dialogues of Public Administration researchers in India and Indonesia, obtained from the Scopus database in the last 20 years (2000-2019). Paradigm that public administration in America and Eropa has no longer entangled a debate between "Science" or "Arts", but administration deals more with a profession. The enlargement …